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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 15/07/2007
2006 Argento Pinot Grigio. Majestic, 2 @ £3.99 complete with ripe, yet lemony fruit and a rich finish. 2006 Argento Malbec. Majestic, 2 @r £3.99elegant, ripe, sweet, berry fruit-laden red; velvety palate 2001 Patache d'Aux, Médoc. Montrachet, £10.75dry, almost bricky 2001 vintage; class act 2005 Laurent Miquel Verité Viognier. Waitrose, £11.99ripe, spicy, oak-aged, apricot and peach-laden classic 2005 Bourgogne Rouge, Girard. Montrachet, £9.50plummy, leaf mould-scented bourgogne rouge Waitrose Brut Champagne, P & C Heidsieck. £14.99youthful, lively lemony fruit and a fine, yeasty, nutty finish
2006 Domaine de Chevilly, Quincy, £8.50 Stone, Vine & Sun Spicy, green fruit; lovely mineral edge 2006 Champteloup Selection, Sauvignon, £4.99 WaitroseVividly grassy, fruity sauvignon. Underpriced 2006 Château Gaillard, Reuilly, £7.50 selected M&SIntense ripe grapefruit and racy minerality 2005 Mud House Vineyard Selection Pinot Noir. £7.99, BoothsUtterly seductive: medium-full, with fresh, sweet cherry and plum fruit
2006 Vin de Pays des Côtes de Gascogne. £4.49, M&S a Pyrenean answer to sauvignon blanc. 2005 Loma Larga Cabernet Franc. £9.74, Justerini & Brooksfresh, herby aromas rounded out by stylish use of oak 2006 Fryer's Cove Sauvignon Blanc. £12.99, Cape Wine & Foodcrisp, nettley; reminiscent of Pouilly-Fumé; shade more opulence
2006 Sainsbury's Bardolino (£3.99, Sainsbury's) bright, cherryish, easy quaffing 2006 Chiroubles, Georges Duboeuf (£7.99, Waitrose)juicy, crunchy, raspberryish 2006 Sancerre Rouge, Hubert Brochard (£10.99, Marks & Sp)silky, perfumed, Burgundy-like 2006 Martinborough Vineyard Te Tera Pinot Noir (2 @ £11.99 Maj)plummy, savoury, sweetly oaked
2004 Château Pey La Tour, Réserve. £8.50; Wine Soc soft, supple, velvety; Excellent value for Bordeaux 2005 Domaine La Cabotte. £8.99; Averysrich, concentrated, spicy; for barbecues and beef stew 2006 Château Thieuley. (£7.99; Marks & Spencer)gently oaked, deliciously rounded and softly honeyed 2005 La Haute Févrie Muscadet Sur Lie. £7.35; Real Wine Coan exception to the usual dross; from old vines
Springfield Estate Special Cuvée Sauvignon. £8.99, Waitrose blade-like mineral thrust beneath clean, vivid fruit Fryers Cove Sauvignon Bamboes Bay 2006. £9.95, Stone, VineVery bold, but finely cut with a cool, limestoney feel Ken Forrester Chenin Blanc 2006. £7.99, Waitroseplenty of richness and honey in this chenin blanc. Danie de Wet Earth & Sky Chardonnay 2006. £6.99, Waitrosegenerous, full wine with a lot going on for the price latest roundup |
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