Dan from Manchester |
(Reviewer since 8 May 06) |
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One of my friends who's into his wines gave me a glass of this while we were wat...
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Was looking for something different to take to a dinner party and my local Majes...
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First had this in a beach side tapas bar in Galicia and it knocked me sideways. ...
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Had to try it as I'd never heard of Marselan. A relatively new grape variety app...
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Peerless, classic Côtes du Rhône from the legendary Perrin family. Deep ruby red...
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Soft, full, rich strawberry fruit with hints of fig it's a gamey, earthy wine. H...
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Fruity & perfumed with aromas of apricot and tropical fruit flavours. Rich and r...
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A herby and spicy, feel good about yourself, semi-organic Grenache blend with so...
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A medium-dry style of Vouvray from a great grower, Big Fred Bourillon. Made from...
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Packed with ripe tropical fruits, combined with a well balanced acidity, this is...
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A Bordeaux blend bursting with aromas of blueberry jam and fresh black currants ...
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This rich and vibrant Cabernet Sauvignon has a fairly complex palate, with ripe ...
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Crisp, apple and melon aromas on the nose with clean, fresh well-integrated oak....
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Black cherry and plum aromas, hints of spice and an intense full and rich palate...
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Made like Cote Rotie by adding perfumed Viognier to fermenting Shiraz grapes. A ...
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Nice and smooth with the plummy fruit character from the Merlot. No oak but at t...
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Light, spicy and inoffensive. Good every day quaffer at a good price...
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Nothing really wrong with this, it's just a bit old fashioned. One for drinking ...
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Grenache, Carignan and Syrah grapes are blended before ageing in oak. This produ...
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Good, fresh grassy Sauvignon character but at £10 you've got a lot of options fr...
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It's a shame this has Asda on the label as wine snobs won't buy it. They should ...
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Light in style but pleasant red fruit flavours and not too heavy. Can't argue at...
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For what you pay for this you'd expect generic red wine. However, you get black ...
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For what you pay for this you'd expect generic red wine. However, you get fruit,...
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Rich dark and fruity which is how it should be, shame it's got Asda on the label...
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Although it's an own label this is premium fruit from a cracking region. Unbelie...
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A soft, supple and juicy Claret with a velvety texture. A treat for Sunday lunch...
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A deliciously modern young white Bordeaux made primarily from Sauvignon Blanc. I...
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If like most of us you can't afford top Burgundy then even at £20 this is good v...
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Made by Gérard Bertrand, who really exists and isn't a brand of the local co-ope...
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Made by Gérard Bertrand, who really exists and isn't a brand of the local co-ope...
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Made by Gérard Bertrand, who really exists and isn't a brand of the local co-ope...
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Typical of good quality Crozes, this wine offers seductive plum-rich fruit with ...
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Surprisingly sealed with a cork but tastes great with lime, lychee and lemon cur...
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The Albariño is the speciality white grape of northern Spain. It has a delicious...
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This Sauvignon has crisp acidity, distinct varietal character and is brilliant w...
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Ignore the traditional amphora bottle, this is a lovely, fruity dry rosé that ta...
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Grown on dryland vineyards producing very low yields and concentrated fruit flav...
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Mont Tauch is Fitou's leading producer making this fantastic value introduction ...
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Textbook Sancerre from probably the very best producer in the region. Fabulously...
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If you don't get the French word 'terroir', a combination of vineyard, soil, cli...
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First made in 1993, this was named after a wine-growing neighbour of Tim Adams’s...
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This sweet, plummy, spicy oaky red is rich and full-bodied and is made by a real...
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This aromatic wine has great balance and generous flavour with French oak fermen...
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Rounded and smooth with rich scented apricots and tropical fruits. Not going to ...
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Pale green colour. The nose jumps out of the glass – gooseberries, fig, passion ...
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Nice stuff for a fiver. All the flavours you expect from Viognier, (Apricot, pea...
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An aromatic red whose ripe raspberry fruit and spice has a hint of apricots. The...
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Serious style and not typical New World fruit bomb. Involves the brain as well a...
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Was sold at £7.99 so at £5.98 promo this is a real bargain for Australian Viogni...
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