Festive treats: 16 top buys priced £20-£50
Looking for something extra special to celebrate this holiday season? These 16 standout buys are ideal for impressing your guests.
Wanting to treat your guests, and yourself, to something a little bit special on the festive table this year? As a companion selection to our 34 wines under £20, the Decanter team has selected 16 standout bottles certain to impress, and all available in the UK priced from £20-£50.
This month’s highlights
Must-try white: Consolation, Petit Gris, Côtes Catalanes, Roussillon, France 2018
Must-try red: Tyrrell’s, Winemaker’s Selection Vat 8 Shiraz-Cabernet, Hunter Valley, Australia 2018
Festive treats: top Premium buys
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Hambledon Vineyard, Classic Cuvée Rosé, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Very moreish and textural - a great showcase of the evolution of Hambledon's Classic Cuvée pink iteration. Lifted nose, with notes of cranberry, pink grapefruit,...
Hambledon VineyardHampshire
Künstler, Assmannshauser Rosé Brut Nature, Rheingau, Germany, 2018
This pale pink wine sends notions of tart redcurrant edged with salty, creamy hints of butter and blood orange to the nose. The palate has...
2018
Künstler
Nals Margreid, Sirmian Pinot Bianco, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 2020
A standout single-vineyard wine and the cooperative’s flagship white. Bright, stony and impeccably balanced, it charms with scents of melon, white flowers and peach flecks....
2020
Nals Margreid
Anhydrous, Icon, Santorini, Aegean Islands, Greece, 2020
Santorini Assyrtiko at its best, with linearity, textural appeal and a seductive seaspray mist. Subtly dense, with fleshy grapefruit, apricot and greengage. From a cool...
2020
AnhydrousSantorini
Consolation, Petit Gris, Côtes Catalanes, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, 2018
Open and inviting with delicate blossom and green apple aromas. Fermented in barrel and matured on lees, giving a dab of creaminess and butteriness to...
2018
ConsolationCôtes Catalanes
Rolly Gassmann, Kappelweg de Rorschwihr Riesling, Alsace, France, 2014
Rolly Gassmann only releases its wines when they are deemed ready to drink. This lieu-dit, Kappelweg de Rorschwihr, lies on calcareous marl soils which gives...
2014
Rolly Gassmann
Domaine Bruno Clair, Blanc, Marsannay, Burgundy, France, 2018
Struck match and aniseed aromas tinged with burnt lemon and lime. The palate is supple and fresh, a tang of gunflint present on the back...
2018
Domaine Bruno ClairMarsannay
Bodegas Ramón Bilbao, Finca Lalinde Lalomba Rosado, Rioja, Spain, 2021
Finca Lalinde is a 5.4ha vineyard in Rioja Oriental that benefits from the cool breezes and higher elevation of the Sierra de Yerga. Garnacha is...
2021
Bodegas Ramón Bilbao
Tyrrell’s, Winemaker's Selection Vat 8 Shiraz-Cabernet, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia, 2018
While Vat 8 is the classic Aussie blend of Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon, it’s usually just 10% of the latter. Nevertheless it makes its presence...
2018
Tyrrell’sHunter Valley
Domenico Clerico, Barolo, Piedmont, Italy, 2018
Fruit from core holdings in Monforte: Ginestra, Bussia, Pajana and Mosconi. The winery's modernist approach utilises short macerations and a mix of small oak and...
2018
Domenico ClericoBarolo
Akarua, Rua Pinot Noir, Central Otago, New Zealand, 2021
Massive force of juicy dark raspberries and black forest fruit with a heady overtone of smoke, orange peel and Christmas spices. Energetic, juicy acidity lifted...
2021
Akarua
Pyros, Appellation Malbec, Pedernal Valley, San Juan, Argentina, 2019
From high altitude vineyards at 1,400m in San Juan's Pedernal Valley. Aromas of dark fruit and dark spices with herbal hints. The palate is marked...
2019
PyrosPedernal Valley
RedHeads, Esculé, McLaren Vale, South Australia, Australia, 2019
A brand full of exciting discoveries (the Triplex Sauvignon Blanc is a steal at £15.99) like this McLaren Vale red which, as it is not...
2019
RedHeadsMcLaren Vale
Château Béard, La Chapelle St-Emilion Grand Cru, Bordeaux, France, 2018
New to the Sainsbury's range for autumn 2022 and exclusive to the supermarket, this blend of Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc is sourced from a...
2018
Château Béard
Union of Winemaking Cooperatives of Samos, Solera Aged Muscat, Samos, Aegean Islands, Greece
Succulent and characterful, this Muscat, aged in a Solera that goes back to 1955, has a savoury, smokey complexity that is hard to resist. Apricot,...
Union of Winemaking Cooperatives of SamosSamos
Graham's, Quinta dos Malvedos, Douro Valley, Portugal, 2010
From Graham’s flagship estate: 2010 was a high-yielding vintage that produced fragrant, fruit-driven wines. Still, deep and youthful in appearance with lovely richness on the...
2010
Graham's
