Stockist/Retailer: The Champagne Company

(2019) Louis Jadot is one of the great names of Burgundy, producing wines from terroirs throughout the region, up to and including some of the best Grands Crus. This Pinot Noir is sourced from vineyards across Burgundy and a proportion is aged in barrel, whilst part is aged in tank to retain its fruity freshness and approachability. On the nose it is crammed with berry fruit, but also that authentic Burgundian earthiness, with hints of rhubarb and beetroot, as well as a gently smoky spice. In the mouth there's copious sweet fruit, but the elegant tannins and brisk acidity give it definition and energy. It's a lovely, less expensive red Burgundy, on sale quite widely at around £17, but with the retailer below at just £12. Watch the video for more information and food matching ideas. Footnote: I chose this wine as my Wine of the Week because an online retailer was offering it at just £12 per bottle. However, one of my visitors ordered the wine immediately and a different vintage - the 2016 - arrived. I have not tasted the 2016, so cannot vouch for it.

(2019) A little herbal and juicy lemon character, there is a nice biscuit and gentle earthy character too. Mouthifilling, rolling mousse and lovely finesse here, with a big lemony, and precise, palate and finish. 9.5g/l dosage.

(2019) Around 50/50 Chardonnay and Pinot for the rosé NV. Quite a deep, bold pink, loads of summery strawberry fruit, creamy and fresh, but all about that pulpy strawberry aroma. The palate becomes much more lemony and apple fruited, good body and a long, crisp finish. 8.5g/l dosage.

(2019) This is 100% barrel fermented, around 50% new. Lovely golden glow and aromatics, juicy yellow apples, smoothed with cream and gentle custard, a bit of spice too. The palate is full and lush, but there’s an immediate rush of fat, ripe but focused lemon, then more pithy lemon and grapefruit fills the mouth, the acidity becomes absolutely focused through the fine creamy, lightly spicy finish.

(2018) From a low-yielding vintage, this is a fabulous wine from Taittinger, a 50/50 blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir with 9g/l of residual sugar. Chardonnay is sourced primarily from the Grands Crus of the Côte des Blancs, and Pinot Noir primarily from those of the Montagne de Reims. Fabulously toasty and nutty on the nose, there's an all-encompassing feeling of luxurious depth, then the palate bursts through with a deal of sweetness - fruit rather than sugar, and electrifying acidity, a gorgeous, fleshy plum fruitiness and lovely weight and texture, the finish long with more of those toasty notes to beguile. Use wine-searcher to find plenty of independent stockists, plus big names like Majestic and John Lewis.

(2016) The Lodge Hill Shiraz is a strapping, spicy, sweet mulberry fruited red with plenty of coffee and vanilla, but the sheer concentration of fruit is what drives the palate. Sweet and ripe, all the time it is buttressed by quite big, beefy tannins and fresh balancing acidity.

(2012) This is only Mumm's second vintage of this prestige cuvée, a 50/50 blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from seven specific vineyards in Grand Cru villages including Aÿ, Ambonnay, Cramant and Avize. In fact it is a revival of a Champagne produced until 1985, and named after a former chairman of the company. Part fermented in new oak, the nose certainly has brioche, nougat and a touch of hazelnut, but there's a linear, cool minerality too that suggests tension and precision. A little honeyed note too. In the mouth the mousse is ultra-fine, the bubbles persistent but gentle, and this is quite a vinous, broad wine with plenty of flavour. The dosage is low (6g/l) but there's a fairly soft, expansive quality to this whilst the white fruit precision is there. This is a gastronomic Champagne, that has the charm to drink as a classy aperitif, but which would be even better with some seared scallops as a Christmas dinner starter. Mumm suggest a richer dish - Iberico ham with fried wild mushrooms on brioche - as an ideal match.