New Aldi Classic Icons Range Of Premium Wines Launched Online

Aldi are ramping up their campaign to elbow their way onto your festive drinks shelf with a re-launch of their premium Classic Icons range of wines. And the list they’ve sent me does look pretty impressive, with some of the standout names being French ones beginning with “Ch”. Yep, that’s right, Chablis, Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Champagne.

In my experience, Aldi generally do really well with premium whites but, for some reason, I usually find their reds less impressive. So I’ll be interested to try some of their new-season Bordeauxs from Margeaux and Pomerol, while the Barossa Shiraz and Californian Cab Sauvignon also sound like they could have real potential. How they are going to pull off a premium Chianti Classico for £6.49, though, remains to be seen.

As someone who likes to spend an annoyingly long time browsing wines on the shelf, it’s a shame that most of these will only be available online, but I guess that’s market forces for you. Here’s the full list of what’s in the Aldi Classic Icons range.

Champagne and Sparkling Wine

• Veuve Monsigny Champagne NV (£12.99, 75cl)
• Veuve Monsigny Champagne Rosé NV (£16.99, 75cl)
• Veuve Monsigny Champagne 2012 (£19.99, 75cl)
• Lyme Bay English Sparkling (£14.99, 75cl) 

White

• Caves Road Margaret River Chardonnay 2018 (£8.99, 75cl)                                          
• Specially Selected Baron Amarillo Rioja Blanco(£7.49, 75cl)
• Metz Road Californian Chardonnay 2018 (£9.99, 75cl)                                                 
• Albert Lucas Chablis Premier Cru 2018 (£19.99, 75cl)
• Ferdinand Mayr Austrian Gruner Veltliner 2019 (£6.99, 75cl)
• Domaine G Saumaize Pouilly-Fuissé 2019 (£16.99, 75cl) 
• Léon Vatan Pouilly-Fumé 2019 (£14.99, 75cl)                           
• Léon Vatan Sancerre 2019 (£14.99, 75cl)
• Piesporter Goldtropfchen German Riesling Spatlese 2018 (£7.49, 75cl)
• Specially Selected Pinot Grigio Delle Venezie 2019 (£5.49, 75cl)
• Silandeiro Rias Baixas Albariño 2019 (£6.99, 75cl)
• Redwood Hills Single Vineyard Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020 (£7.99, 75cl)
• Homelands South African Old Vine Chenin Blanc 2019 (£9.99, 75cl)

Red

• Cocodrilo Argentinian Malbec 2019 (£9.99, 75cl)
• Château Chene Liége Pomerol 2016 (£19.99, 75cl)
• La Croix de Boyd Cantenac Margaux 2014 (£19.99, 75cl)
• Ca’ Solare Barolo 2016 (£13.99, 75cl)
• Coastal Series South African Pinotage 2018 (£6.99, 75cl)
• Specially Selected Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG 2015 (£6.49, 75cl) 
• Le Moulin Teyroud Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2018 (£19.99, 75cl)
• Pinot Vigilante Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019, (£9.99, 75cl)                                       
• Berton Paddock Barossa Shiraz 2018 (£8.99, 75cl)
• Jean Lefort Gevrey-Chambertin 2019 (£24.99, 75cl)                             
• Specially Selected Rioja Gran Reserva 2012 (£9.99, 75cl)
• Corte Carista Amarone della Valpolicella 2017 (£13.99, 75cl)
• Canyon Springs Californian Cabernet Sauvignon (£9.99, 75cl)

Head to www.aldi.co.uk/classic-icons for full details on the Aldi Classic Icons range.