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Marks & Spencer, Rosado Cava, Catalonia, Spain 89

£7 Marks & Spencer

From Freixenet’s Castell Blanch winery, this sweetly red fruited Garnacha-Trepat blend is a perfect party fizz, offering great value compared with the Prestige and Vintage Cavas. It shows nice leesy notes from 2016 and 2017 base wine and the 8.9g/L dosage is balanced by fresh acidity. Alcohol 12%

Bruno Cormerais, Vieilles Vignes, Muscadet Sèvre et Maine sur lie, Loire, France 2015 91

£12.95 Lea & Sandeman

From old vines, this shows characterful lees-aged complexity, zippy acidity, wet stone minerality and flavours of waxy citrus fruit, creamy guava and saline notes. It is drinking beautifully now and would be a fine match for shellfish. Alc 12%

Mormoraia, Ostrea, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy 2016 91

£17.50 Lea & Sandeman

This estate, centred around an old nunnery, takes its name from the murmur of the

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