SUMMARY
A really good showing in the up to £5 category, some top value stuff, also very high quality Italian reds and really well chosen French wines. If in doubt plump for any bottle with the words 'Extra Special' on it, they're all reassuringly good.
KEY
The reds are written up in this colour
The whites in this colour
The fizz in this colour
WINE PRICE DRINKER RATING
>£5
Asda Cava Brut (Spa) £4.12 80
Green apple and good balancing acidity, great value
Asda VDP D’Oc Marsanne 2009 (Fra) £3.98 83
Simple but great value, good bright apple and citrus, refreshing acidity
Asda Soave 2009 (Ita) £3.28 81
Dry stony minerality, hints of peach on nose, great value
Asda Sicilian White (Ita) £3.58 83
Fresh light racy acidity, good citrus notes, pleasing
Casa Lella Catarratto 2009 (Ita) £4.98 82
Body from lees ageing, good light neutral fruit, simple and good value
Asda Chilean Chardonnay2009 (Chi) £3.38 83
Good apple nose and palate, some minerality, great price
Asda Valpolicella (Ita) £3.98 80
Black cherry nose, pepper and cherry palate, good Wednesday night wine
Asda Sicilian Red (Ita) £3.58 80
Simple fruity red, good tannin and fruit balance, great value
Asda Australian Shiraz 2009 (Aus) £4.28 83
Bloody cherry nose, rich intense Aussie shiraz, good stuff
>£10
Asda Extra Special Prosecco (Ita) £7.28 84
Soft red apple nose, good refreshing acidity, great example of style
Chateau Salmoniere Muscadet Sevre et Maine (Fra) £6.07 82
Depth of flavour and body (sur lie), good grapey nose, top drop
Sancerre Oscar Brilliant 2009 (Fra) £9.42 84
Unripe peach nose, supple fruit, hints of lychee, citrus zing, brilliant
Asda Petit Chablis 2007 (Fra) £7.07 83
Vanilla hints on nose, soft pear and minerality on palate, value
Asda Chablis 2008 (Fra) £7.47 82
Mineral nose, apple and pear palate, stony finish, great price
Extra Special Viognier 2009 (Fra) £6.97 84
Peach and orange blossom nose, melon palate, complex, interesting
Extra Special Fiano 2009 (Ita) £5.98 87
Light green aplle nose, greengage and pear palate, almost tropical
Extra Special Clare Valley Riesling 2008 (Aus) £8.18 83
Steely petrol nose, complex, dry, floral and mineral notes on palate
Extra Special Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2008 (Aus) £7.98 85
Lime and apple nose, falling back in love with chardonnay, this is it
Zilzie Viognier 2009 (Aus) £8.18 85
Spicy nutmeg nose, tropical fruit, melon on palate, refreshing acidity
Extra Special Corbieres 2008 (Fra) £6.97 82
White pepper in a Tupperware box, blackcurrant leaf palate, complex
Chateau Puicheric Cuvee les Clots 2007 (Fra) £7.97 83
Black cherry and blackcurrant nose, smoke and pepper palate, good
Chateau St Angel 2008 (Fra) £7.97 83
Ripe plum palate, intense rich stewed fruit palate, generous, supple
Extra special Crozes Hermitage 2007 (Fra) £7.98 84
Some development on nose and palate, generous fruit, good example
Extra Special Barbera D’Asti 2007 (Ita) £6.98 83
Generous dark fruit and pepper nose, ripe black berries, top stuff
Extra Special Chianti Classico Riserva 2005 (Ita) £7.98 83
Big new football boot nose, full fruit, soft big tannin, top wine
Extra Special Montepulciano D’Abruzzo 2008 (Ita) £6.98 82
Pepper and bramble nose, meaty chorizo palate, pepper and spice
Extra Special Primitivo 2007 (Ita) £6.98 84
Deep dark wine, leather and black fruit nose, intense rich palate
Castillo de Albai Crianza 2007 (Spa) £7.12 84
Black pepper nose, intense and complex fruity palate
M De Murviedro Reserva 2005 (Spa) £7.39 86
Spice, oak, vanilla nose, black fruit, leather and good soft tannin
Extra Special Coonwarra C Sauv 2006 (Aus) £6.78 82
Brick red, development on nose, bitter fruit and black cherry, spice
Extra Special Argentina Malbec 2008 (Arg) £6.14 84
Spicy blackcurrant leaf and nutmeg nose, forward fruit and grippy tannin
Mayu Syrah Reserva 2007(Chi) £8.97 83
Pepper and pencil box nose, wood shavings, pepper and spice, great
>£15
Extra Special Chateauneuf du Pape 2008 (Fra) £14.47 84
Ood red fruit elements on nose, pepper and blackcurrant palate, works well
Extra Special Barolo 2005 (Ita) £14.98 84
Brick red, developing, complex tarry, smoky nose, bitter cherry, fab
