Aldi’s award-winning £7 wine is budget version of world’s most expensive wine
But wine fans shouldn't expect it to taste anything like the expensive version, say experts
ALDI is selling award-winning wine as a budget version of the world's most expensive wine - and it's perfect if you want to sip on good wine but are on a budget.
Over the weekend, a bottle of the 1945 Romanee-Conti wine fetched a record-breaking £424,000 at an auction in New York.
The eye-watering price is partially explained by the exclusive vineyard in the Cote de Nuits region, which only produces between 5,000 and 6,000 bottles a year.
If you don't have that kind of budget (and really, who does?), Aldi is selling its own version of the Burgundy wine and it only costs £6.99 per bottle.
The Exquisite Collection Mâcon-Villages should also taste good - it has won silver and bronze models at the International Wine and Spirits Competition and the Decanter World Wine Awards.
Other Burgundy wines on a budget
IF you want to try wines from the Burgundy region but don't have £424,000 to spend, here are some of your options:
Sainsbury's sells bottles of Antonin Rodet Red Burgundy for £12 each and it is ideal with grilled meats, mushroom risotto and cheeses.
Morrisons sells three Burgundy wines - two reds and one white - and they only cost between £8.25 and £8.75. The Wm Morrison White Burgundy tastes good with oily fish while the Wm Morrison Fleurie is ideal with cheesy pasta bakes or light lunches. The third one - the Wm Morrison Red Burgundy - won a Bronze model at the International Wine Challenge in 2016.
Tesco's Red Burgundy tastes of raspberries and will set you back £8 per bottle.
Asda's white Louis Jadot Les Petites Pierres from Burgundy costs £9.98 and has hints of lemon. The discounter's red Extra Special Fleurie is £2 cheaper at £7.98 and is best sipped on with lamb, poultry or soft cheeses.
But wine fans shouldn't expect it to taste anything similar to the world's most expensive wine, according to experts.
In fact, the difference between the two wines are as different "as between a large diamond and a little Claire's accessory sparkly thing," wine critic and TV personality Jilly Goolden told The Sun.
The first difference is in colour - the expensive Burgundy wine is red while Aldi's version is white.
The Romanee-Conti bottle is also "top of the pile", whereas the Exquisite Collection Mâcon-Villages bottles have been mass-produced "with no delusions of grandeur at all," Goolden added.
Yet "it's probably worth every penny of £6.99," Goolden said.
Matthew Gertner, founder and CEO of wine comparing app , told The Sun: "It is difficult to compare a 70-year-old red Burgundy from a legendary wine producer like Domaine de la Romanée-Conti with a sub-£10 supermarket white Burgundy."
"Nonetheless, the fact that Aldi can offer a highly drinkable wine from one of the top wine regions for such great value serves to illustrate how discounters are transforming Britain’s wine retail space," Gertner added.
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Earlier this month, Aldi also launched a two-in-one gin and wine - and it's more boozy than normal bottles of the spirit.
But campaigners and MPS argue that every bottle should cost 5p more to pay for the cost of treating alcoholics on the NHS.
Meanwhile, French Champagne producers have been forced to slash prices in the face of a huge surge in Prosecco sales.
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