Top Ten White Reds over £6 of 2014 this week. There will also be a Paula’s Top Ten Must Haves for Christmas Day next Monday in the last column before Christmas Day. But here are the reds ranging in price from £7.49 to £11.99 listed in ascending order of price. Co-op here I come!
Top Ten Reds over £6 of 2014
1 Indomita Chilean Gran Reserva Carmenere 2012
£7.49 Co-op
A complex and many-layered wine that tastes of wild strawberry, chocolate and wood.
2 Co-op Fairtrade Argentinean Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
£7.49 Co-op
A wonderfully smooth red that tastes of milk chocolate with an edge of sour cherry. This wine is good on its own or goes equally well with food.
3 Desconocido Spanish Monastrell 2013
£7.99 Co-op
Tastes like a macaroon with a cherry on the top!
4 Montes Reserva Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
£8.99 Co-op
Deep deep flavours of blackcurrant and vanilla yoghurt with a dash of cinnamon and spice.
5 Foncalieu Gourmandises French Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
£8.99 Waitrose
Black Forest Gateau.
6 The Pulhams Bin 22 Australian Shiraz 2011
£9.74 Virgin Wines
A slurpable red with raspberry and liqueur choc flavours.
7 Apothic Red Californian Winemaker’s Blend 2012
£9.99 Ocado
Turkish Delight and chocolate truffles.
8 Allegrini Italian Bardolino 2013
£9.99 Majestic
Light cherry and redcurrant flavours. A rosé-lovers red.
9 Marques de Valido Spanish Rioja Reserva 2009
£10.99 Co-op
A complex but light-tasting red with flavours of violets and blackcurrant, with just a hint of Marmite.
10 Evans and Tate Breathing Space Australian Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
£11.00 Majestic
Fruity and creamy with flavours of damson and milk choc. Worth the money.
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