Red
Red
Remoissenet 2017 Bourgogne Rouge Renommée 1.5 L
French Red
Red summer berries, redcurrant and baking spices appear in the aromas. The palate is tangy, with suave tannins, pomegranate jam, red cherry and spice-box flavours. The Pinot Noir comes from estate-owned and purchased Burgundy fruit. Grapes are harvested by hand and fermented with indigenous yeasts in open-top French oak vats. The wine matures in French oak barrels, fifteen to twenty percent new, and is bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Jean-Luc Colombo 2018 La Louvée Cornas
French Red
Cassis and blackberry flavours retain freshness despite the wine's concentration and richness. The Syrah is full bodied, with savoury smoke, nut and iron. Integrated oak and fine, delicate tannins are also present. Fruit comes from a single parcel on granite in Cornas. The grapes are hand picked and destemmed. Temperature-controlled maceration lasts one month. Ageing lasts twenty-two months in oak, fifteen percent new.
Wasenhaus 2022 Vulkan Spätburgunder
German Red
Pure, refreshing cherry aromas appear on the nose. The palate is tight, fresh and intense, with medium body and a nervy structure. Sour cherry appears on a tart, concentrated finish. Fruit comes from Eichstätten and Jechtingen, with fifteen to twenty percent whole clusters. The Pinot Noir grows on shallow black volcanic soils. The wine is bottled at 12.5 percent alcohol.
Julien Guillot 2020 Bourgogne Rouge Cuvée Auguste
French Red
Pinot Noir grows on clay and limestone soils with calcareous silt and abundant silica. The grapes undergo semi-carbonic maceration, followed by twelve months in used French oak. Bottling takes place without fining, filtration or added sulphur. The property is farmed organically without chemical treatments, and biodynamic methods are used. Work in the vineyard and cellar is performed by hand, without additions during growing or winemaking.
Barale Fratelli 2019 Castellero Barolo
Italian Red
Cherry, raspberry, mint, eucalyptus, pepper and nutmeg appear in the aromas. The palate combines fruit and spice with refreshing acidity, ripe tannins and a persistent, saline finish. Castellero lies in the municipality of Barolo on calcareous, silty clay loam. The organically farmed vineyard has a southwest exposure at 270 metres. The wine is made entirely from Nebbiolo and bottled at fourteen percent alcohol.
Bien Nacido Estate 2019 Pinot Noir Santa Maria Valley
American Red
Black tea, mandarin and fresh cherry appear with sage and exotic spice. The palate has suave tannins and further spice. The Pinot Noir was harvested by hand at night, fermented with native yeast and completed malolactic fermentation. It matured for sixteen months in French oak, half of it new, and was bottled without fining or filtration. The selected vineyard blocks were planted in nineteen seventy-three, nineteen ninety-six and two thousand six.
Barale Fratelli 2019 Bussia Barolo
Italian Red
An expressive profile brings dried rose, liquorice, tobacco, leather and violet. The palate is robust yet velvety, ample and balanced. Fruit comes from Bussia Soprana in Monforte d'Alba, at 270 metres on calcareous, sandy-loam soil. The wine is made entirely from Nebbiolo. Grapes are harvested by hand, fermented spontaneously in oak with indigenous yeasts and macerated for about fifteen to twenty days.
Haut-Bailly II 2019 Pessac-Léognan
French Red
Fresh fruit and a suave structure define the profile. Merlot brings aromatic freshness and roundness, while silky tannins give the wine a soft texture. The blend is sixty percent Merlot and forty percent Cabernet Sauvignon. Grapes were harvested from September 23 to October 10. Rich berry fruit, cassis, cigar wrapper and loamy soil are also present. The tannins are ripe and powdery.
Pindarie 2020 Black Hinge Reserve Shiraz
Australian Red
Berry fruit and spice meet a concentrated, dense structure, supported by strong tannins and balanced acidity. The palate has a luscious, lingering mouthfeel. The Shiraz comes entirely from estate-grown fruit selected from the lower section of Tony's Block, on terra rossa soils. A small open fermenter is used with gentle hand plunging. Malolactic fermentation takes place in barrel, followed by sixteen months in French oak.
Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur 2019 Beaune Premier Cru Les Cent-Vignes
French Red
Red cherry, crushed strawberry and rose petal appear in the bouquet. The palate is medium-bodied, with sappy, fleshy red fruit and a rounded, malleable texture. The finish is sweet. Fruit comes from a single 1.25-hectare parcel. The wine is made from Pinot Noir; grapes are harvested by hand, fully destemmed and moved into vat by gravity after sorting.
Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet 2022 Fixin
French Red
Red cherry and crushed strawberry appear in a delicate bouquet. The medium-bodied palate has refined tannins, lightly spiced red fruit and white pepper. The village bottling blends several parcels in Fixin, including Les Crais and En l’Olivier, on brown limestone and marl soils. A portion of whole bunches is used, and maturation takes place in previously used barrels. Alcohol is thirteen percent.
Hacienda Araucano 2016 Alka Carménère
Chilean Red
Deep cherry-red colour appears bright and intense. Black fruit, eucalyptus, black pepper and cinnamon form an intense, complex aromatic profile. The palate is powerful, with silky tannins and balanced acidity. Prune and marmalade are present with spice in a long, complex finish. Made entirely from organically grown Carménère, the wine undergoes double sorting, destemming and gentle crushing. Skin maceration lasts one month.
Giovanni Sordo 2016 Barolo Rocche di Castiglione
Italian Red
Woodland berries, new leather and forest floor appear with morello cherry, liquorice and tobacco. The full-bodied palate is fresh and linear, with bright acidity, taut polished tannins and juicy fruit. Made entirely from Nebbiolo, the wine comes from Rocche di Castiglione in Castiglione Falletto, at 320 to 350 metres. Compact grey-white and bluish marl lies below the surface.
Danbury Ridge 2020 Pinot Noir
British Red
Ripe fruit, orange blossom and forest floor appear in an expressive bouquet. Fresh acidity, plush velvety tannins and a long finish define the palate. Fruit is hand picked and sorted, gently destemmed without crushing, then given a three-to-five-day cold soak in open-top oak fermenters. Maturation lasts ten months in French oak before bottling without fining or filtration. Alcohol is thirteen percent.
Colombera & Garella 2019 Cavazucchi 1.5 L
Italian Red
The wine comes from a single 0.8-hectare parcel planted in the early twentieth century. Nebbiolo accounts for eighty-five percent of the blend, with Croatina and Vespolina making up the remainder. The parcel lies in Masserano in Alto Piemonte, and fragrance is a hallmark of the site. The bottling is separate from the winery’s Bramaterra cru, and the vineyard is now owned by the winery.
Montes 2020 Purple Angel Carménère
Chilean Red
Carménère accounts for ninety-two percent of the blend, with eight percent Petit Verdot. Ripe blackberry, plum and blueberry appear with sweet spice, pink pepper, coffee and tobacco. The palate is balanced and silky, with fruit and a caramel-like body. Seventy percent matures for eighteen months in first-use French oak and thirty percent in second-use barrels. Alcohol is fourteen-and-a-half percent, and the finish is very long.
Domaine Raspail-Ay 2020 Gigondas 1.5 L
French Red
The blend is sixty percent Grenache, thirty-five percent Syrah and five percent Mourvèdre. Jammy red and black fruit appear with toasted spice. The palate is fleshy, with ripe tannins, acidity and balance. Grapes are harvested by hand. Vatting lasts thirty days, and maturation lasts eighteen to twenty-four months in oak foudres plus six months in demi-muids. Alcohol is fourteen percent.
Domaine Georges Glantenay 2020 Volnay Vieilles Vignes
French Red
Fruit comes from five parcels planted with vines aged sixty years and older. Dense, complex aromas accompany a broad profile of darker fruit. The palate is more intense, with slight salinity and a little more structure. Fruit for this old-vine bottling was formerly blended into the domaine’s other village wine, whose vines range from thirty to sixty years of age.
Domaine de la Solitude 2018 Vin de la Solitude Châteauneuf-du-Pape
French Red
Counoise accounts for thirty percent of the blend, Grenache twenty-five, Syrah and Mourvèdre fifteen each, and Clairette, Bourboulenc and Roussanne five each. Floral, blackberry and spice notes appear with cassis and garrigue. The palate is tannic and fresh. Whole clusters are co-fermented in a wooden conical tank for more than a month. Vatting lasts eighty days. Maturation lasts eighteen months in barrel. The wine is bottled without fining or filtration.
RAEN Winery 2016 Royal St Robert Cuvée Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast
American Red
Wild strawberry, raspberry and cranberry appear with cured meat, wood smoke, forest floor, herbs and truffle. Dark cherry, violet, mushroom and black tea are also present. The palate has a chewy frame, acidity and a long mineral finish. Fermentation uses eighty percent whole clusters and native yeasts. The wine is aged in ten percent new French oak and ninety percent neutral oak, then bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Nada Fiorenzo 2016 Barbaresco
Italian Red
Nebbiolo comes from Rombone and Manzola vineyards on sunny slopes in Treiso, at 230 to 260 metres above sea level. The colour is bright garnet red, with fresh floral aromas. Fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel. Maturation lasts twenty-four months in oak and six months in bottle. The wine is enveloping and has fourteen percent alcohol.
Zenato 2010 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Italian Red
Plum cake, blackberry, mocha, chocolate and baking spice appear with smooth tannins. Dark fruit, resin, cola, tar, oregano and rosemary are also present. The colour is ruby red. The blend combines eighty percent Corvina, ten percent Rondinella, five percent Croatina and five percent Oseleta. Fermentation lasts twenty-five days in stainless steel. Maturation includes thirty months in French oak and twelve months in bottle.
Zenato 2015 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Italian Red
Ripe black raspberry and currant appear with woodsy spice, graphite and smoke. Glazed cherry, dried meat, citrus and roasted herbs are also present. The wine is medium to full bodied, with creamy tannins and linear acidity. A firm bite is also present. It is dry and oaked, with sixteen-and-a-half percent alcohol. Corvina, Rondinella, Croatina and Oseleta form the blend.
Zenato 2012 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Italian Red
Dark prune, blackcurrant, black cherry, crushed raspberry, blue flowers, tilled soil, menthol, cedar, mocha, vanilla and nutmeg appear in the profile. Leather, tobacco, spice and a confectionery note are also present. The palate is rich and full, with firm, velvety tannins and fresh acidity. The texture is dense. It has a long finish and sixteen-and-a-half percent alcohol.
Château Haut-Bages Libéral 2006 Pauillac
French Red
Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot form a seventy-five to twenty-five percent blend. Red fruit, damson, blackberry, currant, dried flowers, toast, vanilla and spice are present. The palate is full, with fine, tight tannins, grip and a pure finish edged by marzipan. The structure is powerful. Balance and fruit are also evident. The estate is classified as a fifth growth.
Frescobaldi 1997 Lamaione Merlot Toscana IGT
Italian Red
Merlot grows at 300 metres on south-west-facing clay soils rich in limestone and mineral elements. Maceration lasts about four weeks. Malolactic fermentation takes place in barrique, and maturation lasts eighteen months in French oak. Blackberry, violet and fresh porcini appear with round, velvety tannins, full body and a long finish. The vineyard covers twelve hectares, and its principal planting dates to the mid-seventies.
Felton Road 2012 Bannockburn Pinot Noir
New Zealand Red
Pinot Noir shows strawberry jam, black cherry, smoke, celery salt, barnyard, thyme, light vanilla and carrot top. Raspberry jam, coffee, tobacco leaf, saddle leather and herbs are also present. The palate is dry, fresh and juicy, with intensity, balance and slight astringency. Four vineyards supply the fruit. The colour is cherry red, and alcohol is fourteen percent.
Adelsheim 2021 Breaking Ground Pinot Noir Chehalem Mountains
American Red
Pinot Noir comes from eleven hillside sites, with sixty-eight percent estate fruit. The vineyards include loess, volcanic and sedimentary soils. Grapes are fermented in stainless steel, then aged for eleven months in French oak, twenty-nine percent new. Black cherry and raspberry appear with exotic spice and dark loam. The texture is supple, with ethereal qualities and deeper tones. Alcohol is thirteen percent.
Trefethen 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Oak Knoll District
American Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Petit Verdot form an eighty-eight, six and six percent blend from the Main Ranch estate vineyard. Dark plum and black cherry appear with cocoa, pepper and fragrant herbs. Bright cherry flavours are accompanied by vanilla and forest floor. The wine spent eighteen months in oak, with fifty-three percent new barrels. Alcohol is thirteen-point-nine percent, and the fruit is sustainably farmed.
Vietti 2018 Castiglione Barolo
Italian Red
Nebbiolo from several Barolo parcels forms the blend. Wild berry, rose, rusty iron, mint, raspberry, dried orange and floral elements appear in the profile. The palate is compact and juicy, with firm tannins. Vinification and maturation are carried out separately before the final blend is selected. The wine spent thirty months in wood and has fourteen-and-a-half percent alcohol.