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 Barbaresco, Piedmont

Produttori del Barbaresco Riserva ‘Rabajà’ 2021

Based on growing intensity, the Produttori del Barbaresco 2021 Barbaresco Riserva Rabajà was tasted last in this series. It is beautifully defined by a distinctive mineral note of crushed chalk and flinty stone. There is plenty of elegant fruit with wild berry, sour cherry and blue flower aromas, but everything is framed by that precise dusty-mineral signature that gives the wine its strong sense of identity. The balance between fruit and minerality is especially compelling, with neither elemen

Vintage 2021
$230
$220ea in any 3+
$210ea in any 6+

Red Blend from Alavesa, La Rioja

Artuke ‘La Condenada’ Rioja Tinto 2022

Trying 2021 ‘La Conenada’s’ brother 'El Escolladero'  along with a few other wines from the Artuke range was enough to convince me to grab a couple of boxes. I've not looked back.The 2022 'La Condenada is a little more tightly coiled with a chalky acid profile needing time to resolve. Excellent transparency through an elegant fruit profile of fine red fruits with sold depth and length. Opening in the glass beautifully, building mid-palate weight and length with a fantail finish. Flowi

Vintage 2022
$231
$221ea in any 3+
$211ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Serralunga d'Alba, Barolo

Luigi Baudana Barolo ‘Baudana’ 2019

Nebbiolo, Barolo, Serralunga, Baudana = Enough Said! The 2019 Barolo Baudana is absolutely captivating. Effusive and bright in the glass, with tons of freshness and remarkable fruit purity, the Baudana offers up generous dark red fruit, spice, leather, kirsch, hard candy, cedar, tobacco and underbrush. There's terrific depth here and exceptional balance, too. Rose petal, white pepper and chalk lift the high-toned, intensely saline finish.Antonio Galloni, Vinous 96 Points 94 ML

Vintage 2019
$232
$222ea in any 3+
$212ea in any 6+

Pinot Noir from Chambolle-Musigny, Côte-de-Nuits

Domaine Louis Boillot Chambolle-Musigny 2022

“Elegant, airy and very pretty aromas include those of red cherry, raspberry and lovely floral hints. The lilting, refined and utterly delicious middleweight flavors possess the classic lace and grace mouthfeel while delivering fine length on the mineral-driven and youthfully austere finale. This is an excellent Chambolle villages." ♥ Outstanding Top Value Allen Meadows, Burghound 89-92 Points From Beaux Bruns, Aux Combottes and Les Chardannes

Vintage 2022
$232
$222ea in any 3+
$212ea in any 6+

Pinot Noir from Pommard, Côte du Beaune

Domaine Thierry Violot-Guillemard Pommard 1er ‘La Platière’ 2016

Stunning. Beautiful perfume such a divine fragrance that leaps out of the glass. Excellent energy. Zesty fine acid, the texture here is exceptional. There is often a misconception that wines from Pommard are brutish, structured and will need decoded to even be approachable. Like most things in life, mass generalisation does no one any favours. Although this undoubtedly has much much more to give with time it is divine with super fine tannins now!Layered and complex with perfumed persistant f

Vintage 2016
$234
$224ea in any 3+
$214ea in any 6+
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Pinot Noir from Pommard, Côte du Beaune

Domaine Thierry Violot-Guillemard Pommard 1er ‘Les Arvelets’ 2016

Incredibly together, sophisticated and elegant this has such harmony. Wonderful refinement even long palate. Baking spice on red fruit with a touch of slatey tannin. Beautiful, it draws you in, so much coming out as it opens in the glass. Roses and perfume layered in with savoury pops and earthiness. Beautifully played oak again just a gently sweep across the palate.Divine Wine!

Vintage 2016
$234
$224ea in any 3+
$214ea in any 6+
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Pinot Noir from Morey-Saint-Denis, Côte-de-Nuits

Domaine Hubert Lignier Morey-Saint-Denis ‘Trilogie’ 2020

I first tried Hubert Lignier's wines back in the 1990's & have never looked back! Offering up aromas of cassis, red berries, warm spices and loamy soil, the 2020 Morey-Saint-Denis Trilogie is medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated, with a deep and youthfully tightly wound core of fruit that's framed by lively acids and powdery tannins. This is likely to emerge as Lignier's finest communal-level bottling this year, but it will also require the most patience.William Kelley, The Wine A

Vintage 2020
$234
$224ea in any 3+
$214ea in any 6+

Malbec from Clare Valley, South Australia

Wendouree Malbec 2018

AP Birks Wendouree Cellars produce some of the very few wines I’ll buy without tasting! The wines are something special. A celebration of an incredible old vineyard with plantings from the late 1800s. Tony & Lita are custodians of something truly special!Central vineyard planted in 1898.The Malbec is the best I've ever had from Australia. Malbec is a fickle variety that is a case of feast or famine. When flowering is poor so little fruit is realised that you can barely make a wine

Vintage 2018

Pinot Noir from Beaune, Côte du Beaune

Domaine Bouchard Pere et Fils Beaune 1er ‘Clos de la Mousse’ 2019

Here's an example of elegance and sophistication. Bouchard is honouring its birthplace, Beaune, in style. Bright, energetic, a wonderful perfume entices. Beautifully weight flavours match wonderfully fine tannins. Burghound's notes on release almost 4 years ago see the complexity he expected to develop present now. A triumph at a very modest price compared to many others.Paul Kaan, WINE DECODED Sept 2025Aromas of spiced plum, black cherry and a touch of warm earth are trimmed in admi

Vintage 2019
$235
$225ea in any 3+
$215ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Castiglione Falletto, Barolo

Margherita Otto ‘M8’ Barolo 2018

This one's another argument for blending sites! From a disciple of Maria Theresa Mascarello. The 2018 M8 is a blend of Castiglione Falletto, Monforte & Serralunga fruit! "Lustrous mid ruby with orange tinges. Lifted, perfumed red fruit of great appeal with complex, minty oak notes. A mouthful of juicy cherry fruit with supple acidity and fantastic, crunchy tannins. Freshness and bite combined with elegance. Hugely appealing."Walter Speller, Jancis

Vintage 2018
Original price was: $275.Current price is: $235.
$225ea in any 3+
$215ea in any 6+
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Pinot Noir from Gevrey-Chambertin, Côte-de-Nuits

Domaine Hubert Lignier Gevrey-Chambertin ‘Regnard’ 2020

The 2020 Gevrey-Chambertin Regnard (négoce) bursts with aromas of plums, peonies, warm spices and soil tones. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and concentrated, it's charming and vibrant, with powdery tannins and a long, sapid finish.William Kelley, The Wine Advocate 89-91 Points

Vintage 2020
$235
$225ea in any 3+
$215ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Barbaresco, Piedmont

Marchesi di Grésy Barbaresco ‘Martinenga’ 2020

The 2020 Martinenga is a fabulous introduction to the Cru, tasting a range of wines from 2013 to 2021 in one sitting highlighted just how high the base level quality is across the range from Marchesi di Gresy. 2020 is drinking beautifully out of the gate, taste alone, with food and 24 hours later it shone at each stage. The 2020 has an immediate approachability, plush fine and just delicious with elegance and perfume to match. Absolute pleasure to watch this blossom over a couple of days. Delici

Vintage 2020
$235
$225ea in any 3+
$215ea in any 6+

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