The Latest from Lidl

The Easter Wine Cellar Collection arrives in Lidl stores on Thursday, March 30th 2017. There really is some good stuff so it’s worth popping in.  Here are a few of Richard’s favourites……

 

Lidl Italy Puglia Masseria Metrano Fiano Salento 2015

Whites

Sauvignon Blanc 2016 Cimarosa, Chile  – 4.99 – textbook Sauvignon at a very affordable price

Veneto Bianco Vigneti di Sole 2015 – 6.99 – Not too dry, flavoursome white

Fiano Salento 2015 Masseria Metrano – 7.99 – another good Italian white from further south

Rias Baixas Barrica 2015 Salneval – 7.99 – unusual but successful oak-aged Albariño

Roero Arneis 2015 Cascina Valentino – 8.99 – beautiful, scented Italian dry white

Château La Birondie 2015 Monbazillac – 8.99 – classy sweet white from Bergerac area

Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune 2015 Louis Dupleix – 9.99 – Well-priced white Burgundy

 

 

Lidl Spain Catalonia Arestel Rosado Brut Espana

Sparkling

Arestel Rosado Cava – 5.99 – really rather tasty rosé sparkler

Clairette de Die 2015 – 5.99 – bundle of sweet, juicy joy

 

 

Lidl France Bordeaux Chateau Soleil Promesse Puisseguin Saint-Emilion 2013Reds

Blason de Montbelly 2015 Blaye, Bordeaux – 5.99 – excellent, everyday claret

Veneto Rosso Vigneti di Sole 2014 – 6.99 – juicy, likable Italian red

Ebeia Roble 2015 Ribera del Duero – 6.99 – fine, polished Spanish red

Saint Chinian 2015 Val Salis – 7.99 – Nice, flavoursome southern French red

Château Soleil Promesse 2013 Puisseguin St Emilion – 9.99 – posher Merlot-based claret!

Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva 2011 Duca di Sasseta – 9.99 – looks and tastes the part

Brunello di Montalcino 2010 – 15.99 – not expensive for one of Italy’s most famous reds

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