Klein Constantia: stellar whites, sweet and dry 
Marqués de Riscal: Gehry hotel outshining solid Rioja and Rueda 
La Rioja Alta: benchmark classical Riojas especially top flight Gran Reservas 
Marqués de Murrieta: Rioja aristocracy built around Castillo Ygay 
CVNE: Combining volume and classical quality 
Contino: Château-style Rioja and Graciano pioneers 
£5-6; 12.5%
The ultimately most bastard hard label to remove! A not expensive Burgundy with a nice balance of oak to smooth fruit. Hautes Côtes seems to be a solid AOC, which produces reliable wines that represent Burgundy well – whether HC de Nuits or de Beaune funnily enough…
Cave des Hautes Côtes I like, but Domaine Bertagna can evidently do it well too. This Domaine was the first I went to in Burgundy (outside Chablis)!
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