Thursday, July 28, 2011

Marco de Pegões 2009


Marco de Pegões 2009 Portugal, 13.5%, €8.99, stockists


Take a sip of this red blend from Portugal. I did and thought it good. Then I took a look at the price: €8.99. Incredible. Incredibly good value.

Colour is an attractive ruby with an attractive nose of berries. The acidity here is the first to shake hands with you as the tannins are not shy. But immediately there is a rich follow of fruit and the decent finish is along similar lines. Quite a wine for the price.

Castelao is a well known Portuguese grape and makes up 50 per cent of this wine. The other constituents are: Syrah / Cabernet Sauvignon/ Alicante Bouchet.

The boys of Wine Alliance have a nose for wines of value and they have certainly hit the jackpot here. I’m not the only one thinking along these lines. The Sunday Times online have it listed as a Star Buy  this summer

Stockists by County
Cork
1601 Off Licence, Kinsale Cork
Bradleys Off Licence, North Main Street Cork
JJ O Driscolls, Ballinlough, Cork
Barrys Off Licence, Midleton, Cork
The Beer Garden, Turners Cross, Cork
Mulcahys Off Licence, Charleville, Cork
Matsons Wine Store, Bandon, Cork
Monkstown Golf Club, Monkstown, Cork
Murphys Foodstore, Dromcummer, Cork
Electric, South Mall, Cork
Liberty Grill, Washington Street, Cork
Cafe Gusto, Washington Street, Cork
Dublin
McHughs, Kilbarrack Road, Dublin
McHughs, Malahide Road, Dublin
On The Grapevine, Dalkey, Dublin
Gibneys of Malahide, Malahide, Dublin.
Deveneys, Dundrum, Dublin
www.drinkstore.ie, Stonybatter, Dublin 7
Hole In The Wall, Dublin 7
Twister Pepper, Dublin 1, Dublin
Galway
Cases Wine Warehouse, Galway
Mortons of Galway, Salthill, Galway
Kerry
Der O Sullivan, The Mall, Tralee, Co. Kerry
French Flair, Tralee, Co. Kerry
O Sullivans, Killarney, Co Kerry
Tipperary
Red Nose Wines, Clonmel, Co Tipperary
Foleys Wine Cellar, Cashel, Co. Tipperary
Waterford
World Wide Wines, Dunmore Road, Waterford
Wexford
Partridges, Gorey, Wexford
Kilkenny
The Wine Centre, Kilkenny
Wicklow
Hollands of Bray, Bray, Wicklow
Wicklow Wine Company, Wicklow Town, Wicklow

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