2007 R?serve de la Saurine, Vin de Pays du Gard, Laudun Chusclan Vignerons, France
Marks & Spencer, down £2 to £3.99 until November 28
Just £3.99 to spend on a bottle of everyday wine? Relax. The red partner to the £3.99 La Galine chardonnay is this tasty satellite rhône, an unoaked red made from two thirds grenache topped up with a quarter carignan and the remainder syrah. Together the trio combine to create a leafy, gamey, herby red that reeks of the wild, herb-scented scrub, or garrigue, of the hillsides of southern France.
2007 Extra Special, Côtes du Rhône Villages, France
Asda, £4.20 until January 18
A superior red rhône to the M&S bottle below, and from a better vintage. Principally made from the grenache