Weekday wines
Jansz, Premium Cuvée, Tasmania, Australia NV 92 V
£17.99-£19.99 widely available
A cool-climate Chardonnay-based fizz that punches above its weight (for more, see p64). About 5% matures in old French oak before the second fermentation, where it spends two years on lees, gaining creamy toasty notes to join crisp green apple. A steal when on offer at Waitrose. Alc 12%
Costers del Priorat, Blanc de Closos, Priorat, Spain 2017 92
£24.95 Jeroboams
A gorgeous, textural wine with a pale copper hue and aromas of mandarin and herbal bitters. Old bush-vine Garnacha Blanca grapes macerate on skins for four months in large barrels giving a nutty palate of tart peach, ripe apple and orange zest, with perky acidity and grippy fruit tannins. Alc 13%
Sainsbury’s, Taste the Difference Jurançon Sec, Southwest France 2018 92
£9 Sainsbury’s
A fridge-door white to have on standby this summer. Made from a blend of Gros and Petit
