Red
Red
Le Coste 2018 Pizzicante Rosso
Italian Sparkling
This lightly sparkling red sits between red and rosé in style. One week of skin maceration precedes ageing in stainless steel. Red and dark berries appear with mulberry, pomegranate, ripe strawberry and hibiscus. The texture is prickly and snappy, with light tannins and a short finish. The wine comes from Lazio, Italy, and contains twelve percent alcohol.
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.
Plume 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley
American Red
Cassis, vanilla, plum, liquorice, mocha, pencil shavings and tobacco form the aromatic profile. The palate has supple weight and a smooth texture, with freshness. Spiced cocoa appears on the finish. This Cabernet Sauvignon comes from Alexander Valley in California. Plume is a Stewart family project developed after the family expanded its wine work from the Okanagan Valley into California.
Artadi 2015 El Sequé Monastrell Alicante
Spanish Red
Monastrell makes up ninety percent of the blend, with ten percent Syrah. The wine comes from vineyards at six hundred metres in Alicante, planted on sandy Quaternary soils over clay subsoil. Raspberry, red and black fruit, rose petals, undergrowth and aromatic herbs are present. The palate has volume, with a strong opening followed by an approachable character. It contains fourteen and a half percent alcohol.
Milan Nestarec 2017 Forks & Knives Red
Czech Red
Cabernet Franc, Blaufränkisch, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir come from twenty-year-old vines planted on sand in Moravský Žižkov. The grapes are destemmed and undergo carbonic maceration, followed by maturation in old large oak. The wine is made without added sulphur and contains twelve and a half percent alcohol. It is a red wine from the Czech Republic.
Elios 2020 Modus Bibendi Rosso Nero d’Avola
Italian Red
Fresh red fruit appears with cherry, blackcurrant, liquorice, roasted almond and clove notes in this Italian red. The acidity is present, while the tannins are soft and delicate. Made entirely from Nero d'Avola, the wine contains thirteen and a half percent alcohol. The grapes are organically farmed in Sicily, and the wine is classified as natural.
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.
Quinta do Poço do Lobo 2012 Reserva Bairrada
Portuguese Red
This red Bairrada wine blends fifty percent Touriga Nacional, thirty-five percent Baga and fifteen percent Cabernet Sauvignon. It has a violet colour, with spice, red berries, floral notes and field tones. The profile is balanced and lively, with marked acidity and persistent tannins. The estate covers about thirty-five hectares and was acquired by Caves São João.
Absentee Winery 2019 Elephant Syrah
American Red
This California Syrah contains fourteen and a half percent alcohol. Raspberry and blackberry fruit appear with strawberry-buttercream and cinnamon notes. The profile has acidity, richness, weight and intensity, and the wine remains approachable. The fruit comes from an organically farmed vineyard in Mendocino County. Bottling takes place without filtration, sulphur or other additives of any kind.
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.
Fento Wines 2022 O Estranxeiro Mencía Ribeira Sacra
Spanish Red
Fermentation takes place in concrete and oak vats rather than stainless steel, and maturation lasts seven months in oak and concrete. Wild berries, herbs and flowers appear with spice. The wine has a juicy texture, round tannins and moderate acidity, with thirteen percent alcohol. Made entirely from Mencía, this red wine comes from Ribeira Sacra in Galicia.
Bodegas Luis Pérez 2020 El Triángulo Tintilla
Spanish Red
Made entirely from Tintilla, the fruit comes from vineyards in Balbaina, Corchuelo and Carrascal, each with distinct soils and microclimates. Harvest is by hand at night into small boxes holding no more than fourteen kilograms. Sixty percent of the grapes remain undestemmed. Vinification takes place in stainless steel and open barrels for about thirty days, with little pumping over, followed by roughly five months in used wood and fifteen months in tank.
Birch Block Vineyard 2022 Single Vineyard Pinot Noir
Canadian Red
Winemaking uses whole clusters, native fermentation and neutral French oak. The wine is bottled without fining or filtration. Leather saddle, pipe tobacco and vanilla pod appear with wild sagebrush, toasted spices, crunchy cherry and dried rose petal. The wine has soft, velvety tannins, zippy acidity, low alcohol and length. The estate vineyard is farmed organically without chemical pesticides, fertilizers or herbicides.
Manvi 2020 Arya Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
Italian Red
The colour is bright, intense ruby, while the aroma is restrained. The palate is full-bodied, with hearty tannins and fruit that is very well integrated. Earthy tones are present, and the finish is creamy. This organically produced Sangiovese comes from Tuscany in Italy and contains fourteen percent alcohol. A cork is used for the closure.
Elian da Ros 2023 Le Vin est Une Fête Côtes du Marmandais
French Red
Abouriou, Cabernet Franc and Merlot form this red blend. Merlot and Cabernet Franc are destemmed and fermented in vats, while Abouriou is vinified in whole clusters with semi-carbonic maceration. Maturation lasts about ten to twelve months in foudres, older barrels and concrete before slight filtration. Red and dark fruit appear with spice, lively structure and an alcohol level of twelve-and-a-half percent.
Terravista Vineyards 2023 En Terre Cabernet Franc Okanagan Falls
Canadian Red
Raspberry and redcurrant appear with earthy undertones, ripe red fruit, dried herbs and spice. The wine is medium to full-bodied, with firm tannins, freshness and a long finish. Fruit was hand-picked from Rock Oven Vineyard, then destemmed, fermented for two weeks in a large oak barrique, held for a further week after fermentation and aged seventeen months in French oak.
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.
Le Coste 2016 Rosso Lazio
Italian Red
Mostly Grechetto Rosso, a local Sangiovese clone, is joined by small amounts of Ciliegiolo, Colorino, Canaiolo and Vaiano. The grapes come from biodynamically cultivated volcanic soils in Lazio. Hand harvesting is followed by destemming, ten days on the skins and fermentation with indigenous yeasts in barrels. The wine then ages for one year in old Slavonian oak before bottling without filtration, fining or added sulphites.
Comando G 2023 La Bruja de Rozas Garnacha
Spanish Red
Juicy red fruit appears with violets, herbs and spice. The palate is mineral, salty and finely textured, with freshness, depth and a chalk-and-granite character. Fermentation and maturation both take place in oak vessels of different sizes, using Garnacha from Las Rozas de Puerto Real. Production totalled 53,478 bottles, and bottling took place in August.
Fort Berens 2022 Reserve Cabernet Franc British Columbia
Canadian Red
Cedar, dark cherry and black raspberry appear with sweet spice, sarsaparilla, dill, smoke and savoury rusticity. The wine has a smooth, medium-plus palate, bold character and a shorter finish. Partial whole clusters were used, fermentation occurred with native yeasts, and maturation lasted fourteen months in wood. Made from Cabernet Franc, the wine carries the British Columbia VQA designation.
Progetto Calcarius Nù Litr Rosso Puglia 1 L
Italian Red
Red flowers and fruit, undergrowth, sweet spice and Mediterranean scrub appear in a savoury profile with delicate tannins and a persistent finish. The wine ferments spontaneously in open stainless-steel tanks with five days on the skins, then rests for six months in steel before bottling. This red comes from white limestone stones and calcareous subsoil in Puglia and is presented in a one-litre bottle.
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.
Lammershoek 2006 Roulette Red Swartland
South African Red
Warm fragrant spice, bright red fruit and fynbos appear with freshness, mouth-filling red fruit, fine tannins, minerality and a spicy, peppery finish. The blend includes Syrah, Carignan, Grenache, Mourvèdre and Viognier. Grapes are hand sorted before cold maceration and fermentation in open concrete vats. After malolactic fermentation in concrete, maturation lasts twelve months in French oak, twenty percent new, before bottling without fining or filtration.
Ampeleia 2018 Kepos Costa Toscana Rosso
Italian Red
Bright ruby in colour, this red wine brings fresh cherry, plum, raspberry and floral notes. Tension, salinity, tannins and fruit appear on the palate. Fruit comes from three vineyard sites at different elevations, with soils ranging from stony to volcanic. The wine is organic, and its grapes are grown biodynamically under Demeter certification. It contains thirteen percent alcohol.
Les Cortis 2020 Xylofaune
French Red
Made entirely from Mondeuse, this red wine undergoes carbonic maceration as whole clusters and ferments with indigenous yeasts. Ageing lasts twelve months in tank and 500-litre demi-muids. The six-hectare estate lies near Belley, west of the Massif des Bauges in Savoie. Its clay-limestone parcels are cultivated according to biodynamic practices. The finished wine contains 10.5 percent alcohol.
Penfolds 2020 Bin 23 Pinot Noir
Australian Red
Cranberry red in colour, this Pinot Noir brings wild raspberry, strawberry conserve and a faint green-olive note with daphne, azalea, camellia, rose, rosewater, saffron and toasty oak. Cold lamb, forest floor, strawberry pips, pomegranate and rhubarb appear with cola, bergamot, graphite and wet-riverstone minerality. Fruit comes from Tasmania, Henty and the Adelaide Hills. Maturation lasts seven months in French oak barriques, twenty-four percent new.
Pacina 2019 Donesco Toscana Rosso
Italian Red
Made entirely from Sangiovese, this dry red comes from younger vines at the Pacina estate in Tuscany. Fermentation and malolactic fermentation take place in concrete, and ageing lasts approximately twenty-four months in concrete and stainless-steel tanks. The wine is neither fined nor filtered, and selected yeasts are not added. Total sulphur is ten milligrams per litre. The vineyard work is organic, and the finished wine contains 14.5 percent alcohol.
Nicosia 2020 Lenza di Munti Etna Rosso
Italian Red
Brilliant ruby in colour, the wine combines eighty-five percent Nerello Mascalese with fifteen percent Nerello Cappuccio. Floral notes and red fruit appear in a lively, smooth profile with strong minerality and an intense fruity finish. The grapes come from volcanic soils on lava terraces at an average elevation of 720 metres. Fermentation lasts ten to fifteen days in stainless steel, and ageing includes four months before bottling plus five to six months in bottle.
Raúl Pérez 2020 Ultreia Mencía
Spanish Red
Ripe red fruit appears with balsamic and mineral notes, while the palate is fresh and balanced, with soft tannins and a persistent finish. The wine is made entirely from Mencía grown around Valtuille in Bierzo. Fruit is selected from the upper rows of the parcel, fermented in open vertical vats and aged for twelve months in neutral barrels. The finished wine contains 13.5 percent alcohol.