Red
Red
Matteo Correggia 2022 Roero Rosso
Italian Red
Nebbiolo grows in the sandy hills of Roero. The grapes are harvested by hand, then macerated in stainless steel for six to eight days. The wine spends six months in second-use barriques. Violet, dried flowers, white pepper and balsamic herbs define the aromatic profile. The palate is intense and structured, with present tannins and a persistent finish.
Echo Bay 2016 Cabernet Franc–Malbec
Canadian Red
Cabernet Franc makes up sixty percent of the blend, joined by forty percent Malbec. The varieties were destemmed, crushed and fermented separately, then matured for eighteen months in barrel, with twenty percent new wood. After blending, the wine rested briefly before bottling and further bottle ageing. The finished red records thirteen percent alcohol, a pH of 3.77 and total acidity of 7.2.
Anthonij Rupert 2021 Optima
South African Red
Fruitcake, cedar, cocoa and dried lavender define the bouquet. The palate is broad, fleshy, succulent, soft, rounded and silky, with spice, rich dark fruitcake and a lingering dry tail. Whole berries are double-sorted, then fermented dry on the skins and given extended post-fermentation maceration. Fermentation uses French oak and stainless steel, followed by malolactic fermentation and twenty months in French oak barrels, thirty percent new.
Trediberri 2024 Langhe Nebbiolo
Italian Red
Warm fruit and pepper accompany a light, juicy profile with restrained tannins. Nebbiolo comes mainly from La Morra and Levice, with smaller portions from Vicoforte and Monticello d’Alba. Alcoholic fermentation occurs mostly in concrete for about ten to twelve days. Malolactic fermentation uses concrete or stainless steel, followed by several months of ageing in concrete, steel and plastic before bottling.
Stolpman Vineyards 2019 Para Maria de las Tecolotes
American Red
Berry juice, pepper and thyme give a savoury profile with fruit purity and spicy complexity. Syrah makes up eighty percent of the blend, with Petit Verdot comprising the remaining twenty percent. The fruit was carefully selected for the bottling. The vineyards lie in Santa Barbara County, where the growers responsible for the fruit have cultivated vines at the estate since the mid-1990s.
Orsi Vigneto San Vito 2019 Barbera Martignone
Italian Red
Barbera grows in heavy clay over limestone under certified biodynamic farming. Maceration lasts one month. Fermentation and twelve months of ageing take place in botti, and the wine is bottled without fining or filtration. Sulphur use varies with the sanitary condition of the grapes; some years receive none, while other years see a small addition at harvest or bottling.
Marchesi di Grésy 2021 Martinenga Langhe Nebbiolo
Italian Red
Bright ruby colour accompanies strawberry, raspberry and black cherry. The palate is fresh, lively and balanced, with medium body and tannins. A short vinification and malolactic fermentation take place in steel. Ageing takes place mainly in cement with some tank. Floral notes accompany the red-fruit profile. Nebbiolo comes from the Martinenga vineyard in Piedmont's Langhe.
Wynns Coonawarra Estate 2019 Black Label Old Vines Shiraz
Australian Red
Intense ruby colour with a youthful purple hue accompanies cranberry, redcurrant and blackcurrant. The medium-bodied profile includes crunchy dark berries, black pepper, cinnamon, fine tannins and lively acidity. The wine is made entirely from Coonawarra Shiraz. Maturation lasts thirteen months in new and seasoned French oak hogsheads, vats and barriques. The oldest contributing sites include the Undoolya vineyard planted in 1894. Alcohol is 13.4 percent.
Moon Curser 2015 Carménère
Canadian Red
Plum, green peppercorn, ripe raspberry, fennel seed, cherry, pomegranate, vanilla and cedar shape the profile. The wine is medium-bodied, with balanced acidity, soft tannins and a juicy impression; the finish is long and silky. Carménère comes from the Home and Stubbs vineyards on the Osoyoos East Bench. Hand-picked clusters are sorted in the vineyard and destemmed. Fermentation takes place at low temperature, and maturation uses French oak barriques, about one quarter new.
Wynns Coonawarra Estate 2023 Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon
Australian Red
Dark purple at the core with a vibrant plum hue. Aromas include blackberry, white sage and lavender. The palate includes red cherry, plum, moss, earth, cedary oak and thyme. It is fine, long and generous, with soft acidity and pliable tannins. Cabernet Sauvignon comes from Coonawarra. Maturation lasts fifteen months in new and seasoned French oak barrels, including hogsheads, barriques and vats. Alcohol is 13.8 percent.
Domaine du Tix 2017 Cuvée Bramefan Ventoux
French Red
Ruby-purple colour with violet reflections accompanies fine wood, toast, prune, fig and macerated cherry. The bouquet is complex and deep, while the attack is highly spicy. Dusty blueberry, violet and graphite are also present. Full-bodied, the wine has firm, powdery tannins and black and blue fruit. Syrah makes up ninety-two percent of the blend, with eight percent Grenache.
Malacari 2010 Grigiano Conero Riserva DOCG
Italian Red
Montepulciano forms the entire wine. The dry, still red comes from a three-hectare vineyard yielding twenty-five quintals per hectare. Fermentation uses no selected yeast, and the wine is unfiltered. Dark fruit includes prune, raisin, damson and blackberry, with spice and vanilla. Twenty days on skins include délestage; malolactic fermentation takes place in tonneaux, and the wine returns to tonneaux after racking. Alcohol is fourteen percent.
Bordertown 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon
Canadian Red
Dark red in colour, with black fruit, blackcurrant, dark cherry, herbs, spice, stewed plum, mint, pepper and leather. The texture is firm, with fresh acidity and well-managed tannins. Estate-grown Cabernet Sauvignon comes from an east-facing Osoyoos vineyard with gravel, light-coloured sand and heavy soil. Fermentation lasts twenty-four days. Natural malolactic fermentation takes place in French oak, and maturation lasts twelve to eighteen months in French oak.
Vino di Anna 2021 Palmentino Rosso
Italian Red
Bright crimson colour accompanies red cherry and wild strawberry aromas. The palate is dry and fruit-driven, with juicy ripe tannins and fresh acidity. Organically grown Nerello Mascalese comes from old bush vines on high, terraced vineyards on Etna's northern face. Half the blend is made in a traditional palmento, thirty percent in Georgian qvevri and twenty percent in a large used oak botte. Indigenous yeasts conduct spontaneous fermentation; the wine rests twelve months on fine lees and is bottled without fining or filtration.
Domaine de la Sarazinière 2020 Les Devants Mâcon-Bussières Gamay
French Red
White pepper, dark spice, kirsch and dried herbs appear with smooth, integrated tannins and a long savoury finish. Gamay comes from a south-facing lieu-dit in Bussières on deep alkaline clay-limestone soils. The vines were planted between the 1930s and 1950s and are seventy to ninety years old. Fully destemmed fruit receives a long, cool maceration lasting nearly one month. Maturation lasts ten to twelve months in neutral oak barrels.
Howling Bluff Estate Winery 2022 Century Block Pinot Noir
Canadian Red
Kirsch, blackcurrant and raspberry appear with leather, forest floor and pepper. Pinot Noir clones 667 and 777 grow beside the wine shop in the riverbed of the now-dry Three Mile Creek. The block’s name refers to the hundred different species that once grew there. Maturation lasts eighteen months in French oak barrels. Production totalled 250 cases, and the wine can be cellared for up to ten years.
Howling Bluff Estate Winery 2022 Three Mile Creek Pinot Noir
Canadian Red
Tobacco, ripe cherry, pepper and clove appear with mulled berries, blackcurrant and baking spices. Pinot Noir clones 667 and 777 come from the Three Mile Creek vineyard, whose oldest vines grow only five metres from the Century Block. Maturation lasts eighteen months in French oak barrels. Production totalled 305 cases. The vineyard has received two Lieutenant Governor’s Awards of Excellence and a Red Wine of the Year from the Canadian Wine Awards.
La Miraja 2021 Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato
Italian Red
Violet, rose, iris, jasmine, cardamom, white pepper and lychee appear with wild berries, red cherry and pomegranate. The palate has robust acidity and moderate tannins. Ruchè comes from estate vineyards at 250 metres on calcareous red-clay soils. Hand-harvested fruit is destemmed, basket pressed into stainless steel and kept on the skins for ten days during native fermentation. Malolactic fermentation is spontaneous. Maturation includes three months in cement and four months in bottle.
Sant’Or Winery 2022 Krasis Achaia Red Wine
Greek Red
Mavrodafni comes from fifty-year-old, rain-fed vineyards in Santomeri, Achaia. The vineyards are farmed organically and biodynamically on clay-loam soil with schistose rock. Indigenous yeasts carry out fermentation, and maturation takes place in old oak barrels. The wine is bottled without filtration. Vivid ruby colour accompanies cherry and strawberry jam, earthy and animal notes, a velvety texture and spice. Production totalled 2,200 bottles.
Maison Tardieu-Laurent 2022 Gigondas Vieilles Vignes
French Red
Grenache forms ninety percent of the blend, with five percent Mourvèdre and five percent Syrah. Three quarters of the fruit is not destemmed. Maturation includes ten months in one- and two-vintage Allier and Tronçais barrels, plus twelve months in foudre. Bottling occurs without fining or filtration. Black raspberry, sandalwood, ground pepper, dried herbs, dark cherry and cassis are present with fine, firm tannins and a long, spicy finish.
Howling Bluff Estate Winery 2021 Three Mile Creek Pinot Noir
Canadian Red
Sour cherry and raspberry form a tart, cool red-fruit profile with savoury and earthy notes. The vines include Pinot Noir clones 115, 667 and 777 and were twenty-two years old when reviewed. Fruit receives a two-day cold soak. After three weeks, the wine is pressed into French oak barrels and aged there for eighteen months. Further acidic fruit appears on the finish.
Michele Reverdito 2023 Verduno Pelaverga
Italian Red
Pale ruby colour accompanies rose, violet, wild strawberry and spice. The wine is dry and fine, with persistence. Pelaverga grapes are destemmed and vinified in temperature-controlled stainless steel, with no barrel ageing. The vineyard covers 0.65 hectares and faces southwest at 290 metres. Stainless steel is also used for maturation. Red berries, dark cherry, mint, camphor and white pepper are present.
Ken Wright Cellars 2022 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir
American Red
Red and blue fruits, cedar, violet, anise and turned earth form the profile. The palate is balanced, with natural acidity and velvety tannins. Pinot Noir comes from vineyards in the northern Willamette Valley sub-appellations. The vineyards include marine-sediment and volcanic-rock soils and are organically certified. Maturation takes place in stainless steel and neutral French oak. Alcohol is thirteen point two percent.
Ochota Barrels 2023 Texture Like Sun
Australian Red
Forest fruit, spice and liquorice are present. The profile is supple, with fine tannins and a fruity finish. The blend includes Pinot Noir, Grenache, Gamay, Mourvèdre, Pinot Meunier, Gewürztraminer, Fragola, Riesling and Chardonnay. Fruit from certified-organic vines grows on clay over limestone. The grapes are destemmed and undergo a five-day cold soak. Some varieties are co-fermented, while others ferment separately. After basket pressing, the wine rests in stainless steel before blending and bottling. It is vegan.
Bunan 2020 Moulin des Costes Rouge Bandol
French Red
Blackberry, raspberry and red-fruit notes accompany delicate oak. The palate is rich and balanced, with smooth tannins. Mourvèdre makes up seventy percent of the blend, with twenty percent Cinsault and ten percent Syrah. The grapes are organically cultivated and harvested by hand. Maturation lasts eighteen months in traditional foudres and barrels. The colour is dense ruby red.
Mendall Alícia 2023 Cendra Rosa
Spanish Red
Red fruit, strawberry and cherry define a light, vibrant and juicy profile. Garnacha Tinta grows on clay-loam soils with limestone at 350 metres. The fruit is hand-harvested and destemmed, with fourteen days of maceration. Alcoholic fermentation uses native yeasts in stainless steel. Malolactic fermentation also takes place. The wine remains in stainless steel for four months and is bottled without filtration, clarification or added sulphites.
Radio Boka Tempranillo 3 L Bag-in-Box
Spanish Red
The colour is clear and medium-intense ruby-red. Clean, medium-intense aromas recall red cherries, strawberries and mature plums, with cinnamon and vanilla. The palate is medium-dry and medium-bodied, with balance between acidity and soft tannins. The profile is rounded, juicy and fruit-led, with gentle spice and a smooth texture. The wine contains thirteen percent alcohol by volume.
Markham Vineyards 2021 Napa Valley Merlot
American Red
Ripe raspberry, plum jam and caramel from oak ageing are present. Red fruit, minerality and velvety chocolate-covered cherries accompany structure, mid-palate weight and a long, round finish. The blend is ninety-one percent Merlot, seven percent Cabernet Sauvignon and two percent Malbec. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel with fifteen days of skin contact. The wine spends sixteen months in oak barrels, thirty percent new.
The Prisoner Wine Company 2021 Saldo California Zinfandel
American Red
Zinfandel forms eighty-five percent of the blend, with Petite Sirah and Syrah composing the remainder. The wine is deep ruby-black, with licorice, cherry, baking spice and black pepper. Dark cherry, blackberry, dark plum, raspberry, vanilla and chocolate are also present. The palate is dry, rich and smooth, with soft, velvety tannins. Maturation takes place in French and American oak, twenty-five percent new.
Harvey & Harriet 2020 Red Blend Paso Robles
American Red
The colour is medium ruby-purple. Aromas include Bing cherry, red raspberry, blueberry, roasted rhubarb, cardamom and brown sugar. Vanilla and spice sit with grilled meat, olive tapenade, cedar and molasses. Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Petite Sirah, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec make up the blend. The wine is full-bodied, with firm, grainy tannins and juicy acidity.