£5.25 Aldi wine as good as £3,000 bottle.

I like my white wine on the creamy side, my rosé fruity and very chilled. And the red has to be well rounded, with a smooth finish and something that gives you the feels after a moment or two. I'm no way a wine snob and would happily drink eight pints of lager with the next fella, but when you've had an absolutely amazing bottle of wine you remember it forever. And then you understand why people go nuts over it. Your Ratatouille moment.
 
Yep, but the one on the right is even better imo and only £4.99.
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Wife has heard of this before from the knackeredmotherswineclub, but never actually tasted it, but it's really interesting to know that that wine expert rated it equivilant to a 3k bottle.


Quite a few year back we went on a cruise to Israel and because we were technically in steerage, we were allocated on a table for twelve. A mixed bunch consisting of Germans, a Spanish couple and some diners from Norway.

Anyway the German family were par excellent hosts and as they got more pissed they offered us both a glass of their posh wine. The sommelier said it was 250 dollars a bottle, but to be fair, I couldnt dicern between a bottle costing under £20 back home. Maybe it's the Emporers Clothes effect, oR maybe because my working class taste buds are more trained toward the juniper berry, than the fruit of the vine.

There are some really really excellent reds doing the rounds for under a tenner, and even if I was carrying, I still would not wish to spend much more.

I think you get to a certain level on drinks and then it all just tastes nice. Just like the gin, and after a Tanqeray No's 10, I cannot taste anything better for the price.

Maybe the quality single malts are a different kettle of fish, and I wish my pocket would allow me more funds to investigate the auntie further.

However in the stlye of the old Aldi adverts ..

I like this one



But I also like this one


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Anyway OP Thanks for the heads up on this cheeky Bordeux, and at only £5.25 a bottle it has to be said that it's really really delightfull.We've done one each with some Jacobs and Cathedral City, and all I can say is mais oui et Bonne Le Douche!
Wifey, who's a red wine fan, said the Bordeax, Torro Locco and Trivento were "drinkable"! (She wasn't impressed)
She then said this is a far superior product at around £7
Sadly it's showing as out of stock

 
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Wifey, who's a red wine fan, said the Bordeax, Torro Locco and Trivento were "drinkable"! (She wasn't impressed)
She then said this is a far superior product at around £7
Sadly it's showing as out of stock

Asda have in stock their own Primitivo Puglia currently selling for £7.75 with excellent reviews. Slightly more expensive than the Aldi sourced, albeit with a higher ABV.

 
Love a Bordeaux. In laws live there, so get a lot of it. My wine rack is full of Moelleux and Red
 
Always remember a number of years ago, some very expensive wine was discovered to be cheap plonk. It wasn't discovered by some wine buff ,but when the labels started to peel off.Up until then no one had complained about the wines quality .
I now settle for "Chez Sear" special home brew. If light can be seen through the bottle, it's ready to be drunk .
 
One of the best reds I had was made by my wife’s ex boyfriend who has a Vineyard in Spain! Cost about £50 from a restaurant we were in whilst in the Canaries. This was a lot to pay for me for wine but once she told me it was her ex when looking at the wine list, curiosity got the better of me! Very nice !
 

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