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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Domaine Anne Gros Hautes Côtes de Nuits Rouge 2022

Pinot Noir from Hautes-Côtes de Nuits, Burgundy

Domaine Anne Gros Hautes Côtes de Nuits Rouge 2022

The 2022 Hautes-Côtes de Nuits Rouge comes from the same parcel as the white, though this is slightly less than a hectare. With cranberry and wild strawberry fruit on the feisty nose, it gradually calms down and attains commendable delineation. The medium-bodied palate has a slight piquancy on the entry, a crisp line of acidity and pastille-like red fruit on the finish. Drink over the next 3 or 4 years.Neal Martin, Vinous 85-87 Points

Vintage 2022
$140
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La Rioja Alta Viña Arana Gran Reserva 2017

Red Blend from Alta, La Rioja

La Rioja Alta Viña Arana Gran Reserva 2017

The first of the La Rioja Alta wines to receive Gran Reserva status. With last year's release, I didn't feel the quality difference from the Ardanza justified stocking another wine.With the release of the 2017 Arana we see a build in sophistication and restraint over the 2019 Ardanza. The additional age showing through in a more resolved wine.  High-toned, greater integration of oak playing much more subtly, a lacing of American oak and texturally much more refined. Energy, freshness mainta

Vintage 2017
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R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia Reserva 2013

Red Blend from La Rioja, Spain

R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia Reserva 2013

The 2013 Reserva Viña Tondonia is a blend of 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha and 10% Graciano and Mazuelo, grown in the calcareous soils of the Tondonia meander in Rioja Alta. Aged extensively in American oak, it offers restrained black fruit, wild herbs, balsamic hints and sweet spices with gentle cedar and vanilla notes. Medium-bodied with chalky grip and a layered, tertiary finish, this is a benchmark classic-refined, enduring and unmistakably Tondonia. Tasted May 2025 Drink 2025-2055

Vintage 2013
$140
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Arrivo Nebbiolo 2004
Museum Release!

Nebbiolo from Adelaide Hills, South Australia

Arrivo Nebbiolo 2004

Now in it’s 20th year of life! A rose and light musk perfume lift from the glass. You immediately expect sophistication after the first inhale. Alive, vital, with a sweet core of fruit just delicious. The persistence and length here is insane gracing your senses for an eon. Complete, comforting, as cerebral as you care to want whilst being as thirst quenching as you need. Layered, beautiful tannins, even and long. An ease, shape and flow.The secondary development yields a bewildering ar

Vintage 2004
$142
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Albino Rocca 'Montersino' Barbaresco 2021

Nebbiolo from Barbaresco, Piedmont

Albino Rocca ‘Montersino’ Barbaresco 2021

A complex, dynamic wine, the 2021 Barbaresco Montersino is redolent of sweet dried cherry, incense, blood orange, cinnamon, sage and mint. It offers striking translucence and mid-weight structure to round out a super-classic profile. Bright acids extend the clean, precise finish. What a gorgeous wine this is. Tasted Sept 2024Antonio Galloni, Vinous 94 Points

Vintage 2021
$142
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Domaine SC Guillard Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 'Aux Corvées' 2020
Benchmark Villages Gevrey

Pinot Noir from Gevrey-Chambertin, Côte-de-Nuits

Domaine SC Guillard Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes ‘Aux Corvées’ 2020

Very deep color. The is more new oak here to be seen of first impressions that elevate the overall complexity and class of the aromas, it is amply carried by the depth of fruit, wild strawberry, black cherry, blackberry and plum with a brooding background. The palate is suitably concentrated with ample extract and structure that has layers of fruit and texture. Very classy effort. The finish long and fragrant. Drink 2025-2038Tom Carson

Vintage 2020
$143
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Domaine SC Guillard Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 'Réniard' 2018
Old vine depth & persistence

Pinot Noir from Gevrey-Chambertin, Côte-de-Nuits

Domaine SC Guillard Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes ‘Réniard’ 2018

There is lovely perfume lift and a purity of fruit. The palate is beautifully balanced and finely structured Deep crimson deep purple tints, very deep color. The nose is layered with berry fruit, raspberry, wild strawberry, again cassis enters the fray with some blackberry fruit notes. There is lovely perfume lift and a purity of fruit. The palate is beautifully balanced and finely structured with spice, red berry loads of silky tannins and a long driven finish. The old vines providing depth and

Vintage 2018
$144
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Tenuta di Carleone 'Il Guercio' 2021

Sangiovese from Radda UGA, Chianti Classico

Tenuta di Carleone ‘Il Guercio’ 2021

Named after a Tuscan word for "one-eyed rascal," the Tenuta di Carleone 2021 Il Guercio (in a bottle with a white wax capsule) is all Sangiovese with up to 40% whole cluster and as a much as five months of extended maceration in cement vats only.The wine delivers a very clear and variety-faithful expression with bright plum, wild cherry and iris root. You can taste the artisanal approach of this pretty wine. There are dusty limestone sensations that add to a cooling finish. Fruit comes from

Vintage 2021
$146
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San Giusto a Rentennano Chianti Classico Riserva 'Le Baroncole' 2021

Red Blend from Gaiole UGA, Chianti Classico

San Giusto a Rentennano Chianti Classico Riserva ‘Le Baroncole’ 2021

Le Baroncole is made from 97% Sangiovese and 3% Canaiolo grapes. The initial stages of its production are the same as Chianti Classico but it is then aged in barriques for between 16 to 20 months, bottled unfiltered and held for a further six months prior to release.Here's a beautiful bottle from San Giusto a Rentennano that outperforms dozens of wines from the appellation that are priced two or three times higher than this. The organic 2021 Chianti Classico Riserva Le Baròncole is incr

Vintage 2021
$146
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Castell'In Villa Chianti Classico Riserva 2013

Sangiovese from Castelnuovo Berardenga UGA, Chianti Classico

Castell’In Villa Chianti Classico Riserva 2013

A Level Up from the Incredibly Good Chianti Classico! No wonder Walter Speller has it in his Top 5 Chianti Wines! There's a big difference between the mouthfeel of Sangiovese for Montalcino and Chianti. Just like this one Sangio from Chianti tends to have line and length of tannin similar to that of varietals like Cabernet, all the way along your palate. Sangio from Montalcino tends to have broader mouther filling tannins, not necessarily bigger or more tannic, just covering the width of your to

Vintage 2013
$147
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Domenico Clerico Barolo di Monforte 2021

Nebbiolo from Monforte d'Alba, Barolo

Domenico Clerico Barolo di Monforte 2021

This is an excellent evolution for Clerico. The Barolo di Monforte has wonderful harmony. Very expressive, where historically Monforte shows much firmer, structured tannins.  Demonstrating how the hand of the maker can create a wine that is more approachable upon release.The tannins are exceptional, long, even and fine. Yes, structurally present in a very good way and with the core of fruit to hold them. This will undoubtedly deliver more in the bottle as it resolves and the secondary devel

Vintage 2021
$147
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Domaine Tollot-Beaut Savigny-Lès-Beuanes 1er Cru 'Champs-Chevrey' Monopole 2018

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

Domaine Tollot-Beaut Savigny-Lès-Beuanes 1er Cru ‘Champs-Chevrey’ Monopole 2018

Fascinating comparison with the Pavelot Dominode 18. There’s a similarity with the fleshy generous fruit and shape to the fruit. The Tollot Beaut goes for a slightly softer mouthfeel with very silky tannins. Like many 2018’s rich mouth filling fruit is at play, a darkness underlying. I’m going to be fascinated to see the Leroux, Pavelot & Tollot-Beaut Savignys evolve over time. As this opens in the glass the air induces refinement and elegance. Delicious wine that in a blind tasting I'

Vintage 2018
$148
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