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

[MitchT]

HarryW said:

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.

Ah, I could see the green symbol on the bottle but, as there was nothing on the price label on the shelf saying "Organic", I wasn't sure what it meant.

[ajap1979]

Just sneaking in under a tenner at the moment. £9.50 reduced from £12.50 at Sainsbury’s. I’m a big fan of Negroamaro, and this one is no exception.

[S6PNJ]

Sainsbury's still has its -25% for 6 bottles offer on - ends today. managed to pick up (again):

this for £4.50 a bottle


and this for £3.38 a bottle


some crazy pricing going on!

[PT1984]

That Porto 6 pricing surely isn’t right? It was on offer the other day £7!

[cavey76]

PT1984 said:

That Porto 6 pricing surely isn’t right? It was on offer the other day £7!

Nope that is just about doable with the 25% off combined with any Nectar pricing. Actually beats what i paid for it from Portugal direct. So well done that fella.

[Regbuser]

Artesano de Argento Fairtrade Organic Malbec Cabernet Franc, £9

https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/artesa...

[S6PNJ]

cavey76 said:

PT1984 said:

That Porto 6 pricing surely isn’t right? It was on offer the other day £7!

Nope that is just about doable with the 25% off combined with any Nectar pricing. Actually beats what i paid for it from Portugal direct. So well done that fella.

It was price reduced in store (for whatever reason) down to £4.50!! As was the other one, reduced in store, down at £6.

Edited by S6PNJ on Wednesday 4th October 21:51

[Mazinbrum]

PT1984 said:

That Porto 6 pricing surely isn’t right? It was on offer the other day £7!

Still £7 today in my local Sainsbury.

[JuanCarlosFandango]

I got a bottle of Mucho Mas in Sainsburys. Blended Spanish wine, so not one for the purists but very drinkable. £8.50 and 25% off when you buy 6 bottles.

[havoc]

Gave up on Sainsbury's wine several years ago after about 4 bottles in a row were off...god knows how they'd been storing them.

[popegregory]

Yes to Aldi’s fake Porta 6 at just over a fiver (even if it is amusing that had I have gone to Sainsbury’s for the 25% off six deal I’d have got the real one for two quid less )

[Bullett]

Another Aldi special

£8 and very drinkable.

[popegregory]

Bullett said:

Another Aldi special

£8 and very drinkable.

Fake Dark Horse presumably, very amusing

[PT1984]

Bullett said:

Another Aldi special

£8 and very drinkable.

I had the Cali Zinfandel equivalent last week. Needed a day do breath. Was lovely then.

[ClaphamGT3]

The Guv'nor available from Majestic is an excellent quaffing red for about £8 a bottle.

I nearly didn't buy it for our Christmas party last year as it seemed too cheap but I tasted it and was sold. It drinks like a £15-20 bottle of wine

[Chris Stott]

ClaphamGT3 said:

The Guv'nor available from Majestic is an excellent quaffing red for about £8 a bottle.

I nearly didn't buy it for our Christmas party last year as it seemed too cheap but I tasted it and was sold. It drinks like a £15-20 bottle of wine

The Guv’nor is a blend of Tempranillo, sourced from multiple vineyards spread across Spain… grapes that aren’t good enough to make graded Rioja or Ribera.

It costs somewhere between €3 and €5 in Spanish supermarkets (cheapest I’ve seen it is €2.87 in my local mercadona).

It’s a classic alcoholic ribeana… over concentrated fruit, lacking a balancing acidity and has no real complexity.

£15-20 buys a very good, graded, proper Rioja or Ribera. Or a bottle of something like Villa Antinori… waaaaay beyond The Guvnor.

Edited by Chris Stott on Saturday 7th October 17:55

[JKRolling]

Obviously wine is all about personal taste and i disagree with the above. I’m currently staying in a hotel converted from a prison and have enjoyed a few bottles of this below which I thought apt to bring along given the name.

It’s available at £9.99 a bottle if you buy 6. Personally I’ve found it far better than the likes of Marques de Zearra reserva and a lot of Vina Tondonia‘s wines at at least twice the price

[Sport_Turismo_GTS]

JKRolling said:

Obviously wine is all about personal taste and i disagree with the above. I’m currently staying in a hotel converted from a prison and have enjoyed a few bottles of this below which I thought apt to bring along given the name.

https://www.bodminjailhotel.com/?gad_source=1&...
Are you in Bodmin?

JKRolling said:

It’s available at £9.99 a bottle if you buy 6. Personally I’ve found it far better than the likes of Marques de Zearra reserva and a lot of Vina Tondonia‘s wines at at least twice the price

I enjoy Vina Tondonia, as a special but not over-indulgent wine (I have bottles from a number of vintages between 2005 and 2011 in the cellar). I recently purchased some 2001 Vina Tondonia Gran Reserva which I’m saving for a special occasion as it’s more than 5 x the price!

I’m now going to try and find this ‘The guv’nor’ VIP wine, thanks for the recommendation.

Edited by Sport_Turismo_GTS on Monday 16th October 22:03

[ajap1979]

Chris Stott said:

ClaphamGT3 said:

The Guv'nor available from Majestic is an excellent quaffing red for about £8 a bottle.

I nearly didn't buy it for our Christmas party last year as it seemed too cheap but I tasted it and was sold. It drinks like a £15-20 bottle of wine

The Guv’nor is a blend of Tempranillo, sourced from multiple vineyards spread across Spain… grapes that aren’t good enough to make graded Rioja or Ribera.

It costs somewhere between €3 and €5 in Spanish supermarkets (cheapest I’ve seen it is €2.87 in my local mercadona).

It’s a classic alcoholic ribeana… over concentrated fruit, lacking a balancing acidity and has no real complexity.

£15-20 buys a very good, graded, proper Rioja or Ribera. Or a bottle of something like Villa Antinori… waaaaay beyond The Guvnor.

Edited by Chris Stott on Saturday 7th October 17:55

Yeah, I have to say, I think the Guv’nor is bordering on undrinkable, yet my FIL loves it. I have had to ask him to stop bringing it when they come for dinner though

[JKRolling]

Sport_Turismo_GTS said:

JKRolling said:

Obviously wine is all about personal taste and i disagree with the above. I’m currently staying in a hotel converted from a prison and have enjoyed a few bottles of this below which I thought apt to bring along given the name.

https://www.bodminjailhotel.com/?gad_source=1&...
Are you in Bodmin?

JKRolling said:

It’s available at £9.99 a bottle if you buy 6. Personally I’ve found it far better than the likes of Marques de Zearra reserva and a lot of Vina Tondonia‘s wines at at least twice the price

I enjoy Vina Tondonia, as a special but not over-indulgent wine (I have bottles from a number of vintages between 2005 and 2011 in the cellar). I recently purchased some 2001 Vina Tondonia Gran Reserva which I’m saving for a special occasion as it’s more than 5 x the price!

I’m now going to try and find this ‘The guv’nor’ VIP wine, thanks for the recommendation.

Edited by Sport_Turismo_GTS on Monday 16th October 22:03

I stayed at Malmasion Oxford, thanks for posting this hotel though, might try that next Spring.

The VIP will probably be overly sweet if you are really into the vintages you mentioned. Personally, I enjoyed it as much or more than what I referenced but that’s down to personal taste I guess. Although I enjoy all wine