Wonderful Whites

Quality, value, choice – it’s a vintage combination that continues to win Aldi worldwide acclaim and achieve international awards for our hand-picked wines selection.  There are literally millions of variations in white wine, some dry and others deliciously sweet, some sparkle and some shine. But they all have the capacity to enthral and delight, to complement fine food, or stimulate fine conversation.

To help you to choose from our wide selection of White wines we have included tasting notes and an indication of flavour.

The taste of grapes

Bacchus
Highly aromatic German cross that combines grapey Muscat,
newly mown grass and hedgerow aromas and flavours.

Chardonnay
The world's most popular white wine grape. Look
for buttery nuts and toast, also vanilla from those wines made or
finished in oak barrels. At its very best in Burgundy and also in Champagne.

Chenin Blanc
A native of the Loire that is now planted all over the world. Crisp,
green Granny Smith apples when young; can develop into honey-sweet
wines with age.

Colombard
Neutral flavoured grape from south-west France, used for
blending and to make Cognac.
             
Garnacha Blanca/Grenache Blanc
Widely planted in Spain as well as France, produces wines that
are high in alcohol and low in acidity and is used extensively for
blending with other more positively flavoured grapes.

Gewürztraminer
Powerfully aromatic with lychees, ginger and cinnamon spices on
the nose and on the tongue with an almost waxy, cream sensation in the mouth.

Grüner Veltliner
An Austrian native that can produce fruity and fresh wines that may,
depending upon where they are planted, show perfumed aromas and marked
mineral flavours.

Marsanne
A native of the northern Rhône with often powerful,
herby, lime marmalade aromas and flavours.
             
Melon de Bourgogne
Neutral flavoured grape with marked acidity when young,
used exclusively to make Muscadet in the western Loire valley. 

Müller-Thurgau
German cross with crisp privet hedge aromas and a
powerful pungency not unlike cat’s pee!
  
Muscat, Moscato or Muscatel
The only grape that makes wines that actually smell of grape
as well as oranges, raisins and even bergamot and barley sugar!
Used to make off-dry to sweet wines like Italian sparkling spumante.

Ortega
Another German cross with full, floral and almost peachy characteristics.
             
Petit and Gros Manseng
Varieties found mainly in the French foothills of the Pyrenees where
they produce zesty, waxy wines with aromas of dried fruit and over-ripe
peaches. The Petit Manseng is used to make sweet wines.

Pinot Blanc
At its best in Alsace where it produces fresh fruity, leafy wines often with
marked apple flavours that are green when young and fuller with age.

Pinot Grigio
The Italian for Pinot Gris. At its best in the Veneto, around Venice,
it produces light, crisp and rather neutral wines whose aromas and flavours
can be enhanced by extended lees contact.

Riesling
A most noble grape whose aromas and flavours range from crunchy green
apples when young to rich, minerally tones and even hints of kerosene when mature.
             
Sauvignon Blanc
An aromatic grape whose aromas and flavours can range from the classic
‘cat’s pee on a gooseberry bush’, to tinned asparagus, and even
(depending upon the soil) hints of flint.

Sémillon
A varietal with soft, round flavours and marked citrus tones that often
shows a suspicion of lanolin. Oak ageing produces vanilla and toast flavours.

Ugni Blanc/Trebbiano
Ugni Blanc in France, or Trebbiano in Italy, it is widely used to produce brandy
and is often blended with other more stylish varieties.

Viognier
A native of the northern Rhône that produces full-bodied wines with heady
perfumed aromas and powerful apricot and peach blossom flavours.