TESCO
When budgets are tightening, many of us switch to own-labels – and that’s no bad thing to do at Tesco, whose talented buyers have put some very good wines into the supermarket’s Finest range, in particular. You will need to own a Tesco Clubcard to get the sharpest prices, as all wine promotions are now available only to members of that scheme.
Some of the best-value wines are those you might not pick unless you know to go for them, such as Tesco Finest Tingleup Riesling
2021 Australia (12.5%, Tesco, £10), a dry riesling with the tang of a sauvignon blanc and flavours of lime and bergamot.
For Clubcard holders, Tesco now has a buy 6+ bottles* get 25% off deal running in England, Wales and Northern Ireland until December 4. *Excludes fortified wines, Wine Route wines and bottles under £5 in England and NI and bottles under £7 in Wales.
BEST-VALUE WHITE:
Marqués de los Zancos Rioja Blanco 2021, Spain
(12.5%, Tesco, £5)
This refreshing Spanish white is very good value indeed. White rioja is sometimes oaked; this one isn’t, so it’s not in the vanilla-and-woodspice mould. Instead expect a refreshing, lemony white.
BEST-VALUE RED:
Tesco Finest Montepulciano d’Abruzzo 2019, Italy
(13.5%, Tesco, £7)
A super wine that is stunning value. All ripe cherries with a hint of dust, it is a great accompaniment for pasta dishes and aubergine parmigiana.
CHOICE CHRISTMAS FIZZ:
Tesco Finest Blanquette de Limoux 1531 2020, France (12.5%, Tesco, £9.50)
A brilliant, breezy sparkling wine from the French Pyrenees made with mauzac and chenin blanc grapes and which tastes of green apples and hawthorn.
BEST-VALUE WHITE:
E H Booth & Co Gavi 2021, Italy (13%, Booths, £8.85)
A seriously good gavi with the creamy feel of a chablis, a hint of bay leaf and a pithy lemon finish. A very versatile white that’s great with smoked salmon.
BEST-VALUE RED:
Emiliana Adobe Carménère 2021, Colchagua Valley, Chile
(13.5%, Booths, £8.85)
Think mulberry jelly, blueberries, assam tea and a hint of spice; this is a richly flavoured red that tastes like it costs north of a tenner.
CHOICE CHRISTMAS FIZZ:
E H Booth & Co Champagne Brut Rosé NV, France
(12%, Booths, £27.50)
There’s something ultra-decadent about rosé champagne and this is a lovely one.
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