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week beginning 17/08/2009
Why not print this page off as your shopping list?the Times - Jane MacQuitty
2008 Italia Pinot Grigio, Waitrose, £4.79 until Tuesdaysufficient leafy, lemony, spicy fruit to keep everyone smiling
2008 Terra Viva Merlot, Italy Waitrose, £4.79 until Tuesdaylight, lively, plummy, unoaked, violet-scented, merlot
2008 Familia Zuccardi Pinot Grigio-Torrontes, Oddbins, £6.99elegant, lime zest mouthful
2008 Donnafugata Polena, Sicily, Italy Oddbins, £10.99ripe, peach-charged apéritif
2006 Chateau Ricardelle, La Clape, Berry, Bros & Rudd £8.10gorgeous, floral, rose-perfumed bouquet; fat, peppery palate
the Sunday Times - Bob Tyrer
Saumur Champigny La Grande Vignolle 2007 (£96.75 x 12 Yapp)Big, ripe nose, rich cherries and a minerally raciness
Reuilly 2008 Gérard Cordier (£89.55 x 12 Yapp)gentle spiciness under a layer of yellow plums
Les Vieilles Vignes de Sylvaner, Ostertag 2007 (£11.25 Berry Bros)intense flavours of peach, nectarine, fennel and greengages
the Independent - Anthony Rose
2008 Asda Argentinian Torrontés. £4.30, Asdasuch a heady perfume and juicy, crushed fruit
2004 Bay of Fires Tigress Chardonnay. £5.99, Majestictropical pineapple and mango flavours mingling with toasty oak
2007 Jean Marc Pillot Chassagne Montrachet. £29, Waitrosesubtle oak and richly textured, full-flavoured fruit
the Observer - Tim Atkin
2007 Asda Extra Special Adelaide Hills Chardonnay (£7.98, 14%)
oakier, fuller-bodied
Sainsbury's 2008 Taste the Difference Pouilly-Fumé (£10.98, 12.5%)flinty, restrained
2008 Sanctuary Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc (£6.99, 12.5% Sains)more overt, gooseberryish
2008 Tesco Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon (£3.69, 12.5%)unoaked, unblended
2007 Château Clos Renon, Bordeaux Supérieur (£6.49 until 26 Aug Tesco)youthful, Cabernet-dominated
the Guardian - Victoria Moore
Cave de Saint Désirat Vin de Pays Gamay 2008 (£3.99, Marks & Spencer)wistful, sappy
Jean-Claude Lapalu Brouilly Croix des Rameaux 2006 (magnum £39.84 lescaves.co.uk)gorgeous, vestigially earthy
Domaine du Colombier Chinon 2007 (£5.99, Sainsbury's; 13% abv)undertones of redcurrant leaves and graphite
Les Nivières Saumur 2007 (£6.49, Waitrose; 12.5% abv)summer pudding-ish in style, with a little more weight and might
Guerrieri Rizzardi Valpolicella Classico 2008 (£12.99, Longford Wines)poised; made from corvina, rondinella, molinara and merlot
Scotland on Sunday - Will Lyons
Rimon Dry Wine, 13.8%, £21.99 rimonwinery.co.ukDeep reddish in colour, it is dominated by cherries and pepper
Rimon Pomegranate Port-Style Wine, 18%, £26.99 rimonwinery.co.ukmaroon colour with a nose of stone fruits and sweet spices
Rimon Dessert Wine, 15%, £19.99 Waitroseundoubtedly the star of the show – sweet, smooth and rich
the Telegraph - Susy Atkins
The Whale Caller Shiraz-Cabernet 2008, S Africa (Waitrose, £3.89)fresh blackcurrant note and some toasty, oaky depths
Asda Extra Special Merlot 2008, France (£4 until mid september)Fresh, with red-plum fruit and a leafy, almost green-bean note
Chianti Piccini 'Orange Label’ 2007, Italy (Sainsbury’s, Co-op, £5.99)cherries and tobacco leaf here, with a juicy, fresh finish
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