Looking for a similar wine available in Ireland

d31b0y

One for you wine connoisseurs. I got a bottle of wine from France and it was absolutely delicious. I'm wondering if anyone knows if there is something similar available in Ireland. Or is there any website that I can buy this wine from directly?

I've attached the label

EDIT: oh, and please don't ask me to describe it. I haven't the tongue to tell you if it's oaky, fruity or anything in between.

Padraig Mor

That wine seems to be produced by Alliance Bourg, a large co-operative in the Bourg area of Bordeaux who produce many Bourg, Blaye and Bordeaux AOC wines, mostly at the cheaper end of the scale. I've been fortunate enough to sample several of their wines and found them most enjoyable. Not sure if they are widely available here though - they seem to mostly market in France. Most 2009/10 Cotes de Bourg AOC or even Bordeaux AOC wines should be pretty comparable though - e.g. http://www.curiouswines.ie/proddetail.php?ref=byc&prod=Chateau_Moulin_des_Richards_Cotes_de_Bourg&cat=86. Although I have far more time for supermarket wine than some posters here, I wouldn't really recommend their 'generic' AOC wines in this case (i.e. wines marketed solely on their AOC of origin - essentially own brand wines) - I've usually been disappointed and found them oaked way too much. Maybe a more expensive Bourg / Bordeaux from Aldi/Lidl - if they have one - might do the trick.

d31b0y

Awesome, thanks for the response. I am definitely one for supermarket wine if I can get my hands on it.
I will keep an eye out in my local Lidl to see what there is.