Vanilla-kissed stunner for under a tenner

2006 Tim Adams Semillon, Clare Valley, south Australia (£9.19, Tesco)

Tim Adams (known affectionately as Bonecrusher, due to his wince-inducing handshake) is one of Australia's unsung wine heroes. I've known him for more than 20 years, which coincides with the period in which Australia has taken the wine world by storm. His impact in this modern day wine coup is unquantifiable: he has enhanced the palates of both professional and regular wine lovers with his handcrafted wines.

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Look out for his riesling, and a grenache-based red called Fergus, too. I'm told that 620 stores stock his legendary Semillon, so you should find it easily. It drinks perfectly from day one, but ages for a decade.

With three-quarters fermented in new French barrels and roughly the same proportion spending five months in oak, this acacia honey, juicy lime and vanilla-kissed stunner should take the place of white Burgundy on your table when you are looking to save a few quid, but still knock the socks off your wine-adept pals.

Matthew Jukes is a winner of the International Wine & Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year

Matthew Jukes has been the MoneyWeek wine correspondent since 2006.

He has worked in the UK wine business for well over three decades and during this time has written 14 wine books. His four highly-acclaimed, annual wine reports – the Burgundy En Primeur Report, the Bordeaux En Primeur Report, the Piemonte Report and the 100 Best Australian Wines – are published on his website.

Matthew is a winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year Trophy. His thoughts, recommendations and tastings notes are followed very closely by the wine world at large.