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Question for wine buffs?
I've never developed a taste wine myself but a couple of years ago my father-in-law recommended Amarone, he's not a great wine drinker but he absolutely loves this stuff.
I always have a look out to pick up the odd bottle for his birthday etc when i'm out shopping but it's never on offer and very rarely under £15. Yesterday I was just browsing through Sainsburys Classic wines (the high end stuff where you get a free bottle bag http://www.bolla.com/top-range/amarone.html I actually asked them to check the price because I couldn't believe it correct. Anyway I got a few bottles as gifts, my mum had a bottle for herself which she opened last night and said was lovely. I've had a look on the net at reviews etc there's nothing outstanding but nothing terrible either. The other Amarone wines in their classic section were both £20 plus. I'm just wary of you get what you pay for, too good to be true etc. Anyone any ideas, other than Sainsburys trying to get rid of stock, as to why it would be under £7? |
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Hmmm, curious. It's not the sort of wine that would be used as a loss leader.
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Could just be labelled wrong, Google the name of the wine to get other prices. (may be a poor year)
Googled myself and suggested rrp was £24 which is less than normal. Sounds like you got a bargain! |
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http://www.independent-wine-review.c...policella.html
http://www.italian-wine-info.com/amarone/vintagetable It might be cheap because they haven't stored it properly or because no-one was buying it at a previous, higher price and they need to sell the stock to make way for other wines. |
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