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Zinfandel Reds Of The Week
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A departure from my usual grab-bag of 'what has tickled my tonsils' this week - concentrating on just one grape variety.
Zinfandel is my go to grape for a full-on winter warmer red - loads of fruit, not too many tannins and ages nicely in the bottle.
These five are all excellent value - and the Aldi wine is way under-price for such a good wine - loads of fruit, smooth as a very smooth thing and excellent with grills and BBQs :
Aldi Meadowhawk Cellars - £7.99 - currently seems to be missing from their online site, but there's loads in my local store still.
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Three from Majestic :
The first is a cheap introduction to the delights of zinfandel red - it's not a showstopper, but is well worth the £6.99. The other two are in a different class - bottled Californian sunshine for an occasional treat in a gloomy British February. The Chronic Cellars is just wonderful with spicy tagines and the like :
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Finally, I was overjoyed to find a new UK distributor for an old favourite - Avery's discontinued it a couple of years ago and I'd just drunk the last bottle from my 'rainy day rack'.
Smoking Loon is the best (for its £11 price) Zinfandel around - smooth, fruity, drinkable - excellent with a Roast Dinner, but I had a bottle with a curry the other day and it was just perfect :
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NB - there's a £10 delivery charge , but new customers can get a 5% reduction on their first order, so a case comes in at about £124
Bottoms Up
Dave xx
Zinfandel is my go to grape for a full-on winter warmer red - loads of fruit, not too many tannins and ages nicely in the bottle.
These five are all excellent value - and the Aldi wine is way under-price for such a good wine - loads of fruit, smooth as a very smooth thing and excellent with grills and BBQs :
Aldi Meadowhawk Cellars - £7.99 - currently seems to be missing from their online site, but there's loads in my local store still.
http://
Three from Majestic :
The first is a cheap introduction to the delights of zinfandel red - it's not a showstopper, but is well worth the £6.99. The other two are in a different class - bottled Californian sunshine for an occasional treat in a gloomy British February. The Chronic Cellars is just wonderful with spicy tagines and the like :
https:/
https:/
https:/
Finally, I was overjoyed to find a new UK distributor for an old favourite - Avery's discontinued it a couple of years ago and I'd just drunk the last bottle from my 'rainy day rack'.
Smoking Loon is the best (for its £11 price) Zinfandel around - smooth, fruity, drinkable - excellent with a Roast Dinner, but I had a bottle with a curry the other day and it was just perfect :
https:/
NB - there's a £10 delivery charge , but new customers can get a 5% reduction on their first order, so a case comes in at about £124
Bottoms Up
Dave xx
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If you like blushes have you tried the dry rosés from the Rhone (Tavel) and Provence (they're the ones in the woman-shaped bottle).
The last time we went to Paris I remember eating al fresco with my wife and watching a skinny, but well dressed and good-looking French thirtyish woman nibbling at something or other, drinking Provençal rosé (she had a full bottle on the table) and smoking a fag.
The last time we went to Paris I remember eating al fresco with my wife and watching a skinny, but well dressed and good-looking French thirtyish woman nibbling at something or other, drinking Provençal rosé (she had a full bottle on the table) and smoking a fag.
I'm not overkeen on 'blush' zins - they tend to far towards the sweet end of the spectrum sometimes - but a Sancerre might be interesting, and Rosé de Provence can be a very refreshing drink on a hot day.
That Aldi Malbec sounds interesting - as does this new Alberone :
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That Aldi Malbec sounds interesting - as does this new Alberone :
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