WAITROSE 2010/11 TOP WINES IN PRICE CATEGORY
SUMMARY
Far more wines recommended here than any of the other major retailers, partly due to the huge number of wines at their tasting and partly due to the brilliance of their wine team in selecting so many great quality and good value wines. These wines include my own personal house red (Trincaria Rosso), white (Eva's Vineyard), and fizz (SanLeo Prosecco Rosé) from the cheaper end to a spectacular selection of classic old world wines in the over £15 bracket. This list really has everything.
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
WINE PRICE DRINKER RATING
>£5
Coogee Bay sem/chard 2009 (Aus) £4.99 82
Honeysuckle nose, zesty citrus notes on palate, good acidity, well made
Evas Vineyard c. blanc, p. grigio, kiralyeanyka(Hun) £3.99 86
Floral, aromatic, apple, orange blossom, good acidity, great value
Reserve de la Perriere 2008 Corbieres 2008 (Fra) £4.69 81
Pencil lead and bloody nose, complex, restrained tannin, good fruit
Classic Cotes du Rhone 2009 (Fra) £4.49 83
Soft light fragrant nose, good black pepper and black fruits, top value
Trincaria Rosso 2009 (Ita) £3.99 91
Dried tea leaf nose, complex fruit palate, good body and soft tannin
>£10
Miguel Torres San Medin cab sauv rose (Ita) £7.29 86
Slightly medicinal nose, good light raspberry palate, refreshing acidity
Champteloup Musc Sevre Maine 2009 (Fra) £5.99 82
Good grapey nose, nice balancing fruit and acidity, top price, well made
Fief Guerin Muscadet 2009 (Fra) £6.49 83
Hints of melon on nose, high acidity, refreshing, good stuff
Champteloup S blanc Touraine 2009 (Fra) £6.99 84
Burnt hints on nose, pleasing, ripe gooseberry palate, interesting
Le Petit Salivard 2009 (Fra) £7.99 85
Complex on both nose and palate, good fruit, elderflower hints
Domaine de Vieux Vouvray 2008 (Fra) £7.99 82
Big open nose, melon, big fruit, off dry, good acidity-sweetness
Bouchard Aine fils white burgundy 2008 (Fra) £8.99 84
Hints of oak on nose, good minerality, smokiness and apple, vfm
Arniston Bay Lighthouse Collection 2009 (SA) £5.29 81
Very well made drinkable wine, clean, refreshing, great value
Fairhills Fairtrade W Cape 2009 (SA) £5.99 83
Good blend, nice tropical fruit and floral notes, top drop
Fish Hoek S blanc 2009 (SA) £6.29 83
Restrained s.blanc, gooseberry and understated elderflower, well made
Mont Gras reserve Chardonnay 2008 (Chi) £8.19 83
Light apple nose, good acidity and some minerality, some oak notes
Wild Rock Elevation S Blanc 2009 (NZ) £9.99 85
Floral aromatics, clean, fresh, refreshing
Yalumba Organic Viognier 2009 (Aus) £7.99 83
Melon and bitter herb nose, grass, fresh acidity, top value
Kendermans Special Edition Riesling 2008 (Ger) £5.99 85
Good light aromatics, refreshing acidity, really well made and a great price
Dr Wagner Riesling 2009 (Ger) £7.99 82
Orange blossom nose, medium, good rich full flavour wine, delicious
Dr Basserman Jordan Riesling 2008 (Ger) £8.99 88
Rose petal aromas, verging on medium sweetness, good balancing acidity
Henry Fessy 2009 Brouilly Beaujolais (Fra) £9.99 83
Good ripe raspberry, nice structure from well integrated tannins
Joseph Drouhin 2007 St Amour Beaujolais (Fra) £8.99 86
Light colour, beautiful red fruit, would work well chilled
Gerard Bertrand 2007 Minervois (Fra) £6.99 83
Full soft fruity, porty nose, blackberry, blackcurrant palate, good stuff
Chateau Caraguihes Crobieres 2007 (Fra) £7.99 88
Burnt rubber and tar nose, pleasing black fruit, lots of wine for the price
Cave de Tain Crozes Hermitage 2007 (Fra) £9.99 88
Mushroom, leather complex nose, black cherry, blackberry, really good
Recchia 2009 Bardolino (Ita) £5.99 84
Pale ruby colour, light raspberry and red cherry, simple and subtle
Vinchio-Vaglio Barbera d Asti 2007 (Ita) £7.99 88
Woody bramble nose, supple fruit, good supporting tannin
Poggiotondo Chianti 2008 (Ita) £8.99 86
Complex pepper and spice nose, bitter morello cherry, good structure
Vina Hermina Rioja 2005 (Spa) £8.29 88
Full woody, peppery nose, showing development, good blackberry and leather
Tinto da Anfora Alentejo 2007 (Por) £7.29 86
Balckberry and rhubarb nose, good mouth feel, chocolate, complex
Waitrose Duero Valley Reserve 2008 (Por) £9.99 87
Menthol nose, blackcurrant leaf, complex good tannin and body
Nobilo Orca Bay Merlot Hawkes Bay 2007 (NZ) £7.49 84
Smoky chorizo nose, warm inviting pepper palate, grat value
Waitrose reserve shiraz, St Hallet 2008 (Aus) £8.99 86
Menthol and blackcurrant nose, good blackberry palate, top wine
Sanleo Nerello mascalese pink prosecco (Ita) £7.99 90
Light raspberry nose, persistent mousse, soft in mouth, great value
>£15
Tramontane 2008 Collioure (Fra) £13.99 87
Complex metalic and fruity nose, overripe balck fruit palate, wood, complex
Jean Luc Colombo Crozes Hermitage 2007 (Fra) £13.99 86
Complex forest floor nose, developing, good rich fruit stew palate, top wine
Chat Ka Source Rouge 2007 (Bekka Valley) (Leb) £10.99 86
Pencil lead nose, some minerality on palate, full black fruit, good structure
Chivite Gran Fuedo Navarra 2005 (Spa) £11.99 88
Good modern fruit driven Sapnish wine, developing well, ballsy
Cortes de Cima Alentejo 2005 (Por) £10.99 87
Beautiful, blackcurrant juice, spice, mouth-watering almost jammy
Vina Leyda Cahuil P Noir 2008 (Chi) £14.99 87
Menthol nose, soft in mouth, metallic and fruity, complex
Tabali Encantado Syrah 2008 (Chi) £10.99 88
Sweet cedar nose, oaky, bitter cherry palate, nice integrated tannins
Shelmerdine P Noir 2009 (Aus) £12.99 87
Farmyard and leather nose, sft fruit in mouth, ripe, complex, good tannin
Prominent Hill Shiraz 2007 (Aus) £12.99 88
Burnt, liquorice nose, tar, full black cherry, burnt rubber, top wine
Waitrose Sancerre la Franchotte 2009 (Fra) £11.99 85
Gooseberry fool nose, complex, elegant, refined, beautiful
Domaine Henry Pelle Loire 2008 (Fra) £11.99 84
Tropical fruit and melon nose, grapefruit palate, really good acidity
Joseph Drouhin Rully 1er Cru 2008 (Fra) £13.99 83
Lime zest nose, soft oak in mouth, good drinks party wine
Craggy Range Old Renwick s blanc 2009 (NZ) £12.99 83
Light elderflower, good minerality and acidity, nice fruit, good example
<£15
Vincent Girardin 2007 Monthelie (Fra) £19.99 87
Farmyard nose, hints of leather, good full red fruit palate, complex
Domaine Heresztyn Gevry Chambertin 2007 (Fra) £25.99 88
Complex red fruit and pencil box nose, soft integrated tannin, developing well
Chateau Cantin 2007 St Emillion (Fra) £19.99 85
Cedar spice nose, good black pepper and rich blackcurrant palate, fab
Chat Larrivet Haut Brion Pessac Leognan 2004 (Fra) £24.99 91
Excellent wine, black fruit, pepper, oak, spice, give it 2 more years
Querciabella Chianti Classico 2006 (Ita) £17.99 85
Big complex nose, leather and black fruit, developing well, top wine
Vina Arana Rioja 2001 (Spa) £19.99 89
Tawny colour, pencil box nose, retains fruit and developing well
Torres Mas La Plana 2005 (Spa) £27.99 90
Complex and elegant on the pricey side, special occasion wine
Morgan 12 Clones P Noir 2007 (USA) £19.99 86
Raspberry cane nose, good fruit palate, developing some leathery complexity
Domanie Gerard Thomas St Aubin 2008 (Fra) £18.99 89
Smoky minerality on nose, green apple palate, complex, great value
