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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Nebbiolo from Serralunga d'Alba, Barolo

Luigi Pira Barolo ‘Margheria’ 2021

All south-facing and sitting at 340 metres, vinification is the same as the Barolo ‘Serralunga’.Intense and complex nose with notes of fruit and flowers and hints of leather and fresh hay, while on the palate it’s perfectly knit and very distinctive, red fruited in style with ironstone, choc-cherry, roses and some of the darker notes of cola and porcini, along with textural red plum-skin, grippy, black-tea tannins that underpin, but it’s still generous and very approachable now.

Vintage 2021
$181
$174ea in any 3+
$167ea in any 6+
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Pinot Noir from Santa Rita Hills, Santa Barbara

Domaine Racine Santa Rita Hills ‘Sainte Rose’ Pinot Noir 2019

The 2019 Pinot Noir Saint Rose a new wine in this lineup. The 2019 is a blend of the best barrels from Domaine de la Côte and La Encantada vineyards. Ripe red cherry, blood orange, spice, menthol and a good deal of savoriness from the 50% whole clusters are front and center. Pliant and creamy, the 2019 is so expressive todav. A few years in bottle should help the tannins soften.Antonio Galloni, Vinous 94 PointsOn first pour the nose shows complexity with a pleasant layer of developm

Vintage 2019
$182
$175ea in any 3+
$168ea in any 6+

Shiraz/Syrah from Cornas, Northern Rhône

Eric et Joël Durand Cornas ‘Confidence’ 2019

The sophistication and depth of tannin here is impressive. Again a lick of cleverly used, integrated oak hiding behind the fruit that will disappear completely with a little time in bottle. The extra year already sees it resolving. Silky, super fine grape tannins run the length of the palate with lingering fruit of energy. The graphite and mineral thing happening. Even with one extra year the complexity is building. Fresh clean and precise wines with plenty more to come.  The 2019 Corn

Vintage 2019
$183
$176ea in any 3+
$169ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Barolo, Piedmont

Barale Barolo ‘Castellero’ 2020

Lovely composition. Complex layered, transparency is there. Beautifully weighted again with edgy, playful grip. Savoury and dark. Barale's 2020's are some of the best 2020’s I’ve had and this is one of Barale's best interations of Castellero in recent years.  Superb drinking. So much going on. Damn, when these guys get it together!The 2020 Barolo Castellero is a powerful, savory wine. Dark fruit, menthol, licorice, spice and a host of balsamic notes all run through this dense, viril

Vintage 2020
$183
$176ea in any 3+
$169ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Bussia, Monforte d'Alba

Barale Barolo ‘Bussia’ 2020

Moving to Monforte at the top of Bussia we see the hallmarks of the top Bussia. The acid tannin complex is true to the form for the commune showing a playful grip. Bright red fruit with a certain delicacy combine with energetic acid.A fine Bussia with considerable depth and length. A delicate perfume over the top of a very fine transparent Barolo. Thirst quenching. Lovely red and savoury fruit. Delicate Bussia yet still with generosity, now there's a trick.  Complete refined. Delicious. Mou

Vintage 2020
$183
$176ea in any 3+
$169ea in any 6+

Pinot Noir from Morey-Saint-Denis, Côte-de-Nuits

Stéphane Magnien Morey Saint Denis ‘Grains Fins’ 2022

There's a great purity & vibrancy to Magnien's wines. His Faconnières is superb! A fresh, bright and airy nose reflects notes of mostly red berries and newly turned earth. The supple, round and agreeably textured flavors are not especially dense but the finish is also inviting despite being dusty and youthfully austere. A few years of patience should be beneficial. Drink: 2028+Allen Meadows, Burghound 88-91 Points

Vintage 2022
$183
$176ea in any 3+
$169ea in any 6+

Pinot Noir from Volnay, Côte du Beaune

Domaine Comte Armand Volnay 2022

Here the expressive nose features a broader range of spice elements to the ripe and fresh aromas of cassis, black raspberry and violet scents. The notably finer but not denser medium-bodied flavors possess a lovely texture thanks to the relatively fine-grained tannins shaping the youthfully austere finale. This velvet-textured effort should also be capable of repaying mid-term keeping. (from Les Grands Champs and Les Famines) 2028+ ♥ OutstandingAllen Meadows, Burghound (89-91) Points

Vintage 2022
$183
$173ea in any 3+
$163ea in any 6+

Red Blend from Alavesa, La Rioja

Artuke ‘El Escolladero’ Rioja Tinto 2022

A blend of Tempranillo and Graciano. Exceptionally long, fine and fresh with a stunning elegant acid line. Beautifully balanced. Red to blue fruits with a little licorice. Darkness with the red fruit layering over the top. The faintest lick of oak will undoubtedly be lapped up in just a short time. Layered and flowing. I’d love to see the tannins in 3-5 years and the expression. This is well worth having a look at. A demonstration of the new Rioja!El Escolladero is a vineyard plan

Vintage 2022
$183
$176ea in any 3+
$169ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Roero, Piedmont

Bruno Giacosa Nebbiolo d’Alba Vigna Valmaggiore 2023

Known above all for the exceptional quality of the wines Giacosa has produced over the years, Valmaggiore still represents the peak of value in the current range. A wonderful vineyard site now popularised by a handful of producers including Giacosa, the Valmaggiore bottling displays a noticeable step up in nuance and structure to the ‘regular’ Nebbiolo d’Alba which comes from various sites in Roero.Nebbiolo’s typical red fruits and red rose are abundant in the Nebbiolo Valmaggiore, w

Vintage 2023
$183
$176ea in any 3+
$169ea in any 6+

Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany

Canalicchio di Sopra Brunello di Montalcino 2021

Canalicchio is known for producing elegant, fine, Burgundian Brunello. A Top 10 producer year in, year out! The 2021 Brunello di Montalcino is explosive in the glass, with waves of crushed rocks, savory herbs, nuances of split pine and dried strawberries. It communicates both juiciness and refinement, with crystalline mineral tones contrasting racy red and black fruits. The 2021 leaves the senses drenched in primary concentration as a sour twang of citrus mingles with fine tannins through th

Vintage 2021
$183
$176ea in any 3+
$169ea in any 6+
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Nebbiolo from Commune di Barolo, Barolo

Vajra Barolo ‘Coste di Rose’ 2015

Coste di Rose is possibly the most approachable cru of Barolo at this stage, with roses and a floral-dominated nose, combined with marasca cherry and hints of licorice and mint. A very elegant and pleasurable structure that flows gracefully on the palate with a lingering and sapid finish. Nomen omen.  Giuseppe Vaira

Vintage 2015
$184
$179ea in any 3+
$174ea in any 6+

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

Domaine Jean Marc & Hugues Pavelot Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru ‘La Dominode’ 2018

Pavelot's Top wine rates as one of the few remaining bargains in Burgundy! Delicious. Energy, length & depth, fine even velvety tannins. A little musk, red and darker berry fruits. Nice bit of baking spice, roast beetroot / blood, savoury with a whiff of graphite, together, fun, excellent drinking. A delicacy wrapping a little power. Love the line and length. Great harmony and expression. Plenty more to come from this with time.Paul Kaan, Wine DecodedAlso available as a Magnum!

Vintage 2018
$184
$179ea in any 3+
$174ea in any 6+

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