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Welcome to last week's round-up of tips from the UK's top newspaper wine columnists. Each Monday you'll find a complete digest of what's been tipped in the previous week. |
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Why not print this page off as your shopping list? week beginning 13/08/2007
2006 Bourgogne Blanc, Labouré-Roi. Somerfield, £5.99 until Tues young, light, lively, green apple-scented chardonnay 2006 Vieux Remparts Lussac St Emilion, Somerfield £5.99 until TueStill time to scoop up this cut-price Top 100 winner 2006 Brachetto Rovero, Piemonte, Adnams, £9.50.lively, sweet, rose-scented and raspberry palated, slightly fizzy 2006 Saint Amour, Domaine Le Carjot, Adnams, £8.99.gorgeous, vibrant, spicy, squashy red fruits-stashed St Amour. 2003 Taste the Difference Barolo, Italy, Sainsbury’s, £12.99.fine, dry, leathery spice and an elegant, tarry finish 2003 Château Clémont-Pichon, Haut Médoc, Sainsbury’s, £14.99cru bourgeois; oozing fat, ripe fruit
2005 Clos d’Yvigne Cuvée Nicholas, Bergerac, Majestic 2 @ £7.99 Patricia Atkinson’s stylish, barrel-fermented dry white Bergerac Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro £6.49 Real Wine CoReal lambrusco. Dark red, frothy and dry 2005 Yering Frog Shiraz Cabernet Merlot, Majestic 2 @ £4.89Chocolatey, spicy, supple and well-balanced Oz red
2006 Organic Argentine Chardonnay, Zuccardi. £4.49, Morrisons apple and pear flavours with a pineappley aftertaste. 2006 Springfield Sauvignon Blanc. £7.99 to 21 August, Waitrosezesty dry white made by Abrie Bruwer in the Robertson region 2005 Mas d'en Compte Blanco, Celler Cal Pla. £19.95, JeroboamsRobust barrel-fermented white from Spain's Priorat region
2005 Guigal Côtes du Rhône Blanc (£7.99 Tesco) complex, aniseedy, unoaked 2006 Feudi Sannio Falanghina, Campania (£9.99 Tesco)chalky, dry, tropical fruit-scented 2004 Monasterio de Santa Ana Crianza, Jumilla (£8.99 tesco)punchy, firm, flavoursome Spanish blend 2005 Brook Ranch Syrah, San Luis Obispo (£8.99 tesco)spicy, sweetly oaked; fantastic wine under £10
2005 Shelmerdine Cabernet Sauvignon (£10.99; Oddbins) pure, vibrant blackberry and mulberry fruit; fine-grained tannins 2005 Shaw & Smith Unoaked Chardonnay (£9.95 Wimbl; Stain; Villenev)clean, crisp, pure; more than a match for Chablis twice the price 2001 Mount Langi Ghiran 'Cliff Edge' Shiraz (2 @ £6.99 Majestic)wonderfully deep, concentrated, intense spicy red 2005 Skuttlebutt Merlot/Shiraz Rosé (£7.49 Peckham; Mills)fresh, ripe, juicy strawberries; elusive whiffs of rose petals
Beaujolais Cuvee des Vignerons 2006. £4.99, Waitrose summer pudding fruit; keening edginess; back-straightening tingle Nerello Mascalese 2006, Sicily £4.49, M&Slight in body, redolent of sour cherries; with a tensile snap Santa Tresa Cerasuolo di Vittoria 2004, £7.39, D Byrneinvigorating and refreshing; taste hinting at mulberries and hedgerows La Luna e i Falò Barbera d'Asti 2004, Italy £8.99, Boothsspicy nutmeg overtone to the fruit latest roundup |
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