This was one of my bulk party blind buying bottles. It was reviewed very well by Anthony Rose and Jane MacQuitty, and has a best Merlot trophy, so I was expecting great things for just £4.99 a bottle.

So to the packaging. Ugly to say the least. Looks like the label has been spray painted on. Not dressed to impress. Still surely the contents would recover the situation...

No. Not at all. Imagine eating a rotten plum buried in earth with your hands tied behind your back. That is the most accurate description of the wine I could come up with. Simply disgusting.

A real shame as I am now left with 5 bottles of the stuff, which I do not have the heart to palm off onto friends. I know that taste is very subjective, but the above two wine critics complementing the bottle feels about as convincing as someone recommending eating dog food as a replacement for pate.

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