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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 25/06/2007
2005 Pouilly Fumé, Domaine Thibault Tanners £10.20; Lay & W £11.30 classy white currant and nettle-stacked pouilly 2005 Bourgogne Chardonnay, Domaine du Pavillon, Oddbins, £9.99.Fatter, richer and riper than most bourgogne blanc 2004 Chablis Laurent Tribut, Justerini & Brooks £11.26.wondrous, fat, rich, nutty, almost butterscotchy 2006 Pouilly-Vinzelles, Domaine Thiber, Waitrose, £9.49.fine, ripe, appley, herby white burgundy 2005 Viré-Clessé, La Verchère, Cordier, Majestic 2 @ £11.99 July 5fine, ripe, sweet, powerful hazelnut and glacé fruit-charged Le Cousin Rouge Vieilles Vignes Grolleau, Caves de Pyrène, £9.14.toothsome gamay; impressive, velvety; earthy, wild cherry 2003 Château Martin, Graves, Bordeaux, Tesco, £9.99.tasty, ripe, herby, green pepper-scented fruit. 2005 Extra Ordinary Red Burgundy, Potel, Berry Bros, £11.95extraordinary rose scent, silky palate; fat, ripe, squishy plum fruit 2005 Juliénas Beaujolais, Clos du Fief, Michel Tête, L & W, £9.50.gorgeous, fat, silky, cherry and plum-laden juliénas 2000 Pomerol Château La Croix St Vincent, Majestic, £11.99.ripe, chunky, plummy, merlot-dominated palate
2006 Château La Coste Rosé d’une Nuit, £7.95 (Lea & Sandeman Fragrant with wild strawberries; smooth and fresh 2006 Domaine de la Source, £14.75 Yapp BrothersSought-after rarity; Fine, herby-sweet fruit 2006 Domaine de la Suffrène, £9.09-£9.40 A&B, Vine Trail, Caves PyreneScented and spicy; top quality
Does Majestic know where the best French pinots are outside burgundy? 2006 Lands End Sauvignon Blanc.sancerre-like herbaceousness with a rich but restrained fruit quality. 2005 Domaine de Biéville Chablis, Vieilles Vignes. £10.69, Laithwaitesrefreshing chablis displays a classic bone-dry character
2006 La Différence Viognier/Muscat (£4.99, Sainsbury's) perfumed, grapey; two aromatic varieties working in attractive harmony 2006 Le Carignan de La Bastide Aux Oliviers (£6.60, Amphora Wines)rich, concentrated, chocolatey red with masses of blackberry fruit 2005 Château Camplazens Syrah 2 @ £5.49 each Majestic)plummy, smoky, spicy 2004 Dom Sainte Rose Barrel Selection Roussanne (£8.99 select Waitrose)rich, toasty, citrus-like 2006 Fié Gris, Domaine de L'Aujardière (£10.95, Lea & Sandeman)intense, bone-dry, white pepper-scented
2005 Mont Tauch Fitou, (£4.99; Sainsbury's, Somerfield, Waitrose) classic, great-value, fruit-driven Grenache/Carignan/Syrah blend 2005 Margaret River Show Reserve Shiraz, (£6.59; Real Wine Co)soft, rounded and juicy; a bit of a steal. 2004 Cedro do Noval Portugal (£10.99; Tanners; FRW)blackberry-scented; stylish new dry red table wine 2006 Blind River Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand (£9.99; Oddbins)grapefruit flavours and stern minerality 2005 Domaine du Pavillon Bourgogne Chardonnay (£8.49; Oddbins)versatile picnic white from the Côte de Beaune. 2005 Elk Cove Pinot Gris, Oregon (£15.95; Playford Ros2004 Dom Schlumberger Pinot Gris, (£12.99; Wine Soc; Philglas; SH Jones) both wonderful, full-flavoured examples of this often-derided grape variety 2005 Bethany Grenache, Australia (£6.99; Co-op)concentrated, ripe and tasty 2006 Mud House Pinot Noir, NZ (£10.99; Booths, Stone Vine; Quaff)lovely and plum-like and can be chilled. Valdo Prosecco Rosé NV, Italy (£5.99; Sainsbury's)seductively light and refreshing Langlois Crémant de Loire Brut NV (£10; Wimbledon; Taurus)fantastic fizz from the Loire Balfour Brut Rosé, England (£29.99; Bibendum)delightfully pale pink blend of Chardonnay, Pinots Noir and Meunier Marston's Old Empire IPA, 5.7% vol, (£1.50-£1.70; widely available)full of clean citric hop flavour; perfect served cold with spicy barbecues Wychwood Green Goblin Oak-Aged Cider, (£1.69; Waitrose)cold-filtered, bittersweet brew from Somerset
Quinta de Azevedo 2006 Vinho Verde. 2 @ £4.99, Majestic acerbically, thirst-slakingly clean Maçon Rouge 2005, £5.99, M&Ssappy, lightweight red made mostly from gamay Poir é Granit 2005, £9.80, Caves de Pyrenedrippingly ripe, fresh pear; slightly caramelised taste Ascheri Barbera d'Alba Fontanelle 2005, £8.49, Sainsburytinge of oak, sour cherries; light florality; enormous grace latest roundup  
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