2009 Chateau Favray Pouilly Fume £11.99
A very soft, pencil lead aroma with lemon pith coming through big time. There is a little grapefruit too, and some soft, summer flowers. Very clean aroma, but quite closed. The palate starts off soft with some lovely grassy notes. Then you get a spike of alcohol mid palate, some watermelon and a lot of peppery, grassy notes. There is an almost burnt wood taste on the finish that spoils this, a lot. The finish dies pretty quickly too. There are better wines out there and this is a pass. 5/10
2008 Hellfire Bay Chardonnay £9.99
Dried Vanilla pod on the nose at first, muted and a bit woody. Slightly off cream on the nose, some peach notes with a little bit of honeydew melon. The palate has sweetness up front, then ithas a richer mid palate, some tropical fruit but with a lot of yeast, bread & butter pudding. The alcohol warms up towards the end and then there is a bit of a mishmash of creamy fruit, some vanilla and some harder graphite flavours and then you get a minerally finish which reminds me of smirnoff and sandstone! It is OK, a serviceable wine but I wouldn't go out of my way to try it again soon. 5.5/10
To be honest, I'd give them both a miss. They are boring wines and there are so many more interesting products out there to try, but if you get given a glass you can drink them and not be upset by them both.
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