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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Clos Martinet 'Camí Pesseroles' Garnatxa Carinyena 2019

Garnatxa from Porrera, Priorat

Clos Martinet ‘Camí Pesseroles’ Garnatxa Carinyena 2019

Mas Martinet Els Escurcons Garnatxa 2019 Dark and brooding. Again excellent. Opens wonderfully with power and restraint. Very sophisticated. The play of the two varieties is excellent. Energy from grenache and dark, brooding mystery from carignan. Red fruit with earth, savoury with baking spices and quence. Superb texture. Again the elevage is bang on. Class act!

Vintage 2019
$318
$308ea in any 3+
$298ea in any 6+
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Mas Doix 'Doix' Garnatxa-Carinyena 2018

Garnatxa from Poboleda, Priorat

Mas Doix ‘Doix’ Garnatxa-Carinyena 2018

Fresh energetic, fragrant fruit. The blend plays well giving a long even palate. Excellent slatey long fine tannins. That play between red and blue fruit with, savoury, earthy layers and a little subtle oak playing at the edges.. A beautfiul perfume with exceptional acid that marries the fruit and tannins perfectly.

Vintage 2018
$318
$308ea in any 3+
$298ea in any 6+
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Domaine SC Guillard Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru 'Lavaux St Jacques' 2017
Layers of Silky Tannins!

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

Domaine SC Guillard Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru ‘Lavaux St Jacques’ 2017

The Lavaux is situated below Poissenot and next to Clos Saint Jacques. This Lavaux is a superb effort, a complex array of red and dark fruits, wild strawberry, raspberry, cassis, liqorice and an exquisite deeply scented fragrant lift. The aromas of this wine are captivating. The palate is superbly structured with layers and layers of the silkiest tannins one could imagine that coat your mouth and resonate for minutes, the length prodigious. A classic. 2030-2050.

Vintage 2017
$320
$310ea in any 3+
$300ea in any 6+
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Massolino "Margheria" Barolo 2016

Nebbiolo from Serralunga d'Alba, Barolo

Massolino “Margheria” Barolo 2016

The Expression from the 2016 Barolo Margheria Divine! It draws you in! Those 2016 tannins from Serralunga are just divine. They demand time. Their quality is clear. The sophistication of this wine is palpable, this is the very definition for the iron fist in the velvet glove. It just builds and build after swallowing as the tannins subside a complex suite of red fruit wrapped in baking spice, rose, earth, a hint of blood orange and yet more flowers powers through.The 2016 Barolo Margheri

Vintage 2016
$320
$207ea in any 3+ $200ea in any 6+
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Te Mata Estate Coleraine MAGNUM 2020
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Bordeaux Blend from Hawke's Bay, North Island

Te Mata Estate Coleraine MAGNUM 2020

Only a handful for the Country! Perfumed Refined Goodness! A single vineyard wine until 1989, Coleraine is an blend of the finest wines produced from distinct plots within Te Mata Estate’s oldest Havelock Hills vineyards, first planted in 1892. Always a cabernet sauvignon dominant wine, often with merlot and cabernet franc, Coleraine is refined and classical, demonstrating the immense potential for Bordeaux blends in Hawke’s Bay. In fact, it looks mroe Bordelais than most Aussie Cabernet.

Vintage 2020 Magnum 1.5L
$320
$310ea in any 3+
$300ea in any 6+
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Domaine de l'Arlot Nuits-Saint-Georges '1er Cru Mont des Oiseaux' 2020

Pinot Noir from Nuits-Saint-Georges, Côte-de-Nuits

Domaine de l’Arlot Nuits-Saint-Georges ‘1er Cru Mont des Oiseaux’ 2020

“The 2020 Nuits Saint-Georges Mont des Oiseaux 1er Cru offers dark cherries, hints of peppermint and spice on its quite extravagant nose. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy dark berry fruit, good volume here, fine acidity, hints of white pepper and sage furnishing the composed finish.”Neal Martin, Vinous 89-91 Points

Vintage 2020
$320
$310ea in any 3+
$300ea in any 6+
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Domaine Trapet Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin Ostréa 2022

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

Domaine Trapet Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin Ostréa 2022

A beautifully layered if somewhat reserved nose grudgingly offers up its array of wild dark berries, anise and violet scents. The delicious, concentrated and caressing medium weight flavors possess a lovely sense of refinement on the slightly less powerful mineral-driven finish. This is qualitatively similar to the straight Gevrey villages but the two wines are quite different. Drink 2029+Allen Meadows, Burghound 89-91 PointsThe 2022 Gevrey-Chambertin Ostrea is excellent, mingling ar

Vintage 2022
$320
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Barale Barbaresco 'Serraboella' MAGNUM 2019

Nebbiolo from Neive, Barbaresco

Barale Barbaresco ‘Serraboella’ MAGNUM 2019

They understand the rule book so have thrown it away only to be used when they know they need to. I guess that's what 150 years of making wine can give you! The 2016 of this was a cracker. True to the vintage & site with bold yet refined structure. The 2019 is again a cracker and true to vintage. This time all grace and elegance from what is proving a classic year.Beautifully weighted, the body of this slightly warmer vineyard with the clarity and sophistication of 2019 Barbaresco. Rich

Vintage 2019 Magnum 1.5L
$322
$312ea in any 3+
$302ea in any 6+
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Luciano Sandrone Barolo 'Le Vigne' 2021

Nebbiolo from Commune di Barolo, Barolo

Luciano Sandrone Barolo ‘Le Vigne’ 2021

Bugger! The investors are onto it! The harmony Sandrone achieves with the 'Le Vigne' blend is impressive. The sum of parts is always greater than the whole! Like Bartolo Mascarello and Monfortino an argument for blending over single vineyard wines!This is a blend of fruit from Le Costa di Monforte in Monforte d'Alba, Baudana in Serralunga d'Alba, Villero in Castiglione Falletto, Vignane in Barolo and Merli in Novello. That wide span of fruit across various exposures, elevations and soil

Vintage 2021
$324
$309ea in any 3+
$294ea in any 6+
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Vietti Barolo Riserva 2015
1st Release of Barolo Riserva!

Nebbiolo from Barolo, Piedmont

Vietti Barolo Riserva 2015

Show the class of the vineyards and the winemakers! Here's an exciting new submission from Vietti that takes us to a whole other level (and evolutionary timeframe). A very late release that is held back at the winery, the 2015 Barolo Riserva sources its fruit solely from Castiglione Falletto. In fact, it represents a special section of the best sites that go into the Barolo Castiglione. Some of that fruit was so impressive, I am told, the decision was made to age it longer (with up to 30 months

Vintage 2015
$325
$315ea in any 3+
$305ea in any 6+
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Vietti Barbaresco 'Masseria Roncaglie' 2020

Nebbiolo from Barbaresco, Piedmont

Vietti Barbaresco ‘Masseria Roncaglie’ 2020

The 2020 Barbaresco, from vines in Roncaglie, sizzles with tension. Bright, red-toned fruit, orange peel, mint, white pepper and crushed rocks are all beautifully delineated. In many vintages, the Roncaglie is quite showy. That is hardly the case in 2020, a vintage in which the wine is classically austere and in need of time. Super-classic.Antoni Galloni, Vinous 94+ PointsThe Vietti 2020 Barbaresco Roncaglie Masseria has bright rose, cherry, redcurrant and angel food cake with stra

Vintage 2020
$325
$315ea in any 3+
$305ea in any 6+
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Talenti Brunello di Montalcino 'Piero' 2019

Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany

Talenti Brunello di Montalcino ‘Piero’ 2019

"The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Piero is impossible to ignore, slowly blossoming with an enticing blend of spice-dusted blackberries, violet pastille and orange zest. This impresses further with its vividly ripe wild berry fruits and juicy acidity. Tactile mineral tones add contrast, and rosy inner florals form toward the close. The 2019 lingers impossibly long, taking on a spicy edge, as the palate is left reverberating with zesty tension, even as fine-grained tannins grip the senses. The Pier

Vintage 2019
$325
$310ea in any 3+
$295ea in any 6+
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