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

Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair Chambolle-Musigny Vielles-Vignes 2019

Initially there is a touch of reduction though aggressive swirling slowly reveals overtly floral-suffused nose that is comprised mostly by attractively spicy red and dark berries aromas. There is excellent volume to the rich but appealingly delineated medium-bodied flavors that also exude a subtle minerality on the mildly austere, firm and sneaky long finish. A sophisticated Chambolle villages. Drink: 2026+Allen Meadows, Burghound

Vintage 2019
$328
$313ea in any 3+
$298ea in any 6+

Garnacha from Gratallops, Priorat

Àlvaro Palacios ‘Finca Dolfi’ 2017

I had the pleasure of devouring the 2016 about 6 months ago over an aged scotch fillet with a friend. A wine of presence and importance. Along with the other Priorats I've had from Àlvaro it's clear he's got it right in both the vineyard and the winery. After all, to make a wine like the legendary L'Ermita you need mad skills!The single-vineyard 2017 Finca Dofí comes from ten hectares that were planted 20 years ago in the village of Gratallops. It’s mostly Garnacha with 8% Cari�

Vintage 2017
$328
$313ea in any 3+
$298ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Monforte d'Alba, Barolo

Domenico Clerico Barolo ‘Ciabot Mentin’ 2021

On the day tasting all of the 2021 Barolos side by side the Clerico 'Ciabot Mentin' and the Barolo di Monforte were drinking the best. The joy of wine and the quality of the full range will see any of exceptional 2021's be called WOTN over time! Exceptional depth and length, the 'Ciabot Mentin' is an epic wine with stunning tannins. Alpine spice. Fresh with so much power yet elegance. Like Pajana I can’t wait to see this fully resolved and build complexity. Even on the day it was building in t

Vintage 2021
$328
$318ea in any 3+
$308ea in any 6+
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Giovanni Sordo Barolo 'Monprivato' 2015
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Nebbiolo from Castiglione Falletto, Barolo

Giovanni Sordo Barolo ‘Monprivato’ 2015

Earthy and savoury with great depth and length. Incredible core of fruit. So many layers of flavour and tannin, just so much to get from this wine. Such purity, detail, so fine, it draws you in! Update Nov 2024: Drinking superbly. Incredible complexity. Layered with fine, long, flowing tannins. Ridgey's cranberries and faded flowers on full display. Delicious, expressive drinking straight out of the gate showing the typical immediate approachability of Sordo (and many other's) 2015 Barolos. Cle

Vintage 2015
$329
$319ea in any 3+
$309ea in any 6+
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Oddero Barolo 'Villero' 2015
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Nebbiolo from Castiglione Falletto, Barolo

Oddero Barolo ‘Villero’ 2015

Dark and brooding give it time and watch it blossom! Take the Barolo add 3 more layers for aroma, flavour and tannin. Ramp up the sophistication of the mouthfeel and you're kinda close to where the Villero sits. Dark and brooding give it time and watch it blossom! Awesome side by side with Sordo's Villero, very different in style but both fantastic wines.A couple left then pre-order for January arrival.

Vintage 2015
$330
$320ea in any 3+
$310ea in any 6+
Oddero Barolo 'Villero' 2016
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Nebbiolo from Castiglione Falletto, Barolo

Oddero Barolo ‘Villero’ 2016

Dark and brooding give it time and watch it blossom! Take the Barolo add 3 more layers for aroma, flavour and tannin. Ramp up the sophistication of the mouthfeel and you're kinda close to where the Villero sits. Dark and brooding give it time and watch it blossom! Awesome side by side with Sordo's Villero, very different in style. Both fantastic wines, you can see the common thread through the two.The 2016 has incredible energy, line and length, the tannins are superb. This is a Neb-Heads d

Vintage 2016
$330
$320ea in any 3+
$310ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Castiglione Falletto, Barolo

Giovanni Sordo Barolo ‘Rocche di Castiglione’ MAGNUM 2019

Wow! A sensational Rocche. At this early stage in its life it sit with harmony, together. Expressive, a long even palate, stunning tannins that caress. The perfume is intoxicating, faded flowers of Castiglione Falletto. A superb core of fruit of exceptional length.Year in year out this is in the top 3 of Sordo 8 Barolo Crus. It looks like this year will be no different. Savoury, a little salty and earthy. This will be long lived. Beautifullly composed.

Vintage 2019 Magnum 1.5L
$330
$320ea in any 3+
$310ea in any 6+
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Nebbiolo from Serralunga d'Alba, Barolo

Giovanni Sordo Barolo ‘Gabutti’ MAGNUM 2019

A wonderful expression of Serralunga, all of the tea, slate, graphite, exceptional quality tannins, with a presence and sophistication. The firm mouthfeel of seriously good Serralunga tannins. Again such a complete wine. The nose draws you in. Begging you to drink. A darkness and energy that is palpable.Impressive gear. Precise, and pure, wearing the vineyard and commune on its sleeve. Superb fruit of depth and length. Great drinking here with much much more to come.

Vintage 2019 Magnum 1.5L
$330
$320ea in any 3+
$310ea in any 6+
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Red Blend from Etna, Sicily

Terre Nere ‘Dagala di Bocca D’Orzo’ Rosso D.O.C. 2021

This entire Contrada, Bocca d’Orzo, was buried in the lava flow of 1981, bar this tiny ‘dagala’ or island of intact 70-year-old vines. Marco negotiated and purchased this tiny 0.75 hectare plot and produced his first vintage from it in 2019. Only 800 bottles are produced each year. The dagala sits at 800 metres with soils of deep volcanic ash and pebbles.This wine is intensely floral with hints not only of red flowers but violets and wild herbs, too. It is very structured, almost li

Vintage 2021
$333
$318ea in any 3+
$303ea in any 6+
Massolino Barolo DOCG MAGNUM 2021
What a way to start DOCG Barolo!

Nebbiolo from Castiglione Falletto, Barolo

Massolino Barolo DOCG MAGNUM 2021

First produced in 1911, the fruit for Massolino’s classic cuvée is selected from seven sites across roughly seven hectares of prime-sited Serralunga vineyards. The most important of these sites—Briccolina, Collareto, Broglio and Le Turne—are dotted around the town itself (Le Turne borders Margheria, while Collareto lies next to Vigna Rionda)—so we are talking quality real estate. The 2021 also includes a little declassified fruit from Massolino’s Parussi Cru. Vine age varies from 10 t

Vintage 2021 Magnum 1.5L
$335
$320ea in any 3+
$305ea in any 6+

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

Domaine Tollot-Beaut Grand Cru ‘Corton-Bressandes’ 2019

"As it usually is, this is at once more elegant and a bit more aromatically complex with its agreeably spicy mix of red and dark cherry, warm earth and floral top note. Here too there is excellent volume to the delicious medium weight flavors that possess both fine verve and minerality, both of which carry over to the balanced and beautifully persistent finale. This isn't as powerful as the Corton but it's notably finer. A qualitative choice." Drink: 2034+ Sweet spotAllen Meadows, Burghound

Vintage 2019
$336
$321ea in any 3+
$306ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Barbaresco, Piedmont

Giuseppe Cortese Barbaresco Rabajà Riserva 2016

🍇RABAJÀ RABAJÀ RABAJÀ 🇮🇹 The 2016 Rabajà Riserva has that spark taking it from good to great. Engaging from the outset, take your time, enjoy this over hours even days in its youth.Cortese have always marched to their own tune, making grape first wines that have a finesse and sophistication about them. Balancing freshness and energy with development. They often appear a little out of sorts when young, particularly at the entry level. Those with patience are rewarded as they shap

Vintage 2016
$336
$321ea in any 3+
$306ea in any 6+
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