Forget pink champers, go for this sexy red

2007 Clocktower Pinot Noir, Marlborough, New Zealand (£10.99, Marks & Spencer, in store).

Rather than recommending a bottle of ros champagne for Valentine's Day wooing this year, I have decided to save you a few pounds (£20, in fact) and substitute that rather predictable style of wine for a delicious, hypnotic red. Clocktower is a very sexy wine indeed and I have no doubt that it will do the trick no matter who you have set your sights on tomorrow. Made by the talented Ben Glover at Wither Hills, Clocktower is some £4 cheaper than Wither Hills Pinot Noir itself.

Stylistically, it's a little lighter than its brother, but that's not a problem. It's a bonus, because it is drinking perfectly now, despite being only two years old. With ten months spent in French oak and the most sultry and mellifluous of textures, this is a heavenly mouthful. It is so perfumed and ethereal you could conceivably drink it without food (something few reds can manage) and then slide effortlessly into all manner of dishes.

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