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week beginning 18/10/2010
Why not print this page off as your shopping list?the Times - Jane MacQuitty
2009 Chardonnay, Vin de Pays d’Oc, France Asda, £3.97oozes appealing, soft, grapey, spicy fruit.
2009 Côtes du Rhône, Skalli, France Asda, £3.57delicious fat, ripe, spiced plum everyday swigger
2008 Sauvignon Blanc, Maycas del Limari, Marks & Spencer, £6.99 until Oct 31Gorgeous sauvignon with lots of green bean and green tomato flavours
2008 Cerro Syrah, De Martino, Chile Marks & Spencer, £7.99new-wave juicy, inky, creosote and bramble-spiked syrah
2007 Collioure, Puig Oriol, Domaine La Tour Vieille Yapp Brothers, £14.95will develop more layers of complex, rich, savoury, truffley fruit
the Sunday Times - Bob Tyrer
Some wines by the glass at the Coburg Bar of the Connaught hotel in Mayfair Château Bourgneuf 2006 (£18 a glass)Rich, spicy and biteful
Château Cantemerle 1996 (£22 a glass)A cedary beauty
Château Léoville Barton 1998 (£40 a glass)Classic restraint and elegance
the Independent - Anthony Rose
Saluti NV Vino da Tavola Bianco. £4.99, Waitrosezingily unoaked, peachy dry; twist of grapefruit zestiness.
2009 The Parcel Series Sauvignon Blanc Reserve. 2@£7.99, until 1 Nov Majestictinged with green pepper, prefers to remain anonymous.
2008 Bonny Doon Mourvèdre Central Coast, California. £11.99, Marks & Spenceraromatic dark red berry fruitiness and refreshing acidity
the Times - Tim Atkin
2009 Taste the Difference Côtes du Rhône Villages (£5.99, 14.5%, Sainsbury’s)spicy, textured and unoaked with a core of red fruits and refreshing acidity
2010 Domaine Vistalba, Viñalta Malbec, Mendoza (£6.99, Marks & Spencer)youthful, violet-scented and juicy with flavours of plums and blackberries
2009 Taste the Difference Petit Chablis (£7.49, 12.5%, Sainsbury’s)stony, creamy, unoaked example from the excellent chablis co-operative
2009 Planalto Douro Reserva Branco (2 @ £5.49 each, Majestic)crisp and bone dry with aromas of dried herbs, a hint of orange peel
the Guardian - Victoria Moore
Fief Guérin Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu Sur Lie 2009 (£6.49, Waitrose)reminds me of surf breaking on a rough sea under a grey sky
L d'Or de Pierre Luneau 1999 Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie (£14.99, lescaves)Eleven! And it does merit drinking without food, thoughtfully, blissfully, even
Scotland on Sunday - Brian Elliot
2008 Waipara Hills Pinot Noir Central Otago, New Zealand, £12.99, SainsburyMagnificent raspberry and cherry pinot with a long chocolate finish
2008 Asda White Burgundy Lugny, France, £5.12, AsdaFresh, lemon and tropical flavours and only the sparing use of oak
2008 Domaine Moulin Gimie Languedoc, France, £7.75, Wood-Wintersdeep and concentrated merlot with smooth cherry and blackcurrant flavours
the Telegraph - Victoria Moore
Sesti Castello di Argiano Grangiovese Toscana 2008 Italy (£12.90, Tanners)big, loose-textured red; pleasing element of rusticity
Catching Thieves Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc 2009 Australia (£7.49 until Oct 28, Sains)stylish, easy and uplifting white; gooseberry and white peach vibrancy
La Croisade Reserve Merlot 2009, France (£5.49 when you buy two, Majestic)dry, tindery herbs and leaves of the garrigue
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