week beginning 22/10/2012

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Quite a few wine columns missing from the nationals this weekend

Mail on Sunday - Olly Smith

Paul Cluver Noble Late Harvest 2010, South Africa. 37.5cl, Ł13.60, Tanners

Incredibly fine balance of sweetness and zing. Remember Opal fruits?

Pieropan Soave Classico 2010, Italy. 37.5cl, Ł8.50 Harrods

Elegang and classy white that's as refreshing as it is nimble

Innocent Bystander Pink Moscato 2012, Australia 37.5cl, Ł5.95, Slurp

Immensely fun, sweet, frothy, bubbly

Finest Vin de Pays d'Oc Malbec, France. 18.75cl, Ł2.29, tesco

Juicy dark red that's packed with fun flavour

Domaine les Yeuses Vermentino 2011, France. Ł6.95, Lea & Sandeman

Long-lasting, refreshing zip; invigorating, zingy white

the Telegraph - Victoria Moore

Domaine Thymiopoulos 2011 Jeunes vignes xinomavro Greece (13.5%, Wine Soc Ł10.50)

perfumed and light-bodied but very definite and persistent

Domaine Gerovassiliou Malagousia 2011 Greece (12.5%, winedirect, N Young, Highbury ~Ł14.00)

Refreshing and lively, tinged with the smell of apricots

Hatzidakis Santorini Assyrtiko 2011 Santorini Greece (13.5%, Waitrose, Ł10.99)

real energy and charge, and tastes as if streaked with grapefruit pith and peel

the Independent - Anthony Rose

2011 Cosmina Pinot Noir Banat, Romania. Ł6.99, Waitrose

soft-centred mulberry and cherry-filled modern red flecked with oak spice

2007 Noster Nobilis La Perla Del Priorat. Ł9.98, Asda

tastes rich and powerful, its fruit framed by a firm grip and a plum freshness

2009 Fromm La Strada Syrah, Marlborough. Around Ł20, Windermere Wine; Caviste

juniper spice underpinned by peppery fruit in the style of Côte Rôtie

the Observer - David Williams

Planeta La Segreta Rosso, Sicily 2011 (~Ł8.50, greatwesternwine; slurp; nywines)

full of ripe red fruit, dark cherry; faintest twist of typically Italianate bitterness

Bertrand Stehelin, Côtes du Rhône Villages Sablet, France 2009 (Ł9.35, Jascots)

classic hedgerow fruit and subtle savoury flavours; extra level of flavour

Mullineux Syrah, Swartland, SA 2010 (Ł19.99-Ł24, Domaine Direct; handford; alfredthegrape)

stunning red by any measure: spicy, silky and shot through with blackberry

The Guardian - Fiona Beckett

Bastian Rivaner 2011 (12% abv, Ł8.95 lescaves; Ł9.95 slurp)

deliciously fragrant, crisp

Minarete Ribera del Duero 2011 (Ł5.49, Aldi; 13.5% abv)

would make brilliant winter drinking with gutsy stews and casseroles

Albarrada 2011 (Ł6.99, Laithwaite's; 13% abv)

incredibly moreish, juicy

Scotland on Sunday - Brian Elliott

Graham’s 20 Year Old Tawny Port (Ł35.49, Waitrose)

long, perfumed, figgy flavours and tasty citrus finish

1999 Graham’s Quinta Dos Malvedos Vintage Port (Sainsbury’s ~Ł25)

rich, spicy, award-winning

1999 Dow’s Quinta do Bomfim (Tesco ~Ł25)

well-integrated blaeberry touches

1996 Warre’s Quinta da Cavadinha (Morrisons ~Ł25)

slightly minty, cherry-centred

2007 Taylor’s Late Bottled Vintage Port

dense, dark plum favours with a touch of nutmeg and is ready to drink

Croft’s Pink Port (Ł10.88, Sainsbury’s)

light, rosé style; spicy aperitif with flavours of dried fruit and herbs

the Telegraph - Susy Atkins

Matetic Vineyard EQ Syrah 2010, San Antonio, Chile (John Armit, Ł22)

Packed with blackberry, plum and chocolate with a black-pepper twist

Marksman Brut Blanc de Blancs 2009, Sussex, England (Marks & Spencer, Ł22)

pure chardonnay, fizzing with crisp apple and toasty, buttery notes

Finest Pouilly-Fumé 2009, Loire Valley, France (Tesco, Ł12.99)

Taut, tongue-tingling sauvignon with pure, crisp, minerally lemon streak

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