2021
2021
Manos Negras 2021 Stone Soil Select Malbec
Argentinian Red
Malbec comes from selected stony parcels in Altamira, southern Uco Valley, at about 4,000 feet. Sandy, silty and stony patches occur within the vineyard, while the rockier sections have abundant surface stones and rounded rocks coated with calcium carbonate. The profile includes deep violet-red colour, black fruit, mineral notes, freshness, fruit, acidity and balance. Twelve months in French oak includes twenty percent new barrels.
Intellego 2021 Kedungu
South African Red
Hand-harvested Mourvèdre, Cinsault, Syrah and Pinotage were fermented separately, mostly under carbonic conditions, with some open-top semi-carbonic treatment. After eight days, the lots were pressed into neutral French barrels, aged for ten months, blended and bottled unfined and unfiltered with a small sulphur addition. Red and black berries, wild herbs, earth and black pepper appear with tart-fruit acidity and a long finish.
Pindarie 2021 Western Ridge Shiraz
Australian Red
Blackberry, cherry, black olive, spice and a hint of meaty complexity accompany fine toasted French oak. The wine is entirely Shiraz from a single estate vineyard in the Barossa Valley. Fermentation is followed by eleven months in predominantly French oak, with five percent American oak. Two rackings provide natural clarification before the selected barrels are blended and bottled.
Jordi Llorens 2021 Blankaforti
Spanish Red
Cherry, pomegranate and a touch of liquorice accompany ripe fruit. The palate is juicy and fresh, with supple tannins and a light spritz when first opened. Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache and Syrah grow on limestone in Catalonia. The wine is made without fining or filtration and without added sulphur. It is a red wine from Conca de Barberà.
Morandé Adventure 2021 Colinas de Ránquil País
Chilean Red
Red cherry and raspberry meet a lightly earthy note. The palate is fruit-driven, with tannins that are present yet fine. País vines grow in Ránquil on granitic hills with abundant quartz. Fruit comes from the selected Las Cruzes vineyard, whose vines are more than one hundred and twenty years old. The wine is made in the Itata Valley of Chile.
Chamisal 2021 San Luis Obispo County Chardonnay
American White
Honeysuckle, green apple and lime zest meet citrus, white peach and a hint of salinity. The acidity is crisp, and the finish is long and vibrant. Chardonnay is sourced from vineyards influenced by the California coast and is fermented and aged entirely in stainless steel. The wine is clean, bright and refreshing, with thirteen-point-five percent alcohol and a screw cap.
Marion 2021 Borgo Valpolicella
Italian Red
Pale ruby colour with violet reflections accompanies small woodland fruit, cherry, perennial herbs and spice. The vineyards lie in Marcellise, outside the Classico zone, on hills east of Verona. The blend is sixty percent Corvina Grossa, twenty-five percent Corvina Gentile and fifteen percent Rondinella. Grapes are harvested by hand and pressed immediately. The vineyards are farmed sustainably, and the finished wine has twelve-point-five percent alcohol.
Mariatinto 2021 Red Blend
Mexican Red
Fresh dark and red fruit, blueberry, violets and rose petals meet spice, leather, cedar and roasted coffee. The blend combines Tempranillo, Syrah, Cabernet Franc, Nebbiolo and Merlot, and matures for one year in French oak. The winery works with grapes from established growers around Ensenada and uses sustainable and organic practices in both vineyard and cellar.
Domaine Capelanel 2021 Cuvée Ladybug Cahors
French Red
The wine is made from Malbec grown on an organically cultivated fourteen-hectare estate in Cahors. Old vines stand on iron-rich siderolithic soils in the Lot. Sébastien Dauliac is the fifth generation to work the property. This red, dry release carries the AOP Cahors designation and has thirteen-point-five percent alcohol. The cuvée is bottled under the Ladybug name.
Laurent Saillard 2021 La Paire
French Red
Fruit comes from Julien Moreau's Domaine de Cambalu vineyards beside the Cher, a Loire tributary east of Tours, where vines grow on clay-limestone soils. Gamay and Grolleau are co-fermented for this red wine, which has eleven-point-five percent alcohol. The cuvée joined the range for this release and was made from grapes grown by another vigneron.
Laurent Saillard 2021 Un Été Partagé
French Red
Fruit comes from Julien Moreau's Domaine de Cambalu vineyards beside the Cher, a Loire tributary east of Tours. The site is planted on clay-limestone. Grolleau is the sole variety used for this red wine, and alcohol is eleven-point-five percent. The cuvée was new to the range for this release, and the grapes came from another grower.
Herdade do Rocim 2021 Touriga Nacional
Portuguese Red
Deep ruby and violet in colour, with fresh mineral character, floral notes and spice from barrel ageing. Ripe red and black fruit appears with herbs, sweet spices, plum, blackberry, violet and graphite. The wine is made entirely from Touriga Nacional and spends eleven months in French oak. Soft, polished tannins accompany refreshing acidity and a persistent finish.
Domaine Pellé 2021 Menetou-Salon Morogues Rosé
French Rosé
Pale gris in colour, this dry Pinot Noir rosé brings bright whitecurrant fruit and a fresh, creamy-textured palate. It is made without oak influence and comes from vineyards around Morogues in the Loire. The domaine was established in the middle of the twentieth century, around the time the Menetou-Salon appellation was created, though the Pellé family had made wine in the region earlier.
Over the Fence 2021 Merlot
Canadian Red
Ripe black fruit and Saskatoon berry preserve accompany spice, cedar, cocoa, vanilla and butter cream. Smoke is present at a low level, alongside refined acidity, smooth tannins and a finish. Merlot fruit from Osoyoos is destemmed and fermented in a three-ton wooden vat, then aged for sixteen months in French oak. The finished wine contains fifteen percent alcohol.
Les Cigales dans la Fourmilière 2021 Rue de la Peste
French Red
Syrah and Carignan form a dry red from Languedoc, bottled as Vin de France. The profile is juicy and earthy, and the wine is made without added sulphur. The two growers joined forces and work vineyards around Montpeyroux. Each retains an individual approach, reflected by keeping their respective wines visually distinct and identified by the responsible grower.
La Massa 2021 Toscana IGT
Italian Red
Sangiovese makes up sixty percent of the blend, with twenty percent Cabernet Sauvignon; the remaining twenty percent combines Merlot and Alicante Bouschet. Fermentation is spontaneous, with punchdowns, pumping through peristaltic pumps and temperature control. The wines mature in French oak barrels, twenty percent new. Grapes were harvested from mid-September through the first half of October, and bottling took place in May.
Scopone 2021 Rimani Toscana Rosso IGT
Italian Red
Dark ruby colour accompanies blackberry, cherry, plum, blackcurrant, cocoa, coffee, roasted spice and subtle vanilla. The palate is smooth, round and enveloping, with firm polished tannins and a long savoury finish. Cabernet Sauvignon accounts for half of the blend, Sangiovese for twenty percent, while Merlot and Syrah together make up the remaining thirty percent. Alcohol is 14.5 percent.
Losada 2021 Godello Bierzo
Spanish White
Light yellow in colour, the wine offers pear and liquorice with floral, white-fruit and mineral notes. The palate has richness and a light oily texture without heaviness, supported by crisp acidity and slate-like minerality through the finish. Godello provides the full composition. Maturation lasts five months on fine lees, with seventy percent in stainless steel and thirty percent in used five-hundred-litre French oak barrels.
Pedra Cancela 2021 Vinha da Fidalga Cerceal Branco Dão
Portuguese White
Austere aromas recall quince and field herbs, while tart apple appears in the flavour profile. The aromas remain closed and youthful. Fine acidity runs through a full-bodied, well-structured palate. The finish remains austere, vibrant and broad. The wine is made entirely from Cerceal Branco in Portugal's Dão region. Alcohol is twelve percent. Balance and pronounced character are also present.
Rigour & Whimsy 2021 The Beast
Canadian White
Shining golden in colour, this dry orange wine has dusty crushed-rock character, tangerine and crunchy Asian pear. The texture is grippy and bitter-edged, with a closing snap. Riesling makes up seventy-five percent and Gewürztraminer twenty-five percent. Both varieties were picked on the same day, destemmed, fermented in a 300-litre stainless-steel tank and macerated on skins for four months. The wine rested for twenty-six months in older French puncheons.
DeLoach Vineyards 2021 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir
American Red
Ruby red in colour, this wine opens with bright strawberry and cherry aromas. Raspberry, rhubarb and dark plum flavours appear with spice, bright acidity and savoury notes. The texture is medium-bodied, with moderate tannins. Compost smoke and well-managed oak are also present. The finish is lingering and mouthwatering, and the wine contains fourteen percent alcohol.
Cascina Tavijn 2021 68 Rosso
Italian Red
Barbera and Ruchè are used in equal proportions. The wine spends thirty days macerating in plastic vats, then matures in stainless steel before unfiltered bottling, with twenty milligrams per litre of sulphur added. Blueberry fruit appears with sweetness, liquorice and spicy tannins. This Natural red wine comes from Piedmont and contains fourteen and a half percent alcohol.
Laurent Saillard 2021 Grenache du Gard Syrah du Vaucluse
French Red
Grenache from the Gard and Syrah from Vaucluse were destemmed and fermented separately on skins for five days. The fruit was pressed into tank for five months of élevage, with ten parts per million of sulphur added at bottling. This red wine has moderate tannins, slight bitterness and depth, while remaining accessible. It contains twelve and a half percent alcohol.
Liber Farm & Winery 2021 REBIL Cabernet Franc
Canadian Red
Whole-berry fermentation and extended maceration are used for Cabernet Franc cultivated on a gently sloping, west-facing mountainside. The wine spends sixteen months in French oak. Wild sage, berries and spice appear with raspberry jam, wet stone and cherry, while the structure is balanced and the tannins are supple. The wine comes from British Columbia's Similkameen Valley.
Clos du Tue-Boeuf 2021 Grenache Vin de France
French Red
Made entirely from Grenache, this medium-bodied dry red comes from fruit sourced in Roussillon and vinified at the Puzelats' estate. Whole clusters undergo semi-carbonic maceration, and the wine spends eight months in demi-muids. The wine carries a practising-organic classification, and its fruit was grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers or herbicides. Its origin falls within France's Languedoc-Roussillon region.
Envínate 2021 Táganan Tinto Tenerife
Spanish Red
Red fruits include sour cherry and cranberry, joined by blackcurrant, wildflowers, potpourri, liquorice, pepper, petrichor, smoke and volcanic mineral character. The palate is saline, savoury and richly flavoured, with firm but not grippy tannins and a long, tangy finish. Mixed red grapes from Taganana parcels ferment separately in concrete or plastic vats, then mature in neutral oak for eleven months.
Poplar Grove 2021 Syrah
Canadian Red
Deep purple in colour, this blend contains ninety-seven percent Syrah and three percent Viognier. Black cherry, violet and black pepper appear among the aromatics, while black raspberry, dark plum and vanilla are present in the flavours. The tannins are firm, the acidity is medium, and the finish is long and oak driven. The wine spends fifteen months in French oak and six months in bottle.
Le Vigne di Zamò 2021 Orange Zero Malvasia
Italian White
Floral notes, peach, apricot and citrus appear in a dry, fresh profile. The palate brings soft tannins and a mix of dried apricot, blood grapefruit and fresh herbs. A textured profile also includes bitter marmalade, pleasant bitterness, dried flowers and roasted stone fruit. Made entirely from Malvasia, this orange wine comes from Friuli-Venezia Giulia and contains 13.5 percent alcohol.
Suvla 2021 Boğazkere-Öküzgözü
Turkish Red
Medium purple in colour, this Turkish red combines BoÄazkere from Diyarbakır with Ãküzgözü from ElazıÄ. Sour cherry, hibiscus and freshly cracked black pepper appear together in the profile. The aromas are powerful, while the tannins are balanced. The palate is juicy and the finish is long and lingering. The wine contains 13.5 percent alcohol.
Cantina Giardino 2021 NA Vino Bianco
Italian White
Golden orange in colour, the wine is dry and structured, with floral notes, pure fruit, stone fruit, mineral character and a salty finish. The blend includes Coda di Volpe, Falanghina, Fiano and Greco. Fermentation is spontaneous, and no sulphur dioxide is added. This natural, skin-contact white comes from Campania in Italy and also shows tannin.