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week beginning 10/03/2008

the Times - Jane MacQuitty

snap up this crisp, crunchy, verdant chardonnay while you can

delivering fat, chunky, chocolatey, briary spice

aniseed, apricot and volcanic soil-influenced fruit is a delight

tiddly quarter-bottle size; very fine, honey, wax and flower-charged

ripe, elegant, fragrant, spicy, fresh brown bread-scented fruit

ripe, silky, leafy, briary fruit sets it apart from the sub-£20 herd

the Sunday Times - Joanna Simon

Silky smooth and complex; expensive, but top quality; 15.2% abv

Slightly sweet, but a good introduction; 14.3% abv

Fresh and pure, with bread, apple and blue-cheese flavours

the Independent - Anthony Rose

powerfully spicy, peppery blend of grenache, syrah and cinsault

assertive green bean and capsicum aromas; zingy gooseberryish fruit

fragrant cherryish undertones and an opulent smooth middle

the Observer - Tim Atkin

honeyed, lightly oaked, refreshing, Sauternes-like

In a lighter, frothier style, the grapey, citrus-tinged

appley, tarte tatin-like

toasty, multi-layered

the Telegraph - Jonathan Ray

full of luscious brambly fruit, plums, spice, pepper and even chocolate

hints of apples, pears and toast, it is delightfully approachable

crammed with ripe gooseberries and sweet tropical fruit

the Guardian - Victoria Moore

Red berries and a whiff of farmyards on a cool morning

work well with the richer flavours of lamb

hint of savagery about it, and so really does need to be drunk with food

surprisingly slinky with some minerality and dense, black fruit