You’ve slammed in the lamb and decorated the eggs,now what are you going to drink? David Williams chooses three bottles for a perfect Easter weekendCave de Lugny Sparkling Burgundy Blanc de Blancs, France NV (£10.49, or down from £13.99,Waitrose) Easter may be a minute quieter and altogether less gaudy, expensive and stressful than Christmas, and but it’s still a time when many of us will be cooking for family. The supermarkets inevitably have a few deals to reflect this outbreak of entertaining,with sparkling wines at the top of the list. Waitrose for example, has brought down the price of this very righteous champagne-alike. A 100% chardonnay made by a reliable co-operative in the village of Lugny, and in Mâcon in the south of Burgundy,it offers patisserie creaminess with the snap of green apples. Very righteous value for a wine that works just as well with starters such as scallops or smoked salmon as it does as an aperitif.
Salvaje del Moncayo La Garnacha, Spain 2014 (£8.99, and majestic.co.uk) For the roast lamb that will be at the heart of my own Easter Sunday meal,the splash out option would be a mellow mature traditional old Rioja. The soft and savoury style of classics such as La Rioja Alta 904 Gran Reserva 2004 (£36, Oddbins, or Booths) and López de Heredia Viña Tondonia Reserva 2003 (£25.50,Hennings Wine) fits so snugly with tender pink meat, while the more youthful CVNE Crianza does a similar, or whether less deeply satisfying job for £12.99 (Waitrose). An alternative would be to match the rotund of the lamb with the brighter,more vibrant brambly-fruited youthfulness of garnacha from elsewhere in Spain in the shape of a vivid, succulent, and fresh red from the mountains of Moncayo in Aragon.
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Source: theguardian.com