The Fair Mile Cabernet Shiraz 2011 £7.49
Accolade Wines
Forget about this smelling of cabernet or shiraz. It has the most extraordinary aroma. It's like sweet tropical fruit and, maybe, roses. Very sweet indeed, with some oak. Too sweet for food but a lovely aperitif. Quite weird.
14%

Tesco Finest* Block 13 McLaren Vale Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 2011 £9.99
d'Arenberg
Young fruit on the nose. Nasty taste. 2nd bottle, just as bad. Nasty smell. Too polite to say what.
14.40%

Quirky Bird Shiraz Mourvèdre Viognier 2012 £6.99
Accolade Wines
Fragrant and a little like hoppy beer or shandy. Quite a nice fruity little wine. Some sweet vanilla. Easy drinking and very perfumed.
14%

Tesco Finest* Swartland Shiraz 2011 £6.99
Origin Wine
Nice, recognisable, fruity shiraz on the nose. Light, fruity and easy. Not particularly complex. Liquorice aftertaste.
14%

Tesco Finest* Swartland Malbec 2012 £7.99
Accolade Wines
Light cherry colour.Smells very strongly of red roses. Blimey. Sweet, rosy taste. Don't try this with food, but it's an interesting flavour Really very sweet and confected. Violet aftertaste.
13.50%

Tesco Finest* Swartland Pinotage 2012 £7.99
Accolade Wines
Sweet vanilla oak. These two wines (pinotage and malbec) are clearly made by the same person. Both very floral and aromatic. This one is a little less sweet and confected on the palate and so much more approachable. Quite a savoury, rubbery taste, with strong floral taste. Good price.
14%



Tesco Finest* Stellenbosch Red Blend 2010 £9.99
Mount Rozier
Lovely minty Bordeaux nose. This is made from Bordeaux varieties and it smells very good. I llike the taste as well. Minty, herbal and with juicy, fresh acidity. Very nice.
14%

Tesco Finest* Argentinian Malbec 2011 £7.99
Catena Zapata
A bit stinky on the nose. Hard, black and tannic. Not nice.
13.50%

Tesco Finest* Central Otago Pinot Noir 2011 £10.99
Sacred Hill Wines
Very pale colour. Light aroma. Dry and not very fruity. Lacking beauty.
13.50%

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