Red
Red
Fairview Cellars 2016 The Bear
Canadian Red
Clear deep ruby colour has garnet tinges. Savoury dark plum, dark cherry, cigar box and thyme appear in an intense aromatic profile. The full-bodied palate combines rich dark fruit with tobacco, leather and a hint of cinnamon. Silky tannins and composed acidity accompany a lengthy finish. This red comes from Oliver in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia.
Domaine Buronfosse 2019 L’Hôpital Trousseau Côtes du Jura
French Red
This red is made from Trousseau under the Côtes du Jura appellation. The estate is located in the Combe de Rotalier and covers about five hectares. Its vineyard has been farmed organically, while cellar work follows a low-intervention approach with minimal technical intervention and few oenological products. Peggy and Jean-Pascal Buronfosse began producing wine there at the turn of the millennium.
Echo Bay 2017 Cabernet Franc
Canadian Red
The fruit was destemmed and crushed before fermentation in an open-top tank. The wine then spent eighteen months in barrel, half of it new, and was bottled with thirty parts per million of sulphur. Production totalled 120 cases, and alcohol is 13.5 percent. Cabernet Franc comes from a southwest-facing vineyard above Skaha Lake, just north of Okanagan Falls.
Stolpman Vineyards 2019 So Fresh Crunchy Roastie
American Red
Blackberry, strawberry and blueberry appear with cherry candy and floral perfume. The palate is light to medium-bodied, bright and fresh, with a soft frame and juicy finish. This red combines ninety-five percent Syrah with five percent Viognier. Winemaking uses whole berries and whole clusters for carbonic fermentation, with ageing in large neutral vats. The vineyard is farmed organically, and alcohol is 12.5 percent.
Stolpman Vineyards 2019 So Fresh Love You Bunches Sangiovese
American Red
Cherry sour candy and tart berry appear with crunchy red fruit and zippy tannins. The wine is darker and more giving than the preceding vintage, with high acidity and 12.8 percent alcohol. Organically farmed Sangiovese from Ballard Canyon undergoes carbonic maceration. Raspberry, crushed stone and freshness are also present in the profile, together with light herbs.
Château Fourcas-Borie 2011 Listrac-Médoc
French Red
Fresh sour cherry, delicate tangerine zest, fine spice and black berries accompany juicy fruit and fine nougat. The profile is full-bodied, with cassis, roundness and supple tannins. Produced in Listrac-Médoc, this red comes from Bordeaux and is based on Merlot. Its structure carries a rough edge, while the red berry fruit is already developing well. The wine is expressive and accessible.
Clos des Centenaires 2021 Luxe, Calme et Volupté IGP Pays d’Oc
French Red
Forest fruit and sweet spice shape the aromas. The palate is luscious, with fine tannins on the finish. The blend combines forty percent Cabernet Sauvignon, forty percent Petit Verdot, ten percent Merlot and ten percent Syrah. Vinification took place in concrete tanks, followed by twelve months in oak barrels previously used for one to three vintages. The site has pebbly soil and a continental climate influenced by the nearby Mediterranean Sea.
Baldovar 923 2023 Cerro Negro Mencía
Spanish Red
Red berries, flowers, wild herbs and spice accompany freshness and minerality. Ruby colour has violet reflections, with lavender, geranium, strawberry, sour cherry jam, toasted wood, soft earth, structure and salinity. Mencía comes from forty-year-old vines at 980 metres on schist. Grapes were harvested by hand, and seventy percent of the wine aged in clay vessels. Production totalled 5,890 bottles.
Domaine de Gaubourg 2023 Mon Garenne Grolleau Noir IGP Val de Loire
French Red
Grolleau Noir comes from fifty- to sixty-year-old vines in the Grand Pierre sector. The shallow sandy-silt soil lies over grey schist crossed by quartz. Grapes were harvested by hand and destemmed. Maceration in vat lasted about three weeks. Ageing ran for one year, with half the wine in barrels that had previously held three wines. The finished wine is red and classified IGP Val de Loire.
Château Haut-Cadet 2019 Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
French Red
This is a still red wine. Fruit is joined by spice, toast and grilled notes. The wine has good volume and supple tannins. Grapes were harvested by hand, and vinification used concrete and stainless-steel tanks. Merlot accounts for eighty-five percent of the planting, with fourteen percent Cabernet Franc. Ageing took place in tank, and production totalled fifty-five thousand bottles.
Castello di Ama 2021 Ama Chianti Classico DOCG
Italian Red
Bright ruby colour accompanies violet, redcurrant, cherry and strawberry. The palate has fruit, polished tannins and fresh acidity. The blend is ninety-six percent Sangiovese and four percent Merlot. Each variety ferments separately with ambient yeasts in temperature-controlled stainless steel. Manual pumpovers and twenty-five days of cuvaison are used for both grapes. Malolactic fermentation takes place in steel before blending and ageing in second-passage fine-grained oak barrels. The estate holds Equalitas certification for sustainable viticulture.
Meyer Family Vineyards 2023 McLean Creek Road Vineyard Pinot Noir
Canadian Red
Bing cherry, black raspberry, beetroot, pepper and toasted oak form the profile. The fruit is gently destemmed by gravity into open-top fermenters with twenty-five percent whole clusters. A cold soak precedes a two-week indigenous-yeast fermentation with gentle hand plunging. After fermentation and a post-maceration period, the wine moves to French oak, twenty percent new, for eleven months. It is unfined and coarsely filtered, with ripe fruit and a lasting finish.
López de Heredia 2017 Viña Cubillo Crianza Rioja
Spanish Red
Ripe black fruit, tobacco, liquorice, toast, light spice and fine leather shape this Rioja red. The blend includes Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano and Mazuelo. It spends three years in French oak and is racked twice each year before further bottle ageing. The palate is soft and light, with fruit, toast, fresh acidity and a pleasant finish.
Clos du Tue-Boeuf 2022 Pineau d’Aunis
French Red
Raspberry, flowers and white pepper shape this light Loire red. Pineau d'Aunis comes from organically tended, hand-harvested vines that are about a century old. The wine spends six months in old barrels and is bottled without added sulphur. Translucent ruby colour, cranberry and blood-orange acidity, green-olive character and a peppery rocket note are also present.
Lyrarakis 2020 Mandilari Plakoura
Greek Red
Deep ruby in colour, this Mandilari has black fruit, cedar-chocolate, nutty oak, vanilla biscuit, earth and dried-herb notes. The vineyard sits at five hundred metres on sandy-loam soil with a northern aspect. Grapes are hand harvested, destemmed and crushed, then macerate during fermentation for ten days below twenty-seven degrees. Fine-grained tannins, vibrant acidity and a long savoury aftertaste are present.
Koehler-Ruprecht 2020 Spätburgunder Kabinett Trocken
German Red
Wild raspberry, cherry, red currant, plum, forest floor, mushroom, liquorice and clove shape this Pinot Noir. The vines grow around Kallstadt on gravelly sandstone and loess over limestone. Natural fermentation occurs in steel, with pressing after four to six weeks. Ageing uses old oval barrels and old barriques. Red berries, earth, fresh acidity, fine tannins and spice are also present.
Maison En Belles Lies 2019 Beaujolais-Villages
French Red
Gamay comes from a four-hectare parcel in Quincié-en-Beaujolais, where the soils include schist, basalt, granite and quartzite. Many vines are more than a century old. Whole clusters ferment in open wooden vats with light foot treading and no pump-overs. The wine spends eighteen months in barrel and has ripe fruit, fresh acidity and concentrated character.
Foppiano 2021 Estate Grown Zinfandel Russian River Valley
American Red
Red raspberry, dark fruit jam, cinnamon, clove, ripe plum, black tea and lavender oil form a layered profile. Blueberry, elderberry and cranberry accompany oak spice and baking notes. The blend is eighty-nine percent Zinfandel and eleven percent Barbera. Soft tannins, tangy acidity and a long, mouthwatering finish are also present in this firmly structured red.
Domaine Chevrot et Fils 2020 Pivoine Coteaux Bourguignons
French Red
Raspberry, cranberry, red currant, strawberry, spice, violets and stony mineral notes shape this light, fresh red. Pinot Noir and Gamay are placed as whole bunches in neutral vats. The palate combines vibrant acidity with fine tannins, red fruit and light texture. Minimal sulphur and intervention are used during élevage, and spice is present on the finish.
Diego Conterno 2023 Baluma Langhe Nebbiolo
Italian Red
Red berries, cherries, wild flowers and warm spice appear in a medium-bodied profile with silky texture and ripe tannins. Nebbiolo comes from the Ferrione vineyard near Monforte d'Alba, on a west- to southwest-facing slope with clay and calcareous marl. The grapes are harvested by hand and destemmed. Fermentation uses native yeasts, followed by five months in 500-litre oak and four months in cement.
Laurence & Rémi Dufaitre 2021 Cuvée 1000°F Gamay Chardonnay
French Red
Gamay and Chardonnay are co-fermented in this strongly rosé-coloured red. The vines grow in sandy soils around the house, and this was the second vintage of the cuvée. Floral notes and spice accompany a fresh, juicy and flavourful profile. The wine is classified as Vin de France, comes from Beaujolais and contains twelve percent alcohol.
Borgogno 2023 Langhe Bompè Barbera
Italian Red
Red berries, forest fruit, smoky notes and salinity shape this Barbera. The fruit comes from the Bompè plot at Madonna di Como in the Langhe, where vines grow on sandy, chalky soils with abundant stones. Grapes are harvested by hand and ferment spontaneously in cement for about ten days. Ageing lasts one year in large, lightly toasted French oak barrels.
La Sœur Cadette 2024 Bourgogne Rouge
French Red
Red fruit, dried flowers, rosewood and spice appear in a medium-bodied, dry profile with present acidity and a delicate mouthfeel. Pinot Noir comes equally from the northern Mâconnais and Volnay. The fruit is farmed organically and vinified with minimal intervention and very little sulphur. The palate begins easily and finishes with pleasant bitterness. The wine contains twelve point three percent alcohol.
Château Beaumont 2022 Haut-Médoc
French Red
Black fruit, pencil lead and graphite appear in an intense profile with integrated tannins. The blend is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. The vineyard lies between Margaux and Saint-Julien on deep gravel. Yields were twenty-eight hectolitres per hectare. Ageing lasts fourteen months, using 30% new barrels alongside one- and two-year-old wood. The wine contains fourteen percent alcohol.
Kutatás 2023 Whole Cluster Pinot Noir Vancouver Island
Canadian Red
Stewed black cherry, cola, raspberry, liquorice, herbal and savoury notes shape this Pinot Noir. Clone 114 fruit comes from Patricia Bay in North Saanich on Vancouver Island. The dry-farmed vines grow in clay soil. Whole bunches ferment spontaneously and remain on skins for six weeks. Ageing takes place in two- to four-year-old French oak barrels, and the wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Milan Nestarec 2016 Pink Gummy Bear Zweigelt
Czech Red
Strawberry and spice appear in a red made from Zweigelt. The grapes come from South Moravia, where vines grow on loess and clay. Fruit is harvested by hand and destemmed, then macerated for fourteen days in a 3,000-litre stainless-steel tank. The wine spends twenty-three months in used 225-litre oak barrels and is bottled without added sulphur dioxide. The vineyard is farmed organically.
Cantine di Verona 2018 Alfabeto Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG
Italian Red
Rich ruby-garnet colour accompanies an intense, clear profile of cherry jam and subtle savoury spice. The palate is juicy, with concentrated fruit and fine tannins. Corvina Veronese, Corvinone and Rondinella form the blend. Plum and chocolate are also present, and the palate is silky and harmonious. Part of the wine is aged in wood, and it contains fifteen percent alcohol.
Mendall 2024 La Torre Grenache
Spanish Red
This red release is made from Grenache and comes from Terra Alta in Catalonia. The vines are farmed following biodynamic principles, and no sulphur dioxide is added. The wine is made in a small town-centre cellar, where limited space means that most releases are bottled young. Each vintage is treated individually as an expression of grape and place.
Laurence et Rémi Dufaitre 2019 Côte de Brouilly
French Red
Deep red fruit appears in a round, juicy profile with energy and complexity. A faint shimmer of tannin is present in the finish without grain. The Gamay comes from seventy-year-old vines on blue volcanic rock. Carbonic maceration and concrete are used, with no sulphur added and no filtration. Fresh acidity is also present, and the wine contains thirteen percent alcohol.
Pedro Parra y Familia 2022 Imaginador Cinsault Itata
Chilean Red
Brambly berries, pomegranate, rosehip and white pepper appear with dried flowers, smoke and spice. The palate is bone dry, with taut tannins and a stony mineral finish. Cinsault comes from four old vineyards on granite soils in Guarilihue Alto. Whole clusters ferment with indigenous yeast in oak tanks at low temperatures for fifteen days, while maceration lasts twelve days. Ageing lasts one year in concrete and large oak casks.