Red
Red
Château du Vallier 2018 Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux
French Red
Ruby colour with violet reflections accompanies rich black fruit and young tannins. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec make up the red blend. The bouquet combines fruit and wood, while the palate is dense and tannic. The wine is matured in barrel and carries thirteen and a half percent alcohol. Production amounted to fifty-five thousand bottles.
Comando G 2017 Mataborricos
Spanish Red
Garnacha and Cariñena come from roughly five hectares of mountain vineyards on granite and sandy soils. The vines are farmed biodynamically, and the soil is worked by horse. Grapes are harvested by hand, macerated as whole bunches and fermented spontaneously with native yeast in open amphora. Maturation lasts twelve months in amphora. Fruit, balsamic and herbal notes accompany integrated tannins.
Catherine & Pierre Breton 2022 Bourgueil Trinch!
French Red
Raspberry aromas meet a tender attack and a finish marked by grape-skin texture. Cabernet Franc comes from gravel soils and vines around thirty years old. The grapes are harvested by hand, gently destemmed and cold-macerated in stainless steel. Daily pumpovers are used, and maturation lasts ten months in concrete. The Cabernet Franc vineyard is certified biodynamic.
Domaine Marcel Lapierre 2022 Morgon
French Red
Cherry and liquorice appear with a subtle violet note in this red wine. The palate is full-bodied and balanced, with a clean opening. Gamay comes from dry, poor granitic sand. Grapes are harvested by hand and undergo traditional semi-carbonic maceration for ten to twenty-one days without added sulfur dioxide or cultured yeast, followed by nine months in 216-litre vessels.
Jean Stodden 2018 Spätburgunder Trocken
German Red
The profile includes plum yeast cake, forest berries, plum compote, cloves, cinnamon, blackberry, strawberry, herbs, leaves and a light smoky note. The body is firm, with a defined tannin structure, and the finish is long with spice and fruit. This dry red is made from Spätburgunder and carries twelve and a half percent alcohol by volume.
Envinate 2019 Lousas Viñas de Aldea
Spanish Red
Mencía grows on slate and granite between 400 and 600 metres. Ten percent whole clusters ferment with wild yeast in open-top vessels. This red wine matures for eleven months in used French oak without racking, then is bottled without fining or filtration. Black pepper, pomegranate and herbs appear with spicy tannins and a dry finish.
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.
Synchromesh 2022 Storm Haven Vineyard Black Label Pinot Noir
Canadian Red
Pinot Noir comes from two small blocks spanning 1.33 acres. The two blocks were planted in two thousand ten and two thousand fourteen. The vineyard sits above Okanagan Falls, with large elevation changes and varied geology. Farming avoids synthetic inputs and chemicals and follows a holistic approach within the existing ecosystem. A sixty-five-acre sanctuary surrounds the cultivated vines and protects sensitive habitat for local wildlife.
Rennersistas 2017 Waiting for Tom Rot
Austrian Red
Ruby-red and medium-bodied, this organic red brings raspberry, blackberry, red cherry and plum, with orange zest, tobacco and flinty character. The texture is juicy, with fine integrated tannins and a mineral finish. The blend combines Zweigelt, Sankt Laurent and Blaufränkisch. Maturation takes place in 500-litre and larger oak vessels, and the alcohol level is twelve percent.
Pamplemousse Jus 2024 Maréchal Foch
Canadian Red
Deep and inky, this red wine is made entirely from Maréchal Foch, a teinturier grape with dark skin and flesh. Blueberry and blackcurrant shape the fruit profile. The whole clusters are pressed before the juice moves into neutral oak, and alcohol is eleven and a half percent. The fruit comes from Summerland, British Columbia. The variety was developed in Colmar for resistance to cold and vineyard disease.
Artakama 2023 Cabernet Franc
Canadian Red
This Cabernet Franc comes from the Black Sage–Osoyoos area of the Okanagan Valley and lists 13.2 percent alcohol. Low-input, low-intervention farming is paired with hands-off natural winemaking. Apart from a small sulphite addition at bottling, the process uses no commercial yeast, enzymes, powdered tannins, colour additives or Mega Purple. The listed sulphite addition is twenty-five to thirty-five parts per million.
Gabriëlskloof 2023 Whole Bunch Syrah
South African Red
Purple flowers, sour fig, dark chocolate and wet earth accompany blueberry, black cherry, black olive, clove, salted liquorice and cured meats. Powdery tannins and fresh acidity are also present. The Syrah is hand-picked, lightly crushed and whole-bunch fermented for ten days. Maturation lasts ten months, with three quarters in steel tanks and one quarter in older barrels.
Markovitis 2020 Xinomavro Naoussa
Greek Red
Sun-dried tomato, olive, cherry, strawberry, plum, lavender, sweet spices, dried fruit and leather form the profile. The wine is dry and balanced, with firm tannins and a long aftertaste. Made entirely from Xinomavro, it comes from organically farmed forty-year-old vines on clay-limestone soils with flint at 250 metres. The grapes are hand-harvested, wild-fermented and aged twelve months in used barrels.
Colombera & Garella 2022 Melascone
Italian Red
The blend contains sixty-five percent Nebbiolo, twenty percent Croatina and fifteen percent Vespolina. Strawberry, saline character and a mineral edge are present. The fruit comes from young vines in Bramaterra and Lessona vineyards outside the Costa della Sesia appellation. Melascone is a local dialect term for Nebbiolo, and the wine was previously called Costa della Sesia.
Colombera & Garella 2022 Vispavola
Italian Red
Made entirely from Vespolina, this deeply coloured red has an aromatic, spicy profile. The grapes are hand-harvested and fermented with ambient yeasts. Maturation lasts about one year in stainless steel, and the bottles are cellared for several months before release. The fruit comes from two parcels in Masserano at roughly 350 metres with southwest and southeast exposures.
Undurraga 2024 T.H. Peumo Carménère
Chilean Red
Raspberry, cherry, green pepper, dark chocolate and oak are present. The palate is medium-bodied, with vibrant acidity, a fresh, juicy mouthfeel, smooth tannins and a long finish. The Carménère comes from a small, low-yielding plot in Peumo with red clay above decomposing granite. Maturation lasts twelve months in French oak, including thirty-five percent new barrels.
Calcarius 2019 Soul Glou Primitivo
Italian Red
Pomegranate, blood orange and summer herbs accompany wild berries, strawberry and balsamic notes, with a lightly tannic, crunchy finish. The Primitivo is hand-harvested and left in whole bunches for carbonic fermentation in sealed stainless steel. After two days on skins, the fruit is basket-pressed. Maturation lasts six months in stainless steel before unfined and unfiltered bottling with a small sulphur addition.
Culmina 2014 Merlot
Canadian Red
Plum, cherry, blackberry, anise, sweet and savoury spices, and toasted oak form the profile of this Merlot. Ripe dark and red berries meet toasted vanilla spice in a supple, smooth texture. Fruit from Arise Bench on the Golden Mile Bench is bottled unfiltered and unfined. Maturation lasts sixteen months in French oak, with fifteen percent new barrels.
Tantalus 2024 Pinot Noir
American Red
Deep mahogany red in colour, the wine offers toasted cedar, violet, purple flowers, leather, forest floor, dark Bing cherry, earth, blackberry and baking spice. The palate is bright and fresh, with ripe cherry, Damson plum, cranberry, cinnamon, white pepper and fine, velvety tannins. Pinot Noir provides the full composition from Looney Vineyard in Oregon's Ribbon Ridge. Maturation lasts twelve months in French oak, one quarter new.
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.
Château Tour Saint Bonnet 2018 Médoc
French Red
Refined crushed-berry fruit appears with cassis and subtle oak. The palate is full-bodied, with grainy tannins and balanced structure. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot form the blend. Fermentation takes place in traditional cement tanks, followed by eighteen months in large oak foudres. The vineyard occupies gravel soils near Saint-Christoly in the northern Médoc.
Rocco di Carpeneto 2019 Admura Albarossa
Italian Red
Medium-bodied and perfumed, the wine has a soft, harmonious palate with fresh acidity and a clean finish. It is made entirely from Albarossa and matured for twenty-six months in ceramic amphora. The wine comes from Piedmont's Alto Monferrato, and the cuvée name means 'toy' in the local dialect. Alcohol is thirteen and a half percent, and production totals nine hundred bottles.
Sigurd 2022 Red Blend
Australian Red
Dark plum, raspberry, blueberry and tender dark fruit meet forest-floor character and cinnamon. The palate is fresh and savoury, with crisp fruit, soft tannins and bright acidity. The blend brings together Syrah, Grenache, Carignan, Mourvèdre and Lagrein. Indigenous yeasts and carbonic maceration are used, and the wine is made with minimal intervention and very little added sulphur.
Kewin Descombes 2022 Cuvée Kéké Beaujolais
French Red
Fresh red fruit appears with cherry, raspberry, peony and pink pepper. The wine is light-bodied and dry, with lively acidity, soft tannins and a delicate texture. Gamay provides the full composition, and the wine is made without oak. Blackcurrant, strawberry, rhubarb and white pepper add further detail, while slate-like freshness accompanies the juicy fruit. Alcohol is twelve and a half percent.
Meerlust 2022 Rubicon Stellenbosch
South African Red
Deep purple-red in colour, the wine offers violet, ripe plum, cedar and spice. Fresh dark fruit fills a full-bodied, structured palate, with rounded linear tannins. The blend contains seventy-four percent Cabernet Sauvignon, eighteen percent Cabernet Franc and eight percent Merlot. Malolactic fermentation was completed in barrel, and maturation lasted twenty-four months in French oak, including sixty-five percent new Nevers barrels.
Marchisio Family Organic Estate 2022 Mungalat Langhe Nebbiolo
Italian Red
Intense ruby in colour, this Nebbiolo shows wild cherry, juicy plum, mature fruit, flowers, resinous herbs and mineral notes. The palate has bright acidity, balanced tannins and persistent fruit. Vines are fifteen to twenty-five years old and grow in sandy, calcareous marl. Production includes a short maceration, native fermentation and up to one year of maturation in large oak barrels. Alcohol is fourteen percent.
Domaine de Gaubourg 2024 Rosa IGP Val de Loire
French Red
Pale strawberry and bricky cherry in colour, this light red has floral aromas, fresh raspberry, red cherry, cherry pulp and leafy notes. The fruit lingers, while a finishing structure gives a mouthwatering element. Grolleau Noir and Cabernet Franc come from vines aged fifty to sixty years. The grapes are hand harvested, with fifty percent retained as whole clusters. Production includes fifteen days of maceration and six months of ageing in stainless steel. Alcohol is eleven and a half percent.
BLK + BLU 2023 Blend No. 4 Shiraz Cabernet
Australian Red
Inky purple-red in colour, the wine has raspberry and cherry-candy aromas. Black raspberry, blueberry and black cherry appear with spice, mint, eucalyptus and a hint of oak. The palate is youthful and rich, with slippery tannins and balanced structure. Shiraz accounts for fifty-four percent of the blend, while Cabernet Sauvignon makes up the remaining forty-six percent. Alcohol reaches fourteen and a half percent.
Castello Di Bolgheri 2022 Flocco Toscana IGT
Italian Red
Fresh red and blue fruit appears with a savoury undertone. The texture is silky, with moderate tannins and a touch of dryness. Sangiovese makes up eighty percent of the blend, with ten percent each Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Fermentation lasts fourteen to eighteen days in concrete tanks. The wine then spends twelve months in 500-litre barrels.
A Sunday in August 2024 Johan Vineyard Pinot Noir
Canadian Red
Deep red cherry and spice define the profile, with a velvety texture and a very long finish. The Pinot Noir comes from Dijon clones 114, 115 and 667 at Johan Vineyard. The grapes are certified biodynamic and regeneratively farmed. Forty percent is whole cluster and sixty percent is destemmed. Élevage takes place in neutral 500-litre puncheons and 225-litre barriques.