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) £4.49 85
Green apple and good balancing acidity, great value
Asda VDP D’Oc Marsanne 2010 (Fra) £4.47 83
Simple but great value, good bright apple and citrus, refreshing acidity
Asda Soave 2010 (Ita) £3.48 81
Dry stony minerality, hints of peach on nose, great value
Asda Sicilian White (Ita) £3.96 83
Fresh light racy acidity, good citrus notes, pleasing
Asda Chilean Chardonnay2010 (Chi) £4.06 83
Good apple nose and palate, some minerality, great price
Asda Chillean Sauvignon Blanc2010 (Chi) £4.06 88
Nice full ripe fruit, sweet grapefruit palate, top value
Asda S. African Chenin Blanc 2010 (SA) £3.58 88
Astounding wine for this price, my summer house white, get it in quick
Asda Verdicchio 2010 (Ita) £4.45 88
Grassy greengage aroma, citrus on palate - will go with fish really well
Asda Valpolicella (Ita) £4.28 80
Black cherry nose, pepper and cherry palate, good Wednesday night wine
Asda Sicilian Red (Ita) £3.96 80
Simple fruity red, good tannin and fruit balance, great value
Asda Australian Shiraz 2010 (Aus) £4.52 83
Bloody cherry nose, rich intense Aussie shiraz, good stuff
Asda Portugese Red (Por) £4.68 86
Good black fruit, hint of farmyard (good)settled tannins, great price
Castillo de Albai Rioja Crianza (Spa) £5.00 84
Black pepper nose, intense and complex fruity palate
>£10
Asda Extra Special Prosecco (Ita) £7.23 84
Soft red apple nose, good refreshing acidity, great example of style
Sancerre Oscar Brilliant 2010 (Fra) £9.47 86
Unripe peach nose, supple fruit, hints of lychee, citrus zing, brilliant
Extra Special Viognier 2010 (Fra) £6.97 88
Orange blossom and grass nose, melon and lime palate, complex, interesting
Extra Special Chardonnay 2010 (Fra) £6.98 88
Oaky nose, good ripe apple, cirtus palate, interesting
Macon Villages Cave de Lugny 2010 (Fra) £6.17 89
Apple and citrus hints on nose, soft apple and minerality on palate, value
Church Mouse Falanghina 2010 (Ita) £7.23 90
Crisp white with good body, citrus notes, very good
Extra Special Fiano 2009 (Ita) £5.98 87
Light green aplle nose, greengage and pear palate, almost tropical
Extra Special Clare Valley Riesling (aus) £9.18 83
Steely petrol nose, complex, dry, floral and mineral notes on palate
Stormhoek Chardonnay Pinot Grigio (SA) £6.20 88
Very well priced simple but very drinkable wine, fruity and versatile
Extra Special Crozes Hermitage (Fra) £8.17 84
Some development on nose and palate, generous fruit, good example
Extra Special Barbera D’Asti (ita) £7.24 83
Generous dark fruit and pepper nose, ripe black berries, top stuff
Extra Special Primitivo (Ita) £5.98 84
Deep dark wine, leather and black fruit nose, intense rich palate
Extra Special Argentina Malbec (Arg) £6.48 84
Spicy blackcurrant leaf and nutmeg nose, forward fruit and grippy tannin
Mayu Sangiovese 2008(Chi) £7.68 89
Bitter black cherry, good full luscious fruit, very generous.
Tiers 2 Rioja Crianza 2008 (Spa) £6.94 89
Gamey leather nose, nice fruit, lush cherry, mouth watering, complex
Extra Special Cabernet Sauvignon (Fra) £6.97 91
Stewed cherry, full and complex, good peppery spice, great at the price
Kiwi Cuvee Pinot Noir 2010 (NZ) £6.16 89
Full fruit salad nose, a bit obvious but some nice pinot noir character
Extra Special Fleurie 2010 (Fra) £6.27 88
Subtle light red fruit nose, black cherry palate, very fruity - try chilled
>£15
Zilzie Viognier 2010 (Aus) £10.17 85
Spicy nutmeg nose, tropical fruit, melon on palate, refreshing acidity
Extra Special Barolo 2005 (Ita) £14.98 84
Brick red, developing, complex tarry, smoky nose, bitter cherry, fab
Extra Special New Zealand Pinot Noir 2009 (NZ) £10.18 91
Red cherry and redcurrant aroma, lush ripe fruit, good light tannin
Lobster Reef Pinot Noir 2009 (NZ) £10.17 88
Pale, cherry and redcurrant nose, nice body and lovely peppery finish
El Meson Rioja Gran Reserva 2001 (Spa) £14.98 90
Complex nose, pepper, leather, game, juicy fruit palate, soft tannin
Asda Extra Special Vintage Champagne (Fra) £20.17 88
Great value, really interesting complex fizz, autolyic toasty notes, very pleasing
