I’m working through some Aldi-exclusive wines this month, with plenty of value highlights in the collection. This is a thickset Margaret River Cabernet from the Aldi lineup that feels plush and chunky. Lots of dark, dried blackberry flavour, a eucalyptus edge, a thick lacquer of oak and then minty, slightly short tannins. It’s a big wine and a round wine, but largely through the mid-palate rather than being long. That plushness is bound to be popular, even if it’s a bit diffuse.

THE VERDICT

• Best drinking: over the next five years
• Score (out of 20): 17
• Score (out of 100): 90
• Alcohol %: 14.5
• RRP (in $AUD): 19.99
• Winery website: https://www.aldi.com.au/
• Would I buy it?: Worth a glass