Red
Red
Jean Foillard 2019 Fleurie Magnum 1.5 L
French Red
A deep, silky-smooth profile includes black cherry, violet, wet earth, smoky berry character and spice. The wine is concentrated and elegant, with medium-to-full body, velvety texture, fine depth, lively acidity and a sapid, fresh finish. A serious tannin structure, drive and energy are also present, together with loamy soil and potpourri. This is Gamay from Fleurie in Beaujolais.
Castagna 2018 La Chiave Sangiovese Beechworth
Australian Red
Medium-deep red-purple colour accompanies a smoky, spicy and nutty profile with smoked charcuterie. The palate is finely structured and penetrating, with fine, discreet tannins that add grip. Red berries, anise, fennel, salumi, cedar and white pepper also appear with fresh acidity. The wine is Sangiovese from Beechworth and is classified as biodynamic, vegan-friendly and sustainably made.
Penfolds 2014 RWT Barossa Valley Shiraz
Australian Red
Medium-deep crimson colour accompanies dark berry and dark chocolate aromas, together with meaty vanilla notes. Dense blackberry, praline and graphite flavours meet fine, grainy textures, persistent acidity and savoury mocha oak. Roasted chestnut and polished leather are also present in a balanced profile. The fruit is entirely Shiraz from the Barossa Valley, and maturation takes place only in French oak.
La Dame de Montrose 2010 Saint-Estephe
French Red
Dense black colour carries violet highlights, with morello cherry, raspberry, dark tobacco, Havana and a touch of vanilla. The palate has a clean entry and a broad, fresh middle. Precise tannins and a long finish are present. Raspberry, vanilla and mocha recur, while the oak remains discreet. Cabernet Sauvignon forms sixty-four percent of the blend and Merlot the remaining thirty-six percent.
Bacio Divino 2000 Napa Valley Proprietary Red
American Red
Inky ruby-purple colour accompanies charcoal, toasted oak, espresso and blackcurrant. The proprietary red blend is dense, rich and full-bodied, with ripe tannins, low acidity and a plump, layered, concentrated profile. Cabernet Sauvignon accounts for sixty-five percent, Sangiovese twenty-four percent and Petite Sirah eleven percent. A sweet character is also present. The wine comes from Napa Valley, California.
Maritana Vineyards 2018 Moonshine Ranch Pinot Noir Russian River Valley
American Red
Bright ruby colour accompanies an elegant, perfumed Pinot Noir with a delicate profile, lively palate, creamy texture and structure. The fruit comes from Moonshine Ranch in the Russian River Valley, including Dijon 828 and UCD 04 Pommard clones. The vineyard supplied one of three single-vineyard releases from the harvest. Alcohol is 13.5 percent by volume.
Giovanni Rosso 2017 Barolo Cerretta
Italian Red
Bright ruby colour has a fine garnet sheen. Black truffle, rosehip, cranberry, plum and blood orange appear with raspberry fruit. The wine is full-bodied, warm and round, with savoury, gritty tannins. Nebbiolo grows at 350 metres with east-southeast exposure on predominantly limestone soil. Fermentation takes place in cement with approximately twenty-eight days of maceration, and maturation lasts twenty-four months in Slavonian oak.
Lou Dumont Koji Nakada 2023 Nuits-Saint-Georges Vieilles Vignes
French Red
Ruby-red colour accompanies red-fruit aromas. The Pinot Noir is ripe, with well-integrated tannins, elegant structure and a lingering finish. Power and complexity appear with a robust, round and sappy palate. The wine carries the Nuits-Saint-Georges appellation in Burgundy. Alcohol is 12.5 percent. The grapes are harvested by hand. Production follows both organic and sustainable vineyard practices.
Chateau Gloria 2022 Saint-Julien
French Red
Deep garnet colour accompanies fresh redcurrant, peppered chocolate, mineral notes and white pepper. The wine is full-bodied, with rounded fruit, fine tannins and a long finish. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc make up the blend. Grapes are harvested by hand. Vinification takes place in temperature-controlled stainless-steel tanks, and maturation lasts fourteen months in oak barrels. Alcohol is 13.8 percent.
Domaine A.F. Gros 2023 Signature Mathias Parent Vin de France
French Red
Raspberry, cherry, rose and violet appear in a silky, floral Pinot Noir with a soft, juicy frame, fine texture, low tannins and a graceful finish. The grapes are fully destemmed. Fermentation begins twenty-four hours after vatting and lasts ten to twelve days. Maturation lasts twelve to eighteen months in French oak, with thirty percent new barrels. The wine is classified as Vin de France.
Prats & Symington 2021 Chryseia Douro
Portuguese Red
Ripe fruit, spice and balsamic notes appear in an elegant, structured profile with a long, persistent finish. The blend is sixty-seven percent Touriga Nacional and thirty-three percent Touriga Franca. Grapes are selected from Quinta de Roriz and Quinta da Perdiz, with a contribution from Quinta da Vila Velha. Maturation lasts fifteen months in four-hundred-litre French oak barrels. Alcohol is 14.5 percent.
Domaine Michel Briday 2016 Rully Les 4 Vignes Rouge Magnum 1.5 L
French Red
Fruit and a slight animal note appear with a fresh, appetizing palate. The red wine is matured in barrel. Four parcels contribute to the cuvee, including stony upper-slope sites and clay-rich lower-slope sites. Grapes are harvested by hand, sorted in the cellar and destemmed. Native-yeast vinification lasts twenty to twenty-five days, and maturation uses oak barrels with twenty-five percent new wood.
Chateau Pichon Baron 2018 Les Tourelles de Longueville Pauillac
French Red
Intense ruby colour accompanies very ripe red fruit, black cherry and mild spice. The wine is silky, delicate and smooth, with fresh, harmonious tannins and a persistent finish. The blend is sixty-six percent Merlot, twenty percent Cabernet Sauvignon, eight percent Cabernet Franc and six percent Petit Verdot. Maturation lasts twelve months, using both new barrels and barrels previously used for one vintage.
Echo de Lynch-Bages 2016 Pauillac
French Red
Fresh fruit aromas appear with oak and spice. The wine is supple and powerful, with balance and round, mouth-coating tannins. The blend is seventy-three percent Cabernet Sauvignon and twenty-seven percent Merlot. Grapes are hand picked and sorted in the vineyard. Maturation lasts twelve months in French oak barrels previously used for one vintage. The vineyards lie on Garonne gravel in Pauillac.
Vega-Sicilia 2020 Pintia Toro
Spanish Red
Opulent and juicy character appears with a smooth, refined profile. Extraction was reduced during fermentation. Amphorae were incorporated into ageing and the impact of toast was reduced. Freshness is also present. The growing season brought above-average, well-distributed rain. Summer included occasional rain and daily temperature variation. The wine comes from the Toro denomination, and alcohol is 15.5 percent.
Fattoria Colmone della Marca 2012 1.618 I Terreni di Sanseverino Moro
Italian Red
Made entirely from Montepulciano, the wine has intense ruby-red colour. Red cherry and morello cherry appear with vanilla, spice and black pepper. The palate has structure, savoury character and complexity. Grapes are harvested by hand during the first ten days of October. Maceration lasts fifteen days. Maturation includes twelve months in fine-grained Allier oak and twelve months of bottle ageing. Alcohol is 13.5 percent.
Henricsson Vineyard 2017 Première Pinot Noir Magnum 1.5 L
Canadian Red
Pinot Noir from Naramata shows body and a generous palate, with cherry, strawberry and spice. The wine spends time in barrel. The estate follows a hands-off approach: fermentations use wild yeast, sulphur additions are minimal, and maturation uses large puncheons and neutral oak, with only twenty to twenty-five percent of the wine seeing new oak.
Château Clerc Milon 2007 Pauillac
French Red
Deep purple colour has violet highlights. Garrigue, blackcurrant, cedar, vanilla and toast appear with fleshy red fruit. The wine is full-bodied, fresh and balanced, with supple, close-knit tannins, oak and mocha, and a long finish. The blend is forty-eight percent Cabernet Sauvignon, forty-two percent Merlot, seven percent Cabernet Franc, two percent Petit Verdot and one percent Carmenère.
Remoissenet Père et Fils 2020 Beaune Marconnets Premier Cru
French Red
Black and red cherries appear with red plums in a structured, layered Pinot Noir. Meaty tannins accompany the fruit. Energy, balance, ripe cherry and freshness are also present. The Marconnets plot lies at the northern end of Beaune near Savigny-lès-Beaune. It faces south and southeast on clay and limestone. Light woody and smoky notes accompany redcurrant and blackcurrant.
Domaine Georges Glantenay 2021 Chambolle-Musigny
French Red
A vibrant mineral aroma accompanies dark fruit. The palate is broad and silky, with depth, slight roundness and finishing intensity. Three parcels contribute to the wine: Les Creux Baissants, Les Condemennes and Les Fremières. The vines average forty-five to sixty-five years old, and the soils contain clay and limestone. Pinot Noir is matured with twenty percent new oak.
Domaine du Pegau 2021 Cuvée Réservée Châteauneuf-du-Pape
French Red
Spicy aromas include ripe red fruit, cassis, toasted herbs, pepper and roasted meat. The palate is big, rich and full-bodied, with a long, lingering finish. The blend is eighty percent Grenache, six percent Syrah, four percent Mourvèdre and ten percent other permitted varieties. Maceration lasts seven to fourteen days. The press and free-run juice matures for twenty-four months in 5,000-litre oak foudres, and the wine is bottled without filtration.
Tenuta di Saragano 2012 Montefalco Sagrantino
Italian Red
Brilliant ruby-red colour appears with tobacco, leather and dried orange. The taste has precision and fine tannins, with silky, slender and persistent character. Made entirely from Sagrantino, the wine also shows undergrowth, black cherry and blackberry. It is tannic but soft, full-bodied and elegant. Maturation includes two years in barrique and two years in bottle. The vineyard sits at 500 metres on limestone and clay soil.
Château de Beaucastel 2012 Châteauneuf-du-Pape
French Red
Nearly black colour accompanies red fruit, blackcurrant, blackberry, spice, thyme and lavender. The bouquet is elegant, rich and round, with fig, cherry, blackcurrant and stewed fruit, together with acidity and delicate tannins. Grenache and Mourvèdre each account for thirty percent of the blend, Counoise and Syrah each ten percent, and Cinsault five percent. Eight other permitted varieties make up the remaining fifteen percent.
Château Langoa Barton 2015 Saint-Julien
French Red
Intense colour accompanies a bouquet of red fruit, undergrowth and tobacco. The texture is fleshy and tight, with spice, tannins, a silky palate and a long, tense finish. The blend is fifty-four percent Cabernet Sauvignon, thirty-eight percent Merlot and eight percent Cabernet Franc. Harvesting is entirely by hand. Alcoholic fermentation lasts seven to ten days, maceration about three weeks, and oak maturation sixteen to eighteen months.
Château Malartic-Lagravière 2005 Pessac-Léognan
French Red
Very deep red-black colour has purple hints. A delicate nose carries ripe red and black fruit, freshness, menthol, violets, blackcurrant, mineral, smoke and roasted notes. The attack is mellow and rich, with a tight, distinguished and vigorous tannic structure. The mid-palate is broad and generous, with fruit, minerality, toast, wood and balance. The blend is fifty-five percent Cabernet Sauvignon, forty percent Merlot and five percent Cabernet Franc.
Domaine Henri Rebourseau 2019 Gevrey-Chambertin
French Red
Crunchy red fruit and sweet spice appear in a medium-bodied Pinot Noir. The blend draws on village parcels including La Brunelle, Aux Corvées, Sylvie and Champs-Chenys. La Brunelle covers 2.78 hectares; its brown surface soils sit above limestone gravel, with sand and clay two metres down. The estate's Aux Corvées parcel covers 2.35 hectares and has relatively deep soil.
Rolf Binder 2005 Hanisch Shiraz
Australian Red
Cedar, tobacco, vanilla, spice, truffle, pencil lead, plum and blueberry appear in a voluptuous, intensely flavoured profile. The wine is supple, generous and long, with blackberry joined by clove and white pepper. The texture is creamy. This full-bodied Shiraz comes from the Barossa Valley in South Australia. Maturation used eighty percent new American oak, with the balance in seasoned French oak.
Collemattoni 2019 Albori Brunello di Montalcino
Italian Red
Made from Sangiovese selected from the estate's highest parcels, this red comes from Montalcino in Tuscany. Pure, mature fruit appears with a broad and clear aromatic profile. The taste is balanced between alcohol and tannins, with dynamic, fine and defined character and a fresh, savoury close. The fruit includes grapes from a high vineyard near Passo del Lume Spento. Alcohol is listed at 15.5 percent.
Château Labégorce 2005 Margaux
French Red
Dark ruby colour has violet nuances. Black berries and stone fruit appear with animal and toasted notes. The palate is massive, concentrated and generous, with ripe tannins and a long return of fruit. Medium body, plum and cherry appear together with cedar, herbs and leafy forest character. This red comes from Margaux in Bordeaux and uses Cabernet Sauvignon.
El Gran Enemigo 2020 Gualtallary Cabernet Franc
Argentinian Red
Deep purple colour has red highlights. Sweet spice, black pepper, eucalyptus and thyme appear with ripe black fruit, blackberry, black cherry, chocolate and vanilla. The taste is complex, with sweet impact, structured tannins and a long, persistent finish. The blend is eighty-five percent Cabernet Franc and fifteen percent Malbec, grown on deep, calcareous and rocky soil at about 1,470 metres in Gualtallary.