Red
Red
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.
Domaine Chapel 2018 Fleurie Charbonnières Vieilles Vignes
French Red
Raspberry, cherry, rose petal, liquorice, herbs and flowers shape the profile. The palate is layered and medium to full bodied, with succulent acidity and saline character. Velvety texture accompanies supple tannins and a long, mineral-accented finish. Gamay comes from the forest-enclosed Charbonnières parcel, where granite bedrock lies beneath granitic sand and weathered rock fragments. Whole clusters undergo semi-carbonic maceration with indigenous yeast, and the wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Domaine la Barroche 2021 Liberty Vin de France
French Red
Juicy black raspberry, violets, peppery herbs and minerality appear in a concentrated, structured profile. The blend is 52% Grenache, 18% Cinsault, 13% Mourvèdre, 12% Syrah and 5% Carignan. The vines average sixty-five years old and grow at 125 metres on sand, blue and red clay and river stones. Vinification takes place in underground concrete vats, with more than four weeks on skins. Ageing lasts twenty months in old oak casks and 600-litre barrels.
Broc Cellars 2019 KouKou Cabernet Franc
American Red
Cabernet Franc comes from Crown Point Vineyard in Happy Canyon. The site has serpentine loam and clay-loam soils, with pronounced shifts between daytime and nighttime temperatures. Whole clusters are placed in concrete, foot crushed and gently pumped over. The wine is pressed back into concrete for ten months of ageing before bottling. It contains twelve percent alcohol and comes from Santa Barbara County.
Piaggia 2016 Il Sasso Carmignano DOCG
Italian Red
Black cherry, plum, lavender, spice, tobacco and dried herbs appear with cinnamon and allspice. Dark fruit accompanies a soft, yielding finish and textural richness. Sangiovese is blended with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The fruit comes from the estate's S. Cristina a Mezzana vineyard, and the wine contains fourteen and a half percent alcohol. The colour is red.
Elio Altare 2022 Langhe Nebbiolo DOC
Italian Red
Intense ruby colour accompanies fresh rose petals and red fruit. The palate carries further red fruit, acidity and tannins that are present without drying the mouth. Made entirely from Nebbiolo grown in La Morra and Monforte, the vines range from twenty to fifty years old. Skin maceration lasts three to four days, and the wine spends five months in used French barriques.
Viña William Fèvre 2012 Quino Noir Pinot Noir
Chilean Red
Currant and raspberry appear with an herbal accent. The Pinot Noir comes from Malleco in Chile's deep south, where the project planted its vineyard at Quino on a northeast-facing hillside with stony clay soils. The wine is bottled directly from tank without barrel ageing or filtration. Its profile is fruit-led and refreshing, with acidity running through the palate.
Undurraga 2021 VIGNO Carignan Maule Valley
Chilean Red
Deep ruby colour accompanies raspberry, cherry, subtle smoke and black pepper. The palate carries red fruit and spice with freshness, fine tannins and balanced tension. The finish is long and persistently spicy. The blend is eighty-eight percent Carignan and twelve percent Cinsault. Its old bush vines grow on south-facing granite slopes in dry-farmed Maule countryside northeast of Cauquenes.
Slobodné Vinárstvo 2017 Alternativa
Slovak Red
Cranberry and sage appear in a bright red with soft, silky texture and a lightly funky note. Made entirely from Frankovka Modrá, the wine comes from the Lopata vineyard in Slovakia's Small Carpathians. Fermentation on the skins lasts four weeks, followed by at least eighteen months in oak. Selected barrels are bottled without fining or filtration, and the wine contains thirteen percent alcohol.
Mixtura 2019 MIX Tinto Vino de Mesa
Spanish Red
Wild red fruit, lilac, Atlantic woodland, pepper, liquorice and a light smoky note appear in a medium-bodied red with silky texture, polished tannins and balanced acidity. The finish is savoury, slightly saline and persistent. Mencía, Caíño, Brancellao and Sousón ferment separately with indigenous yeasts in open vats, followed by twelve months in old French oak before the blend completes malolactic fermentation.
Stag’s Hollow 2022 Renaissance Merlot
Canadian Red
Plump red cherry and plum appear with candied violet, cedar and cocoa nibs. The palate is polished and glycerious, with fresh acidity. The blend is ninety-four point nine percent Merlot, five percent Cabernet Sauvignon and zero point one percent Cabernet Franc. Its fruit comes from the gravel soils of a southwest-facing vineyard in Okanagan Falls, where small clusters and berries naturally limit yields.
Echo Bay 2022 Synoptic Red Blend
Canadian Red
Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Carménère and Petit Verdot make up the red blend. The grapes are organically grown and ferment with wild yeast. The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered after sixteen months in French oak, fifteen percent new. Its fruit comes from Okanagan Falls in British Columbia, and the finished wine contains fourteen percent alcohol.
Château Peyredon Lagravette 2022 Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois
French Red
Ruby-purple colour accompanies blackberry, spice and toast. The finish is balanced, with smooth tannins. The blend is sixty-three percent Cabernet Sauvignon and thirty-seven percent Merlot from Gunz gravel soils. Grapes are picked by hand and receive five weeks of skin maceration. Maturation lasts twelve months, with one-third in amphora and the balance in new and used oak.
Elian Da Ros 2023 Abouriou Côtes du Marmandais
French Red
The red profile is supple, fruity and spicy. Its parcels have clay-gravel and clay-limestone soils. Grapes are harvested and sorted by hand. Semi-carbonic maceration lasts about ten days with indigenous yeasts. Maturation lasts twelve months in large oak and used barrels. The wine contains thirteen percent alcohol, and Abouriou is the principal red grape in the cuvée.
Anne Gros & Jean-Paul Tollot 2023 L’Ô de la Vie Minervois
French Red
Deep ruby colour accompanies garrigue, wild strawberry, cassis, spice and mint. The attack is lively, while the palate is supple and soft. Made entirely from Syrah, the wine comes from clay-limestone and sandy soils with south and southeast exposure. The farming is organic, the style is dry and red, and the wine contains fourteen point five percent alcohol.
Louis Bernard Domaine La Crau des Papes 2020 Châteauneuf-du-Pape
French Red
Intense colour with violet hues accompanies stewed red fruit, spice and balsamic notes. The palate is expressive, round and generous, with silky tannins, a supple attack and a long spicy finish. The blend is sixty percent Grenache and forty percent Syrah. Destemmed grapes ferment with natural yeast in stainless steel, with fifteen to twenty days of maceration and eight to ten months in vats.
Gvantsa’s Wine 2021 Otskhanuri Sapere Qvevri
Georgian Red
Dark cherry, pomegranate, herbs and smoke appear in a fresh, juicy red with cool tannins and pronounced acidity. Fresh blueberry is also present. The wine is made entirely from Otskhanuri Sapere grown in Imereti. Fermentation begins spontaneously in qvevri, and maturation lasts nine months before unfiltered bottling. Its colour is dark ruby, and the profile is medium-bodied and persistent.
Anapea Village 2020 Margo Kvareli Red
Georgian Red
Blackberry, blackcurrant and ripe red fruit appear with ripe cherry, wild berries and honey. The palate is round and full-bodied, with a long finish. Made entirely from estate-grown Saperavi, the wine is fermented on white-grape skins. It is certified organic and is also identified as sustainable, minimally intervened and vegan. This was the first release of the experimental cuvée.
Burrowing Owl 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon
Canadian Red
An intense nose presents ripe cassis and blueberry with graphite, iron, dried oregano, dried black olive and floral violet. The palate is dry and full-bodied, with firm ripe tannins and high acidity. Blackberry, paprika, espresso, mint and dark chocolate are also present. Deep ruby colour and a structured profile accompany these fruit and savoury elements.
Luigi Righetti 2021 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Italian Red
Baked plum, toasted oak, baking spice, prune, vanilla, mocha, black cherry, milk chocolate, rum raisin and cinnamon appear with smooth tannins and a rich, smooth finish. Corvina makes up eighty percent of the blend, with ten percent Rondinella and ten percent Molinara. The wine contains fifteen percent alcohol and receives oak maturation. The full-bodied style is dry.