Red, red wine: Four bottles that offer bang for your buck

Some of the UK's top wine merchants share their pick of vintages that promise the finest quality at easy-to-digest prices

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Hedonism Wines: Chris Ringland Marvel Shiraz, 2010

This warming, gutsy wine is packed with flavours of dark fruits and generous hints of spice. Chris Ringland is one of Australia's foremost producers ��� his top bottles fetch hundreds of pounds and garner perfect scores from critics. Coming in at a little under £50, this is a taste of blue-chip winemaking at a fraction of the price.

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£44.90; hedonism.co.uk

Lea & Sandeman: Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Bossona Riserva Cantine Dei, 2010

Hailing from Tuscany, this choice is hugely popular across the independent wine merchant's four London stores. Full-bodied and complex, it combines ripe fruity flavours with perfumed notes of cedar, tobacco, spice and mocha.

£36.95; leaandsandeman.co.uk

Berry Bros & Rudd: Berry Bros & Rudd Good Ordinary Claret, 2014

Don't let the name fool you, this claret is far from run-of-the-mill. With its instantly appealing and eminently drinkable palate of juicy cherries and bramble fruit with a hint of wood smoke, it's little surprise that it has been Berry Bros & Rudd's bestselling wine for decades. Wine buffs should look out for its limited-edition and collectable labels – its latest, a collaboration with London designer Luke Edward Hall, will be available from 16 February.

£9.75; bbr.com

Jeroboams: Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Cabernet Sauvignon, 2013

Moss Wood is an important estate in the Wilyabrup region of Western Australia, and its proprietor, Keith Mugford, has been tending the vineyards and making wine there since 1979. This Cabernet Sauvignon is among its premier wines; deep and fruity, it recalls aromas of redcurrant, mulberry and blackberry alongside earthier notes of spice, toasty oak and tar.

£29.95; jeroboams.co.uk

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