Decent red wine for a tenner? (better than Barossa Ink)

[matchmaker]

Jam Shed Malbec. Lovely stuff.

[Ace-T]

Aldis Porta 6 copy. Very pleasant indeed.

[ajap1979]

I find it unusual that “decent red wine for a tenner” is even a subject. Go in any supermarket and you’re going to find good red wine for less than £10 IMHO.

[johnboy1975]

ajap1979 said:

I find it unusual that “decent red wine for a tenner” is even a subject. Go in any supermarket and you’re going to find good red wine for less than £10 IMHO.

I agree, this thread is for wine snobs purists - If you mention Hardy's you'll get run off the thread with a pitchfork

I had a very pleasant red called "Hereford" for £5.75 a month or so back. Argentinian IIRC

Yep: (£7.25 now)
https://www.coop.co.uk/products/hereford-tempranil...

[popegregory]

ajap1979 said:

I find it unusual that “decent red wine for a tenner” is even a subject. Go in any supermarket and you’re going to find good red wine for less than £10 IMHO.

Are you saying we up the game and make it decent wine for £7?

[Soloman Dodd]

matchmaker said:

Jam Shed Malbec. Lovely stuff.

I've tried Jam Shed, it's very sweet and almost an alcopop.

[Chris Stott]

Soloman Dodd said:

matchmaker said:

Jam Shed Malbec. Lovely stuff.

I've tried Jam Shed, it's very sweet and almost an alcopop.

Alcoholic ribena

[Speed 3]

Chris Stott said:

Soloman Dodd said:

matchmaker said:

Jam Shed Malbec. Lovely stuff.

I've tried Jam Shed, it's very sweet and almost an alcopop.

Alcoholic ribena

Same for me, as bad as that Yellow Tail Jammy Red Roo.

[Richard-390a0]

Speed 3 said:

Chris Stott said:

Soloman Dodd said:

matchmaker said:

Jam Shed Malbec. Lovely stuff.

I've tried Jam Shed, it's very sweet and almost an alcopop.

Alcoholic ribena

Same for me, as bad as that Yellow Tail Jammy Red Roo.

Yes yes yes to all of the above. I'm glad it's not just me!

[Chris Stott]

Back in the Uk for 5 days, so intend to catch up with some of my favourite non-Spanish wines.

Very limIted shopping in the village, but picked up a bottle of this southern Italian to drink with pizza tonight. Opened it to taste and it’s pretty decent… dark fruits, some oak, not overly tanic, quite interesting… seems very decent value at under £8 from the local co-op



The weekend will be Musar, Villa Antinori and Segla… so not quite thread budget stuff

[ajap1979]

^^ Buy that regularly, it’s very nice.

[MitchT]

HarryW said:

A little more than £10 but Lidl organic vacqueyras 2019 at £11.99 is as good as if not better than most £30 bottles of Chateauneuf du pape imho.

Had a look for this at my local Lidl at the weekend, but they only had 2021 for £9.99 and it didn't say Organic anywhere on it.

[popegregory]

Found in Aldi this afternoon, going to try this evening with dinner

[M11rph]

Chris Stott said:

...Very limIted shopping in the village, but picked up a bottle of this southern Italian to drink with pizza tonight. Opened it to taste and it’s pretty decent… dark fruits, some oak, not overly tanic, quite interesting… seems very decent value at under £8 from the local co-op

The weekend will be Musar, Villa Antinori and Segla… so not quite thread budget stuff

The Co-Op have some good offerings, down to a good buying team lead by Sarah Benson iirc. They have a habit of picking good value wines as long as you stay away from the most traditional Old World wines.

[sean ie3]

popegregory said:

Found in Aldi this afternoon, going to try this evening with dinner

Seen this as well, I think that I'll get one for Sunday lunch.

[Chris Stott]

M11rph said:

The Co-Op have some good offerings, down to a good buying team lead by Sarah Benson iirc. They have a habit of picking good value wines as long as you stay away from the most traditional Old World wines.

Didn’t look at the whole section, but they did have a pretty decent selection of Italians… Amarone, Barolo, Vino Nobile de Montepulciano, Villa Antinori, some southern Italians I’ve rarely seen in Majestic… not what you typically expect to find in medium sized village supermarket!

[HarryW]

MitchT said:

HarryW said:

A little more than £10 but Lidl organic vacqueyras 2019 at £11.99 is as good as if not better than most £30 bottles of Chateauneuf du pape imho.

Had a look for this at my local Lidl at the weekend, but they only had 2021 for £9.99 and it didn't say Organic anywhere on it.

Yesterday I popped in and saw the 2021 version @£9.99 you cite.

It has the green AB symbol on it which is the French ‘Agriculture Biologique’ = Organic Wine?
Not tasted it mind, but I suspect being £2 and 2 years younger it might not be the quality of the 2019 vintage but I’d suspect it’s not a bad wind either.

[21st Century Man]

Ace-T said:

Aldis Porta 6 copy. Very pleasant indeed.

Drinking now, it is nice, but rate the Aldi Primitivo higher, and also prefer the Primitivo to the Aldi Animus Douro (and it's much cheaper too).

[Chris Stott]

Another decent southern Italian from the local coop. £9.

Very smooth.. would probably be a wine liked by most on here.

[M11rph]

Agree with the above. Co-Op seem to stock the Rosso and the Riserva interchangeably and price them the same on the shelves, although the Riserva isn't often seen in my local shops.

Only difference is the Riserva has a minimum of 3 years ageing.

The Wine Society have the later at £9.25, it's my staple "House Italian Red".