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(2025) Weighing in with a featherweight 10.5% alcohol, I thought this was a bit of a star of the moderate alcohol Oxford Landing selection tasted. Wild yeast fermentation, lees ageing and a touch of oak influence give a creaminess and light nuttiness on the nose, some rounded yellow fruit character - yellow plum, peach - and freshness too. The palate is arguably a touch dilute, but the flavour is good, with that nutty aspect again underpinning stone fruits and the modest 2.1g/l of residual sugar meaning it finishes on the freshness of the acidity. At it's price and ABV I enjoyed this. £5.98 in Asda at time of review, but in all the supermarkets. Watch the video for more information.

(2025) The 40th vintage of Cloudy Bay's iconic Sauvignon Blanc is a really good one. It remains a first class example of the style it, arguably, created. From a vintage of below average yield due to Spring frost followed by drought, just 1.5% of the blend was fermented in large oak barrels, the rest in stainless steel. Part of the ferment was with wild yeasts. It burst with grapefruit and peach on the nose. A background hint of elderflower and green bean is a signature of this wine, but appearing here in a relatively restrained form as fruit is very much to the fore. Full-textured and full-flavoured on the palate, it is a wine that bursts with juiciness and exuberance. You'd be crazy to pay the supposed RRP of £32, but it's not hard to find in many independent retailers or on a deal at larger players for around £21.00. Still quite expensive, but it is also very good indeed.

(2025) Situated in western Uruguay near the delightful town of Colonia del Sacramento, whose historic quarter is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cerros de San Juan is Uruguay’s oldest winery, dating back to 1854. From a single vineyard, this has refreshing acidity and attractive citrus notes. Fermentation and elevage in clay amphorae. No UK retail outlet at time of review. (Geoffrey Dean)

(2025) Bouza was the first winery to plant Albariño in Uruguay - in 2001 with cuttings from Europe on decomposed granite, limestone and clay soils. Each plot is vinified separately - whole-bunch pressed in stainless steel with 15% seeing second fill French oak. Vibrant freshness with aromas of white flowers and jasmine, with white peach notes and a citrus core as well as some salinity. (Geoffrey Dean)

(2025) Yalumba 'GEN' is a new range of sustainable wines, certified organic and 100% vegan. Wines in the range are made without chemical fertilisers or pesticides, fermented with natural vineyard yeasts. Unoaked, it nevertheless has some texture and creaminess. Aromas are of stone fruits with a light kaolin earthiness. In the mouth there is fruit sweetness touching on pineapple (but the wine has very little residual sugar) and it finishes with a lemon jelly, soft acidity. Watch the video for more information.

(2025) An elegant Chardonnay blended from vineyards in various Australian regions, this is delicately oaked and weighs in with just 12.5% alcohol. Immediately attractive on the nose with its sheen of almond or oatmeal over peachy fruit hinting at apricot, the palate follows through with charming, easy-drinking fruit sweetness. The lemon jelly acidity and touch of creamy oak makes for a pleasing, well-balanced finish. Watch the video for more information.

(2025) From Rheinhessen, this comes from a family winery and brothers Peter and Fritz May who have travelled widely: Peter having worked in Marlborough, Fritz with Geoffrey Grosset in Australia and in Austria. There's quite a luscious aspect to the nose honeyed with nectarine, even a hint of Botrytis. The palate is relatively simple, though enjoyable, the medium-sweet palate of very ripe apple and pear balanced by just enough acidity.

(2025) Named after Anges Seifried, this is always a treat of a moderately priced dessert wine, fully luscious and sweet with a candied fruit quality, and yet nimble with its slicing core of citrus acidity keeps things fresh on the palate. The honey and lime of the nose translates to a delicate, fully sweet but light palate, shimmering acidity prolonging the finish. Price for a half bottle.

(2025) Sangre de Toro 0.0 is an alcohol-free take on the original Sangre De Toro (sadly no sign of the small plastic bull attached). A blend of Garnacha and Syrah with partial aging in French oak before dealcoholisation, it joins the zero alcohol wines in the 'Natureo' range, of which Miguel Torres is a great believer. Indeed this is not bad - of its type - some smooth black cherry and chocolaty plum aromas leading on to a palate that has some texture. It's a bit sweet, but not too sweet, and again reminds me of black cherry. The complete absence of tannin and low acidity ensure you won't confuse this with 'the real thing', but not a bad effort.

(2025) This is a Californian cab in a pretty much 'fruit bomb' style, overflowing with cassis, plum and chocolate aromas and flavours. The fruit comes from Lodi, inland from the much more expensive Napa Valley area, and the wine is aged in American oak. I note that it does have a moderate 13.5% alcohol, though the richness might suggest higher, and while it might not suit the Claret-loving classicist, it offers great bangs per buck and put a smile on my face. Note that Allaboutwine has a very keen price just under £10, but only by the six-bottle case. Many independent merchants sell it by the bottle for around £11. Watch the video for more information.