Wines of the year 2009 - 2010
The Croughton Wine Appreciation group has a lot of fun scoring the wines we try. We do this with a show of hands at a couple of points during each evening. After each event we total up the scores and produce an average for each wine.
Now at the end of our second year we have published our Wines of the year based on the results of our 2009-2010 tastings. Our congratulations go to Tesco for winning in both the 'top scoring wine' and 'best value wine'.
Best wines of the year
There are 3 categories in the Croughton Wine Appreciation Groups Wine of the Year:
The prices shown below were correct when we purchased it during the 2009 - 2010 tasting events and may have changed since then.
Best in class wines of 2009-2010
Best Red Wine
Score 4.2 Tesco Finest Malbec 2008, Argentina
Tesco £5.00 Tesco's website
Best Desert Wine
Score 3.80 Morrisons Mont Tauch Muscat de Rivesaltes, France
Morrisons £5.99 Morrisons' website
Best White Wine
Score 3.7 Scotto Chardonnay-Marsanne 2008, California
Edward Sheldon £7.99 Edward Sheldon's website
Best Sparkling Wine
Score 3.5 Sainsbury's Blanc de Noirs Champagne, France
Sainsburys £14.00 Sainsbury's website
Top scoring wines of 2009-2010
1] Score 4.2 Tesco Finest Malbec 2008, Argentina
Tesco £5.00 http://www.tesco.com/wine/
2] Score 3.89 Ermitage du Pic Saint Loup, Cuvée Sainte Agnès Rouge 2006 AOC,
Shiraz / Grenache / Mourvedre, France
Aldeby Wines £13.54 http://www.aldebywines.co.uk/
3=] Score 3.80 Morrisons Mont Tauch Muscat de Rivesaltes, France
Morrisons £5.99 http://www.morrisons.co.uk/Drink/Wine/
3=] Score 3.80 Craggy Range Te Kahu 2005, Merlot / Cabernet, NZ
SH Jones £16.49 http://www.shjoneswines.com/
5] Score 3.73 Rickety Bridge Shiraz 2004, South Africa
Gt Wine Online £13.95 http://www.greatwineonline.co.uk/
Best value wines of 2009-2010
The table below lists the best value wines we have found during our 2009-2010 wine tastings. This is based on "£ per point". Each wine is scored in each event and the wines shown here are the ones which cost less than £2.00 per point scored. So the lowest score represents the best value.
| Wine | Country | Grape (Main) | Colour | Score (5 max) |
Price | From | £ per point |
| Finest Malbec 2008 | Argentina | Malbec | Red | 4.2 | 5.00 | Tesco | 1.19 |
| Fairtrade Torrontes Chardonnay, 2008 | Argentina | Chardonnay | White | 3.1 | 4.49 | Coop | 1.45 |
| Fairtrade Shiraz, 2007 | Argentina | Shiraz | Red | 3.1 | 4.49 | Coop | 1.45 |
| Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico DOC 2008 | Italy | Verdicchio | White | 2.7 | 4.10 | Sainsburys | 1.52 |
| Fairtrade Carmenere, 2007 | Chile | Carmenere | Red | 3.17 | 4.99 | Coop | 1.57 |
| Mont Tauch Muscat de Rivesaltes | France | Muscat | White | 3.8 | 5.99 | Morrisons | 1.58 |
| Fairtrade Carmenere, 2008 | Chile | Carmenere | Red | 3 | 4.99 | Coop | 1.66 |