I honestly have no idea where it came from or how much it was. Given that I don’t normally like rioja, there’s a very high likelihood it cost less than £4 or I wouldn’t have bought it.
The picture isn’t very clear as they insist on making the label super-dark. It says: Read the rest of this entry »
I’d had both the Tesco and Asda clarets recommended to me by different people, so I grabbed this £3.79 bottle when I spotted it.
Upon opening there was a slight raw grape aroma with a touch of vinegar. Not a promising start but I’ve had bottles that have been much better than I expected from the smell. Read the rest of this entry »
This was £3.49 from Tesco.
Upon opening, the dominant aroma I got was strawberry with that subtly carrying through to the flavour. I also noticed some oak, and there was a very slight drying feel. After it had been open a couple of hours it Read the rest of this entry »
The suspiciously cheap price of £3.37 from Asda, coupled with the fact I’d not tried a Syrah before made this too tempting to pass up.
I left it open for a while and tried to ignore my Read the rest of this entry »
This red wine was £3.69 from Tesco. I was actually quite pleased with this addition to the wine rack.
Aromas of blackberry with a touch of cherry and perhaps some chocolate. The taste was pretty similar, slightly drying with a little raspberry in there. Had some depth to it too. For a cheap wine, I’d certainly buy it again.
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Bought on offer at Tesco for £3.99.
Bought this for a change from the merlot we normally drink, as at one point I was partial to a bit of Burgundy. It appears my tastes have moved on since then! Read the rest of this entry »
This was £4 from Asda and I think that was a discounted price. Also available at £4.11 from Tesco. At 13% it was very easy drinking.
It had quite a spirity smell-I don’t mean alcohol, I mean strongly scented like Read the rest of this entry »
I couldn’t remember buying this cheap red wine but I suspected it came from Asda so I looked it up. Turns out it was £3.98, 13% ABV and Romanian.
I must admit I wasn’t particularly impressed by this. It had that raw grape taste in the same vein as that filth Domaine Boyar, but not quite so bad. Nothing really to recommend it. Save your cash.
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Just a quick mention on these as I had guests round so couldn’t really do a proper taste test. That said, I’ve had them both before and will have them again because I enjoy them.
First up was the 2008 Chevalier de Fauvers Merlot Vin de Pays d’Oc, which is £3.99 a bottle from Lidl. I’d chosen it because of the deeper dent at the bottom of the bottle as I’d heard that the depth seems to correlate with the quality. Whether this is true or not, it seems to have paid off in this case.
About 4 quid from Tesco I think. I believe it’s this bottle at £4.29 and they’ve changed the label.
Unusually for the red wines I’ve bought off the shelf in the UK, Read the rest of this entry »
