I’m a wine expert – these are the 20 best-value reds to buy now

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Supermarkets are currently full of offers as they gear up for the festive season, so right now you can bag some big, warming flavours at small prices ...

Classified as a Vin de France but made by a beaujolais specialist, this light, bright, cherry-filled sip tastes like a good-quality beaujolais.

Bright and juicy with blueberry and plum fruit, dusted with herbs and with enough weight to take on a plate of tomato-rich pasta.

A stylish, well-made rioja at a bargain price. Blackberry and red fruit flavours with an edge of vanilla and silky tannins. Perfect with lamb.

From one of Australia’s best cabernet sauvignon regions, this has cassis and black cherry fruit, layered with pepper and hints of tobacco. Serve with a winter casserole.

Great quality at a great price in this classic, blackcurrant and blueberry fruit-filled wine with a hint of bay leaf and oak.

Cape bandits are animals that eat from the vine. These malbec grapes avoided them to make a delicious, juicy, raspberry- and plum-filled wine.

Outstanding quality for the price, this has summer fruit and herbal flavours, with a silky structure and long finish.

Piemonte, Italy, £8.25 with Nectar to 24 Nov (usually £9.25), Sainsbury’s

Chock-full of spiced red cherry, raspberry and damson fruit with a finish that echoes truffles and forest floors. Match with pork belly or pasta.

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