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 Gattinara, Alto Piemonte

Nervi-Conterno Gattinara 2020

Historically these wines have had Amazing transparency, sophistication shining though. Alto Piemonte saw another productive vintage in 2020 with no significant hail or frost events. It was a warm year with well-timed rains and a harvest that started early, but not excessively so. Early indications are of a strong set of wines.Looking forward to trying this when it hits the warehouse. Grab a set Conterno's Sensory Glasses to swirl it around in too!The 2020 Gattinara is elegant and lif

Vintage 2020
$260
$250ea in any 3+
$240ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Castiglione Falletto, Barolo

Giacomo Fenocchio Barolo ‘Villero’ 2021

Grace under pressure! Castiglione Falletto shining through with those faded flower. Excellent long tannins of substance and sophistication. A beguiling core of fruit, brooding, yet, you can see what is to come. Flow and shape. It feels very complete. Fine and long. It has that intrigue that steps it up another notch. Very good. Earthy and truffled, serious stuff. Persistence has you taking note as it dances along.Rocche di Castiglione and Villero in Castiglione Falletto consistently sit amon

Vintage 2021
$260
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$240ea in any 6+
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Shiraz/Syrah from Clare Valley, South Australia

Wendouree Shriaz 2023

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!A Straight Shiraz from 1919 Eastern vineyard plantings.

Vintage 2023

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

Domaine de la Vougeraie Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru ‘Les Evocelles’ 2020

'Reduction masks everything but subtle floral nuances. More interesting are the notably finer and more mineral-driven middle weight flavors that possess both a lovely texture and underlying tension while delivering fine length on the youthfully austere finale. This too is an excellent Gevrey villages that is firm enough to reward a decade of keeping.' Drink 2030+ Outstanding ♥Allen Meadows, Burghound 90-92 Points

Vintage 2020
$262
$255ea in any 3+
$248ea in any 6+

Pinot Noir from Chassagne-Montrachet, Côte du Beaune

Domaine Bernard Moreau Volnay 1er Cru ‘Les Santenots’ 2020

This is aromatically similar to the La Cardeuse but spicier. The palate impression of the middle weight flavors is also rich to the point of opulence before terminating in sappy, long and better-balanced finish though there is still a hint of backend warmth.Allen Meadows, Burghound

Vintage 2020
$264
$257ea in any 3+
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Pinot Noir from Volnay, Côte du Beaune

Domaine Louis Boillot Volnay 1er Cru ‘les Brouillards’ 2019

“The 2019 Volnay 1er Cru Les Brouillards has turned out especially well. Opening in the glass with aromas of red berries and plums mingled with sweet soil tones, hints of raw cocoa and rose petals, it's  medium to full-bodied, velvety and seamless, with terrific concentration and beautifully refined tannins. Boillot observes, and I agree, that this site's tannins have become much more refined over the last five years.” William Kelley, The Wine Advocate 93 Points JM 91-93

Vintage 2019
$264
$254ea in any 3+
$244ea in any 6+

Pinot Noir from Volnay, Côte du Beaune

Domaine Louis Boillot Volnay 1er Cru ‘les Angles’ 2019

“The 2019 Volnay 1er Cru Les Angles is sensual and charming, bursting from the glass with aromas of plums, raw cocoa, sweet spices and loamy soil. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and concentrated, it's lively and textural, with a broad attack and a long, expansive finish.” William Kelley, The Wine Advocate 92 Points  JM 90-93

Vintage 2019
$264
$254ea in any 3+
$244ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Serralunga d'Alba, Barolo

Luigi Baudana Barolo ‘Baudana’ 2016

Nebbiolo, Barolo, Serralunga, Baudana, 2013 = Enough Said! The 2016 Barolo Baudana is laced with sweet red cherry, floral overtones and silky tannins, all of which make it one of the more refined, sensual Serralunga Barolos readers will come across. In this tasting, the Baudana impresses with its haunting aromatics and transparent expression of Nebbiolo. Like all of these wines, it needs time in bottle but it is super impressive, even in the early going.Galloni

Vintage 2016
$265
$255ea in any 3+
$245ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Gattinara, Alto Piemonte

Antoniolo ‘Osso San Grato’ Gattinara Riserva DOCG 2017

Jesus wept on the Bones of Saint Gratto! The very blood of Christ!As you step through the range each wine raises the bar. The first two Riservas already shows great harmony.The Osso San Grato steps it up again. As with the 2016 the acid-tannin complex is superb, even long with an extra layer over the San Francesco.As it opens in the glass it reveals a staggering array of perfumes and flavours. Each sniff and taste reveals another.Hard not to devour now, Ridgey assures me these wi

Vintage 2017
$265
$255ea in any 3+
$245ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Gattinara, Alto Piemonte

Antoniolo ‘Osso San Grato’ Gattinara Riserva DOCG 2018

Jesus wept on the Bones of Saint Gratto! The very blood of Christ!As you step through the range each wine raises the bar. Hard not to devour now, Ridgey assures me these will last for decades. It’s times like this I wish it was easier to source an aged bottle or two!The 2018 Gattinara Riserva Osso San Grato is one of the great wines of the vintage. It offers notable depth married with a feeling of classicism that is palpable. Dark fruit, leather, spice, menthol, licorice, lavender

Vintage 2018
$265
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Red Blend from Alta, La Rioja

La Rioja Alta 904 Gran Reserva Selección Especial 2015

Thrilled to be able to offer my thoughts on this special wine. Lunch with the full current release set from La Rioja Alta was thrilling. The wines are a demonstration of respect for the past and judicious use of modern technology combined with an approach that offer a style reminiscent of a refreshed classic. No fads here!Exceptional depth and length, wonderful core of vibrant red fruit flowing through with great persistence. Building the secondary proportion of flavours to fruit over the A

Vintage 2015
$265
$255ea in any 3+
$245ea in any 6+

Pinot Noir from Beaune, Côte du Beaune

Domaine de Montille Beaune 1er Cru ‘Les Greves’ 2022

This is aromatically more complex but also more reserved with its nose of warm earth, poached plum, violet and softly sauvage nuances. There is good power and punch, if only average density, to the muscular and lightly stony medium weight flavors that display excellent length on the more youthfully austere finale. Excellent development potential here. (from a 1.26 ha holding; 50% whole clusters) 2032+Allen Meadows, Burghound (91-94) Points

Vintage 2022
$265
$255ea in any 3+
$245ea in any 6+

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