Red
Red
Château Laffitte Carcasset 2016 Saint-Estèphe
French Red
Black fruit, red plum and cedar appear with a woody texture. The tannins are pleasant, and the wine has concentration and harmony. Its ruby colour, delicate fruit and toast sit with a structured palate that is not aggressive. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc form the blend. The Saint-Estèphe red spends twelve months in oak barrels.
Château Ormes de Pez 2019 Saint-Estèphe
French Red
Purplish garnet colour accompanies fresh blackberry and blackcurrant. The texture is velvety, with well-rounded tannins and toasted notes from barrel maturation. The blend is fifty percent Merlot, forty percent Cabernet Sauvignon, seven percent Cabernet Franc and three percent Petit Verdot. Fruit was hand picked and sorted in the vineyard. Maturation lasted sixteen months in French oak, including forty-five percent new wood.
Borgogno 2022 No Name Langhe Nebbiolo DOC
Italian Red
Ruby-red colour with garnet highlights accompanies violet, rose, ripe fruit and spice. The palate is velvety and balanced, with polished tannins and earthy flavours. Nebbiolo accounts for the entire composition. Maturation lasts at least three years in cask and six months in bottle. The fruit comes from vineyards around Barolo with south, southeast and southwest exposures on calcareous-clay soils.
Château Puygueraud 2003 Côtes de Francs
French Red
Deep ruby colour accompanies a developing bouquet of fresh leather, spice and fruit preserved in spirit. Cigar box and forest-floor notes are also present, together with berry fruit. The palate is round and balanced, while red berry, earth and tobacco appear in the finish. Maturation took place in barrel, and production totalled ninety thousand bottles.
Sandy Giovese 2021 Vino Rosso 3 L Bag-in-Box
Italian Red
Bright red cherry and violets accompany a light body and very fine tannins. The blend is eighty-five percent Sangiovese and fifteen percent Trebbiano, and alcohol is twelve percent. The grapes are grown in Le Marche on Italy's Adriatic coast. The name plays on Sangiovese, an ancient red grape of central Italy. The profile is fresh, smooth and easy-drinking.
Domaine Bourdy 2020 Cuvée d’Automne Côtes du Jura Rouge
French Red
Pinot Noir, Trousseau and Poulsard form the red blend. The vineyard parcel covers 0.13 hectares, with clay and limestone soils. Farming is organic and harvest is by hand. Spontaneous fermentation takes place in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts. Maturation is also in stainless steel. The wine is bottled without fining or filtration and with no added sulphur dioxide.
Domaine de la Jaufrette 2014 Vacqueyras Rouge
French Red
Mushroom, leather and light smoke are present. The red blend comprises sixty-five percent Grenache, fourteen percent Syrah, eleven percent Mourvèdre, four percent Counoise, four percent Cinsault and two percent Terret. Fruit is hand harvested, not crushed or destemmed, and the varieties are vinified together with long vatting. Maturation takes place in foudres and new wood for six to twelve months.
Albino Rocca 2023 Nebbiolo d’Alba
Italian Red
Ruby colour tending toward garnet accompanies violet, humus, woodland spice, red fruit, dried flowers, liquorice and Earl Grey tea. Fine, supple tannins and a long finish are present. Nebbiolo comes from Terra di Mezzo in San Rocco Seno d'Elvio, where vines between fifteen and sixty years old grow in calcareous-clay soil. Maturation lasts roughly twelve months in large Austrian and German oak.
Domaine Gérard Persenot 2023 Bourgogne Côtes d’Auxerre Pinot Noir
French Red
This still red is made from Pinot Noir in Bourgogne Côtes d'Auxerre. Gérard Persenot is among the growers working in the roughly fifty-hectare Vaux vineyard above the Yonne valley. Vaux was replanted in the 1970s. Its south-southeast-facing slopes carry Kimmeridgian soils, while Portlandian soils occur on the plateau. The domaine is based in Saint-Bris-le-Vineux, France.
Heidi Schröck & Söhne 2024 Ried Kulm Blaufränkisch
Austrian Red
Blackberry, cherry and plum preserves accompany violet, lavender, dark chocolate, sweet pepper and roasted almond. The texture is velvety and delicate within a concentrated profile. Red cherry, raspberry, mineral and light loamy-earth notes are also present. This medium-bodied Burgenland red has integrated tannins and a juicy finish, with alcohol at thirteen and a half percent.
Domaine Georges Glantenay 2022 Bourgogne Pinot Noir Maison Dieu
French Red
Raspberry, cherry and earth appear in an airy aromatic profile. The palate is energetic and delineated, with a silky, supple texture, pure red fruit and concentration. Pinot Noir is fully destemmed. The fruit comes from Pommard and Volnay parcels; the Volnay portion accounts for roughly seventy percent. The harvest was about half a normal crop, and the finish is lightly austere.
Bibi Graetz 2021 Casamatta Rosso Toscana IGT
Italian Red
Fresh red fruit and soft tannins accompany a vibrant profile. Sangiovese comes from younger vineyards between Florence and Siena. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel for no more than one week without post-fermentation maceration. The separate vineyard lots are blended and mature for six months in stainless steel before bottling. The wine carries the Toscana IGT designation.
Echo Bay 2022 Petit Verdot Carménère
Canadian Red
Petit Verdot and Carménère each account for half of the blend. Wild-yeast fermentation is used, maturation lasts eighteen months in neutral French oak, and the wine is bottled without fining or filtration. The fruit comes from a five-acre southwest-facing slope in Okanagan Falls. The property has served as a gathering place for the family and its friends for more than five generations.
Fossacolle 2021 Riesci Rosso di Toscana IGT
Italian Red
Ripe, intense fruit accompanies broad structure and velvety tannins. The blend is forty percent Merlot, thirty percent Cabernet Sauvignon and thirty percent Petit Verdot. Fermentation and maceration take place in stainless steel and cement for fourteen days. Maturation lasts twelve months, with eighty percent in new barriques and twenty percent in second-use barrels. Alcohol is fourteen and a half percent, and production totals four thousand bottles.
Marco Tinessa 2021 Vino Rosso
Italian Red
The profile is rich, with explosive, fragrant fruit, pulp and juice alongside rustic and earthy notes. Aglianico comes from vines averaging twelve years old, with yields of about sixty hectolitres per hectare. Fermentation is spontaneous in fibreglass tanks, followed by four months in stoneware amphorae. Total sulphur dioxide is twenty milligrams per litre, and production totals about fourteen hundred bottles.
Ridge 2021 Three Valleys Sonoma County Red
American Red
Deep garnet colour accompanies fresh raspberry, cherry, barrel spice, clay minerals and mint. Sweet red-berry fruit, lively acidity, supple tannins and a medium body accompany a long finish. The blend is seventy-three percent Zinfandel, fifteen percent Petite Sirah, ten percent Carignane and two percent Grenache. Native primary and malolactic fermentations precede eleven months in American oak, including five percent new barrels.
Arianna Occhipinti 2024 SP68 Rosso
Italian Red
Red cherry, pomegranate, raspberry leaf and warm Mediterranean herbs accompany a vibrant, silky profile with fine tannins, savoury mineral tension and a long, refreshing finish. Frappato accounts for seventy percent of the blend, with Nero d'Avola at thirty percent. Native-yeast co-fermentation takes place in concrete with fifteen days on skins; maturation continues for seven months in concrete and one month in bottle.
Koerner 2018 Classico Clare Valley Red
Australian Red
Dusky blackberry, black plum, cassis, violet and balsamic notes accompany long, suede-like tannins and fine acidity. Cabernet Sauvignon is joined by fifteen percent each of Malbec and Petit Verdot. Destemmed fruit ferments with native yeast, then spends four months in used barriques. The final blend matures for six months in a three-year-old seven-hundred-litre French barrel and a ceramic egg before bottling without fining or filtration.
FitaPreta 2018 Palpite Reserva Tinto
Portuguese Red
Concentrated dark-violet colour accompanies intense red fruit, subtle menthol and round tannins. The finish is intense and persistent, and the wine is aged in oak. This dry, full-bodied red blends Alicante Bouschet, Aragonez, Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro, Trincadeira, Baga, Castelão, Tinta Carvalha and Tinta Miúda. The fruit is selected from the strongest vineyard blocks, and the wine is drawn from selected barrels.
Domaine Henry Pellé 2017 Menetou-Salon Les Cris Rouge
French Red
Red-berry fruit, fine perfume and spicy acidity accompany developed tannins in a structured profile. Pinot Noir comes from the family's wholly owned Les Cris vineyard, where clay-limestone soils include Kimmeridgian marl and Portlandian limestone. The parcel's vines are about fifty years old. Chalky minerality and concentrated fruit are present, and the wine has a clearly defined tannic frame.
Domaine Jérôme Chezeaux 2020 Bourgogne Côte d’Or Pinot Noir
French Red
Fresh, lively fruit is supported by firm minerality and dusty spice in a sleek profile without new-oak influence. The Pinot Noir comes from parcels spread across Premeaux-Prissey, Nuits-Saint-Georges and Vosne-Romanée. Rich colour and a structured profile accompany elegance and typicity when young. It is a regional expression from the Côte de Nuits and the surroundings of Nuits-Saint-Georges.
Viña Arboleda 2018 Brisa
Chilean Red
Raspberry, blackcurrant leaf, savoury black fruit, rosemary and dried herbs appear with bright acidity. The finish is soft and somewhat dry, with pepper and balsamic notes. The blend is 36% Syrah, 24% Grenache, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Cabernet Franc and 8% Mourvèdre. Maturation lasts twenty-two months in French oak barrels; 38% are new, and 15% of the wine matures in foudres.
Le Fraghe 2020 Brol Grande Montebaldo Bardolino
Italian Red
Small red fruit, orange, spice and cinnamon accompany a balanced palate with silky tannins, acidity and a long saline finish. Corvina and Rondinella come from the south-facing Brol Grande vineyard at 190 metres. The vines are twenty-two years old. Fermentation is spontaneous in concrete, and the wine is Organic. Suggested service is 15°C, with pairings including red meat and medium-aged cheeses.
Feudi di San Gregorio 2018 Taurasi
Italian Red
Sun-dried cherry, baked boysenberry and crushed violet appear in a dense, compact profile. The palate is full, with sticky tannins and a finish of bitter chocolate and espresso. Aglianico comes from vines fifteen to twenty years old at elevations up to 500 metres, on silty sand with volcanic layers. Maturation lasts eighteen months in French barriques. Pairings include ragù and grilled lamb.
Domaine des Escaravailles 2022 Argilla ad Argillam Rasteau
French Red
Purple-red colour accompanies wild blackberry, star anise, rosemary, graphite, mineral notes and salinity. The palate is ample and includes wild fruit. Grenache and Syrah come from the Sambiches site at 340 metres, on red clay and limestone. Grapes are hand harvested and fully destemmed, then fermented separately in concrete. Maturation lasts nine months in amphorae. Serve at 16°C.
Domaine Juliette Avril 2024 Châteauneuf-du-Pape
French Red
Black raspberry, cassis, violet and blood-orange notes are present in a perfumed, lifted profile. The palate is medium-bodied, with ripe fruit and integrated tannins. The blend is 65 percent Grenache, 25 percent Syrah and 10 percent Mourvèdre. Maturation lasts six months, with 20 percent in foudre and the balance in concrete. Production is approximately 3,300 cases.
Jules Métras 2023 Chica Vin de France Rouge
French Red
Smoky notes accompany tart, juicy red fruit, and the finish is salivating and lightly peppered. The Gamay undergoes cold carbonic maceration as whole bunches. No oenological inputs or added sulphites are used, and the wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered. Total sulphites remain below 20 mg/L. Serve at 14°C and decant for thirty minutes. Suggested pairings include charcuterie and cheese.
Maison Philippe Pacalet 2015 Moulin-à-Vent
French Red
Cherry, violet, rose and mineral notes sit within a rich, fresh and structured profile. The Gamay comes from 55-year-old bush vines on southeast-facing granitic soils with manganese and pink coarse sand. Whole bunches ferment with wild yeasts and no sulphites, with daily pigeage for eighteen days. Maturation lasts ten months on the lees in used oak foudres.
Domaine des Lises 2020 Crozes-Hermitage
French Red
Black fruit, earth, tobacco leaf, toasted alder and smoke appear with ripeness and density. The tannins are fine and chalky. The hand-harvested Syrah is 70 to 100 percent destemmed. Primary-fruit freshness is retained. Blackberry, pepper, plum and damson add further detail. The wine is certified Organic, contains thirteen percent alcohol and comes from France's Rhône Valley.
Domaine de l’Écu 2018 Rex
French Red
Fresh strawberry, cherry and raspberry notes are present with supple tannins, and the finish is spicy. Cabernet Franc and Gamay form the blend. The wine is classified as 100 percent Natural and made without added sulphites. Total sulphites are 15 mg/L. This red comes from France's Loire Valley and carries the Vin de France designation.