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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 22/10/2007
2007 Tasmania Sauvignon Blanc, Australia, Marks & Spencer, £7.99. juicy, classy, unoaked, Granny Smith of a sauvignon. 2006 Tasmania Pinot Noir, Australia, Marks & Spencer, £7.99.silky, leafy, savoury, herby wine shows that he has not lost his touch 2005 Montagny 1er Cru Les Bassets, L Cognard, Lay & Wheeler, £13.50delivers terrific ripe, leafy, grapey fruit 2006 Langhe Nebbiolo Garavini, Elio Grasso, Lay & Wheeler, £14.25elegant, silky, plummy, unwooded, bottled-early junior barolo 2006 Pinot Grigio, Veneto, Italy, Asda, £3.47surprisingly vibrant, verdant 2006, with lots of gentle, nutty fruit Tempranillo, Spain, Asda, £2.47.ridiculously cheap; oozes so much thrilling, fat plummy spice
2006 Gestos Malbec, Finca Flichman, 2 @ £4.79 Majestic Fresh raspberry fruit and soft chocolatey oak 2006 Masseria dei Trullari Primitivo, £6.45 Corney & BarrowSpicy, savoury, cherry-flavoured Italian red 2006 The Doctor’s Riesling, Forrest Estate, £8.99 AdnamsZingy, mineral, medium-dry New Zealand riesling
2005 Gran Familia Rioja Tinto, £4.99, Co-op, Sain, Tesco; 3 @ £3.99 Thresh A crowd-pleasing red at a scene-stealing price 2006 Los Molles Carménère, Viña Tabalí, £7.49, Marks & Spencera peppery undertone to the blackcurrant and plum flavours. 2006 Maverick Trial Hill Riesling, Eden Valley, £13.95, Lea & Sandemanpowerful, lime-like, floral scents make this the perfect match for sashimi
2006 Scilio Etna Bianco (£7.25, centopercentowines.com) complex, minerally 2006 Casa Mia Sangiovese, Cantine Settesoli (£4.99, Sainsbury's)flavoursome, cleverly oaked; a great quaffer 2006 Nerello Mascalese, Cantina del Coppiere (£4.49, M&S)soft, perfumed; Italy's answer to entry-point Pinot Noir 2006 Cerrasuolo di Vittoria, Planeta (£11.99, Waitrose)light, strawberryish; contains 40 per cent Frappato 2004 Montenero, Abbazía Santa Anastasia (£15.95, Lea & Sand)could stand comparison with the best Supertuscan reds
2003 Inniskillin Oak-Aged Vidal Icewine (£47.50 Fine & Rare, some Waitrose) great finesse and mango and pineapple flavours, this is a rare treat Pol Roger Rich Demi-Sec NV (£26.99; Booths, Hedley, F&M, Taurus)outrageously decadent and delicious 2003 Royal Tokaji Blue Label Aszú (£19.99 Bibendum, Montrachet, Lea & S)full of marmalade sweetness, nuts, apricots and caramel 2005 Darting Dürkheimer Spielberg Scheurebe BA (£13 Marks & Spencer)full of ripe, honeyed citrus fruit 2002 Château Doisy-Védrines, (£13.50 Berry Bros & Rudd)luscious, almost spicy barley sugar sweetness to it and fine balance 2005 Andrew Quady 'Elysium' Black Muscat (£7.99 Averys)lightly fortified and darkly seductive; serve well chilled 2005 Rive Haute Reserve Pacherenc (£8.99 Playford Ros, Coe, Wheeler)hints of lemon and apricot. Great with fruit tart Sainsbury's 'Taste the Difference' Pedro Ximénez (£6.99)Nutty, raisiny and full of Demerara, fig and liquorice flavours Torres Moscatel Oro NV (£6.99-£8.99 Mallards, Roberts & Speight)packed with flavours of honey, raisins, orange blossom and cloves 2005 Domaine Bellegarde 'Cuvée Thibault' Jurançon (£15.95; Yapp Bros)peachily, lemony sweet with a long honeyed finish
Tesco Finest Darling Sauvignon Blanc 2006, £5 until Oct 28 beautifully true sauvignon blanc; beats New Zealand at this price Asda Cava Brut NV, Spain, £3.76brisk, clean and well-built, with large bubbles Château Guiot Costières de Nîmes 2006, £4.79 Majesticsmoothly juicy, in the way of a simple but proper wine M&S Manzanilla NV, Spain, £4.99The lightest of sherry styles smells salty-sour, like fresh bread dough latest roundup  
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