MORRISONS SUMMER 2010 TOP WINES IN PRICE CATEGORY
SUMMARY
A fantastic range of wines from Morrisons the Wine Educators of the Year at the WSET Awards. A relatively small selection at their tasting and being just prior to the World Cup there was a South African bias which was really refreshing. This is reflected in the list below as the South African wines were of a really high quality and have clearly been chosen with some skill and care. In fact Morrisons scored really well across all of the New World.
KEY
The reds are written up in this colour
The whites in this colour
Pink in this colour
The fizz in this colour
Desert wines in this colour
Fortifieds in this colour
WINE PRICE DRINKER RATING
>£5
Hilltop Czerszegi Fuszere 2009 (Hun) £3.99 82
Big floral nose, dry gooseberry and rose petal palate, great value
Liberti Marsala Superiore (Ita) £3.99 37.5cl 86
Open raisiny nose, figgy palate, amazing price for such a wine
>£10
Vergelegen Sauv Blanc 2008 (SA) £8.99 83
Grassy nose, green apple, toast and grass palate, bitter orange, top wine
Crux Marlborough S Blanc2009 (NZ) £9.99(promo £5off) 81
Grass, lychee, mango nose, herbaceous palate, good value
Ara Pathway S Blanc 2009 (NZ) £7.99 81
Melon and resin nose, smoky and mineral palate, lots of gooseberry
Penfolds Winemakers Chardonnay 2008 (Aus) £8.99 81
Apple, gream, vanilla, oak, a very Aussie chardonnay, good stuff
Albamar Reserve Chardonnay 2009 (Chi) £7.49 82
Green stalky nose, unripe apple and lime zest nose, good value
Nederberg FIFA S Blanc 2009 (SA) £6.99 81
Green nutty aromas, good structure, nice acidity, forward gooseberry
Couleurs du Sud C Sauvignon 2008 (Fra) £5.99 81
Bramble nose, nice rich blackberry flavour and good full tannin
Albamar Pinot Noir Reserve 2009 (Chi) £7.99 83
Black cherry and leather nose, good stewed fruit palate, soft tannin
Ara Pathway Pinot Noir Reserve 2008 (NZ) £9.99 84
Concentrated red fruit nose, mouth-watering palate, good fruit and acidity
Barbera D’Asti Superiore 2007 (Ita) £6.98 85
Generous fruity, spicy nose, pepper and black cherry palate, top value
Lagunilla Rioja Reserva 2005 (Spa) £11.99 (promo £6 off) 84
Balck fruit and leather complex nose, developing well, good acidity-fruit
Baron La Rose Rouge Vielles Vignes 2005 (Fra) £9.99 81
Plum jam nose, pepper and blackberry palate, good stuff
Nederberg FIFA C Sauv 2008 (SA) £6.99 86
Generous balck fruit nose, complex bramble palate, lots of wine for the price
Bayerskloof Pinotage 2009 (SA) £6.79 81
Good ripe cherry nose, nice tannins, peppery, good BBQ wine, robust
Vergelegen Mill Race 2007 (SA) £9.99 83
Smoky chorizo nose, plum jam palate, good complex wine
Penfolds Winemakers Shiraz/Cabernet 2008 (Aus) £8.99 82
Metalic, blackcurrant nose, balanced forward fruit and soft tannin
Buckingham Estate Shiraz2007 (Aus) £7.99 82
Sweet cedar spice nose, complex bramble and pepper, modern wine
Pepperwood Grove Zinfandel 2008 (USA) £7.99 81
Good wine, jammy, forward fruit, black cherry and blackberry
1865 Syrah 2007 (Chi) £9.99 81
Blackberry nose, high fruit palate, lots of tannin, knock your socks off
<£15
Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve 2007 (Fra) £15.99 84
Deep complex balck fruit nose, high tannin but fruit to balance, good
Vergelegen reserve C Sauv 2005 (SA) £16.99 81
Pepper and blck fruit nose, soft and complex in mouth, high smooth tannin
