Varietal

Red Wine

There’s 1,000’s of red grape varieties grown around the world making a diverse range of wines.

Exploring the red wine world will take you from lighter more elegant wines to brash, bold wines.

There are infinite combinations of different colours, aromas, flavours, and, textures making for a lifelong pleasure fest for your senses.

A dozen varieties make up the majority of the red wines produced. Think Pinot Noir, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, and, Merlot.

Are travels to Italy, Spain, and, France have seen more Nebbiolo, Barbera, Dolcetto, Sangiovese, Nerello Mascelese, Grenache, Carignan, and, Tempranillo red wines being poured into our glasses.

The wine world is producing better wines than ever before. In regions where laws permit broad experimentation with growing and making red wines is resulting in rapid evolution and refinement of styles.

In countries like Australia, cooler climate reds are really making a name for themselves.

Gobally, there’s been a welcome shift away for cumbersome, overripe, high alcohol, oaky wines, to red wines made with more restraint and freshness.

Our tip, celebrate the different personalities of each!

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Red Blend from Bramaterra, Alto Piemonte

Antoniotti Bramaterra 2016

The Alto is sharing its gems with us! Antoniotti's Bramaterra is a stunner. A blend of 70% Nebbiolo, 20% Croatina, 7% Vespolina & 3 % Bonarda, it just keeps giving, sniff after sniff offering up something new and special, layered, earthy, savoury, a little pine resin, spice, blue fruits and more. A richness of fruit, that I suspect is fortified by the Coratina and Vespolica, yet freshness rests beautifully in a cradle of suitably edgy Neb tannin that has you salivating for more!If this

Vintage 2016
$95
$91ea in any 3+
$87ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Barbaresco, Piedmont

La Ca’ Növa Barbaresco 2021

The 2021 Barbaresco is exquisite. Bright and delineated, with tons of energy, the 2021 bristles with saline-infused energy. Red berry fruit, blood orange, chalk, mint and white pepper lend tons of energy to this deceptively mid-weight, nervy young Barbaresco. Vineyard sites are Ovello, Cole and Loreto.Antonio Galloni, Vinous 94 Points

Vintage 2021
$95
$91ea in any 3+
$87ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Serralunga d'Alba, Barolo

Boasso Barolo ‘Margheria’ 2016

Cru Margheria at this price is unheard of! As you climb the Boasso hierarchy the structure builds. Amping up the edge on the tannin with a resinous finish. Yeah, the tannins are old school, the fruit, however, is contempary, fresh, and energetic. Lovely red fruits which like the Commune are made to look a little darker with the Tea and Tar. Definitely a lift in depth and length of fruit. The tannins will need some time to resolve and come into balance. Where the Commune sits fruit vs tannin is a

Vintage 2016
$96
$92ea in any 3+
$88ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Barbaresco, Piedmont

Fletcher Barbaresco ‘Recta Pete’ 2021

An Aussie in Piedmont! Dave Fletcher's Barbaresco is turning heads in Australia & Italy! FYI - Recta Pete translates to Shoot Straight. Dave has a deft touch making sophisticated wine with fine bone and a delicious core of fruit. He's quickly established respect in the region through is work making the wine at Cerretto and his efforts establishing his own venture. The wines always show great restraint and harmony.By all accounts Dave's done it again in 2018. Can't wait to get my laughing gea

Vintage 2021
$96
$92ea in any 3+
$88ea in any 6+
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Barbera from Monforte d'Alba, Barolo

E. Pira (Chiara Boschis) Barbera d’Alba Superiore 2023

Our Barbera d'Alba Superiore is made from Barbera grapes grown on our own vineyards. These vineyards are planted on Helvetian soil, which lends structure and elegance, enhanced by approximately one year of aging in wood. The color is an intense ruby red, tending towards violet and purple. On the nose, it offers vinous aromas of red and black fruits such as cherry, plum, and blackberry. The palate is full and robust, with a pleasant flavor of typical red and black fruits and a pleasant sensation

Vintage 2023
$96
$92ea in any 3+
$88ea in any 6+

Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany

L’Aietta Rosso di Montalcino 2022

L'Aietta  Rosso di Montalcino was first produced in 2005 after Francesco began his foray into wine making with his Brunello in 2001.  The wine is produced from a rented parcel in Castelnuovo Dell'Abate, fermented in steel, and raised in Slavonian oak for 1 year.

Vintage 2022
$97
$92ea in any 3+
$87ea in any 6+

Mencia from Bierzo, Castilla y León

César Márquez ‘El Rapolao’ Mencia 2023

A lift in perfume. Build in overt whole bunch stalk and spice with a sappy nature. Lined up toward Grenache a little more. A delicacy with a finely weighted palate. Refreshing and thirst-quenching, it draws you in. The palate is much more complete than the nose at the moment. I expect the whole bunch nose to resolve over the coming year to deliver a special wine.Paul Kaan, Wine DecocdedCésar's 2023 El Rapolao was sourced from a centenary plot in the coldest part of the village, wher

Vintage 2023
$97
$93ea in any 3+
$89ea in any 6+

Mencia from Bierzo, Castilla y León

César Márquez ‘Pico Ferreira’ Mencia 2023

Savoury, earthy, bolder, slightly richer iteration, admittedly starting from an elegant base across the range. Ripper more even tannin profiles still showing the whole bunch factor that will need time to settle. More expressive yet still needing a few years to settle. Raspberry liquorice. Layers of perfume. Paul Kaan, Wine DecocdedThe 2023 Pico Ferreira comes from a lieu-dit in the village of Corullón, a northwest-facing, shady slope planted with centenary vines on slate soils. It

Vintage 2023
$97
$93ea in any 3+
$89ea in any 6+

Sangiovese from Greve UGA, Chianti Classico

Fontodi Chiant Classico 2019

The thirst-quenching nature combined with great intensity and personality draws you in!  More elegance than 18 looking good. Refined fun. With lovely red fruits, earthy, savoury with a little herbal pop. Pretty bloody serious Sangiovese for the coin. A very clever layer of oak in this. Complex with fine tannins with a slight build to mid-palate that’s going to work beautifully with loads of food. This should be very interesting with 5-10 years of age on it.

Vintage 2019
$99
$95ea in any 3+
$91ea in any 6+

Pinot Noir from Savigny-lès-Beaune, Côte du Beaune

Domaine Jean Marc & Hugues Pavelot Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru ‘La Dominode’ HALF 2019

Pavelot's Top wine rates as one of the few remaining bargains in Burgundy! The 2019 is on the edge of the next phase of life, still incredibly youthful, a hint of secondary character is sneaking through. As seems always to be the case with Pavelot's top 1er Cru 'La Dominode' it hold a wonderful balance between ripeness, energy and vitality, subtle well handled oak balancing the sunshine the village of Savigny typically offers. Opulent and plush, mulberries play with a fine line of spice. A clea

Vintage 2019 375ml
$99
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$91ea in any 6+
Yabby Lake Block 6 Pinot Noir 2015
Cellar it for a couple of years!

Pinot Noir from Mornington, Victoria

Yabby Lake Block 6 Pinot Noir 2015

Brooding with Sour Cherry and Dark Fruit. Kinda the child to Block 1 and Block 2 It's got some edgy tannin and extraction on one hand from the Pommard clone of Pinot. On the other it's got concentration and oppulence from the MV6 clone. Really want to see this wine in another 12-24 months.

Vintage 2015
$100
$95ea in any 3+
$90ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Barbaresco, Piedmont

La Ca’ Növa Barbaresco 2022

The 2022 Barbaresco is superb. Deep and layered, the 2022 offers an explosion of red-toned Nebbiolo fruit intermingled with floral and spice overtones. This succulent, generous Barbaresco will be easy to drink and enjoy on release. Like all the 2022s here, the Barbaresco is open-knit and also impeccably balanced. Vineyard sites are Ovello, Cole and Loreto.Antonio Galloni, Vinous 91 Points

Vintage 2021
$100
$96ea in any 3+
$92ea in any 6+

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