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 Thierry Violot-Guillemard Pommard 1er 'Clos de Derrière Saint-Jean' Monopole 2016
Opens with juicy crunchy fruit that takes just a little while to settle in. More immediately overt than the others. There’s a build in tannin here that when you relate it back to the vineyard location near Rugien and listen to Anne Parents thoughts on Pommard makes sense. A certain savoury meatiness comes through. You can see this will need a little more time in bottle to really come together. Excellent depth and length of fruit as seems to be the case with all of Thierry’s wines.
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José Gil vino de paraje 'Camino de Ribas' de pueblo San Vincente 2021
The single-vineyard red 2021 Camino de Ribas comes from a plot, La Cóncova, under the Toloño peak close to Rivas de Tereso, a hamlet from San Vicente de la Sonsierra, possibly the coolest zone, with a north-facing exposure, a place with shallow soils with sand, limestone and sandstone and full of aromatic herbs. It's a blend of 50% Tempranillo, 40% Garnacha and the rest Viura, Jaen, Garnacha Blanca, Palomino and other white varieties. It fermented with a long and soft vinification with some wh
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Gorelli Brunello di Montalcino 2019

Gorelli Brunello di Montalcino 2019

Sangiovese | Tuscany, Italy

Gorelli's 2018 put them on them firmly on our radar! If that's what they can do in 2018 imagine how the 2019 will drink! Brunello di Montalcino comes in a vast array of guises from the super bold structured ones with oak (not my cuppa), the dark rich yet mid-weight with a line of substantial yet refined tannins, & the perfumed, poised, delicate Brunellos with plush fine tannins. At this, Burgundian end, we see Poggio di Sotto and Soldera. Today we add one more to that list Gorelli. It's not
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Bass Phillip Premium Pinot Noir 2023

Bass Phillip Premium Pinot Noir 2023

Pinot Noir | Victoria, Australia

"Full bodied, ripe and rich, with tannins seemingly layered and fine grained, the spicy oak a support act, concentrated and deep yet there’s such freshness and vibrancy within thanks to the acidity. The palate builds, the finish lingers and you hope someone pours you another glass. Beautifully poised yet will garner more complexity in time."Jane Faulkner, Wine Companion 95 Points
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Luigi Pira Barolo 'Vigna Rionda' 2021

Luigi Pira Barolo ‘Vigna Rionda’ 2021

Nebbiolo | Serralunga d'Alba, Barolo

In recent times, Vigna Rionda gets spoken about as the grand cru of the Langhe – altitude, exposure and soil profile play an integral part.As expected, this is Giampaolo’s flagship wine. The oak regime is similar to the ‘Marenca’ but with a larger portion of newer oak – around 30%.Ultra-powerful and layered in fragrances, flavours and textures. Smoke, graphite, incense, stock/porcini, sweet tobacco, violets. All this character is underpinned by a fierce, tingling acid line and
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Domaine SC Guillard Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru 'Poissenot' 2023
Dripping with class!
‘Poissenot’ is situated above Lavaux St Jacques on the northern ridge of Gevrey. Very fine complex cherry blackberry spice very classy detailed and fine expansive, florals small red and black fruits of the forest, really impressive.Palate super fine and silky  voluminous and mouth coating saturated and long powerful finish impeccably balanced an absolute classic.Drink 2030-2050Tom Carson*Limit 1
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Domaine SC Guillard Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru 'Lavaux St Jacques' 2023
Layers of Silky Tannins!
The Lavaux is situated below Poissenot and next to Clos Saint Jacques. Quite ripe very black color cherry liquor blackish fruits, intensely concentrated and wound up.Firm tannins expansive palate ripeness is fine on the palate cherry fruit red fruits, acid balance long intense. It’s extracted and almost chewy in its tannin profile. Needs a few years to settleDrink 2030-2045+Tom Carson*Limit 1
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Domaine Louis Boillot Pommard 1er Cru 'Croix Noires' 2019
“A high point of the range is the 2019 Pommard 1er Cru Les Croix Noires, a terrific wine that unfurls in the glass with complex aromas of raspberries, plums, raw cocoa, sweet spices, licorice and grilled squab. Medium to full-bodied, rich and layered, it's deep and multidimensional, with melting tannins and lively acids, concluding with a long, expansive finish.” William Kelley, The Wine Advocate 94 Points JM 92-94
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Roagna Barbaresco Faset 2013

Roagna Barbaresco Faset 2013

Nebbiolo | Piedmont, Barbaresco

In 2013 Roagna began a collaboration with the owner of the historic vineyard Faset in Barbaresco. 2013 was our first year of production. Faset is a historic cru, close to Asili and the Rocche di Barbaresco which produces incredibly elegant wines. This little parcel is South West exposed. Receives the same vineyard work, 60 days […]
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Roagna Barolo del Comune di Barolo 2013

Roagna Barolo del Comune di Barolo 2013

Nebbiolo | Italy, Barolo

About Roagna Reading Roagna’s manifesto with my Vigneron’s cap on, it’s clear that they are driven to achieve excellence. In many ways, their approach reminds me of Yarra Yering. Pushing the boundaries with so many aspects of viticulture and winemaking, taking calculated risks, that, when successful, result in what are undoubtedly some of the best […]
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Laurent Ponsot Chambolle-Musigny Cuvée de la Violette 2016
Check out Burghound's review! Laurent Ponsot has farmed a tiny 0.31 of a hectare in Chambolle since 2002. The Domaine Ponsot bottling was called Cuvée des Cigales and, in spite of our protestations, the wine from this vineyard has never made the trip to Australia—until now. Burghound must have tasted this at a different stage to us as what we encountered was a beautifully rich and layered red Chambolle that was at the same time classically detailed and floral, yet with the opulence and text
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Giuseppe Cortese Barbaresco Rabajà Riserva 2013

Giuseppe Cortese Barbaresco Rabajà Riserva 2013

Nebbiolo | Piedmont, Barbaresco

🍇RABAJÀ RABAJÀ RABAJÀ 🇮🇹 All savoury and stocky, lots of black tea and supple woody herbs. Impressive tannins even long plush mouthfeel. A layer of slatey tannins of supreme quality sit in harmony with the equally long and even core of fruit.There’s a lot going on, still opening in the glass and building nicely. The perfume and fruit on show now! Impressive P.1.S.S. Flavour linger for ages. Seriously good vino. A little hint of truffle building into the mix. Pops of fennel and
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