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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Dal Forno Romano Valpolicella Superiore Monte Lodoletta 2016

Red Blend from Valpolicella, Veneto

Dal Forno Romano Valpolicella Superiore Monte Lodoletta 2016

“The 2016 Valpolicella Superiore Monte Lodoletta is intense, with a captivating bouquet that blends cedar shavings, savory herbs and balsamic spices with rum-soaked cherries, sweet lavender and dark chocolate. This sweeps across the palate with silken textures, delivering masses of tart red and black fruits along with hints of espresso bean. Crunchy mineral tones and zesty acidity add dramatic lift. The 2016 tapers off long and staining, sporting a pleasantly bitter tinge of cocoa as grippy ta

Vintage 2016
$375
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Wendouree Shiraz Malbec 2001

Red Blend from Clare Valley, South Australia

Wendouree Shiraz Malbec 2001

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!Ranges from 80-50% Shriaz and 20-50% depending on the year Malbec from the 1919 and 1920 plantings. The Shiraz Malbec, it's a variation on a theme of excellent wines, the opulence of the Malbec providing a twist of difference in c

Vintage 2001
$380
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Cappellano Barolo 'Rupestris' 2020

Nebbiolo from Serralunga d'Alba, Barolo

Cappellano Barolo ‘Rupestris’ 2020

The 2020 Barolo Rupestris is elegant, sculpted wine. It shows the mid-weight structure of the year nicely. Sweet red cherry fruit, mint, chalk, white pepper, orange peel and dried flowers open with some coaxing. I would leave this alone in the cellar for a few years, as time in bottle is essential here. I won't be surprise if this fills out a bit over the coming years, as is often the case here. Drink 2026-2045Antonio Galloni - NR as per request from Cappellano

Vintage 2020
$380
$365ea in any 3+
$350ea in any 6+
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Luciano Sandrone Barolo 'Aleste' a.k.a 'Cannubi Boschis' 2021

Nebbiolo from Commune di Barolo, Barolo

Luciano Sandrone Barolo ‘Aleste’ a.k.a ‘Cannubi Boschis’ 2021

With fruit from the Cannubi Boschis vineyard, the 2021 Barolo Aleste is a lavish and beautiful expression with dark fruit, spice, licorice, cola and blue flower. The house style is always fruit-forward and bold at the Sandrone family estate, but you can also count on the wines to show excellent contouring with oak spice, soft richness and texture thanks to expertly applied tonneaux aging. The balance is impeccable.Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate 97 PointsThe 2021 Barolo Aleste is of

Vintage 2021
$380
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$350ea in any 6+
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Stéphane Magnien Morey Saint Denis ‘Vielles Vignes’ MAGNUM 2022

Pinot Noir from Morey-Saint-Denis, Côte-de-Nuits

Stéphane Magnien Morey Saint Denis ‘Vielles Vignes’ MAGNUM 2022

Moderate reduction dominates the nose at present. There is both better complexity and mid-palate density to the still supple and delicious medium-bodied flavors that conclude in a more powerful and noticeably more structured finale. This has fine development potential and is a wine that will need at least some patience. Drink: 2030+Allen Meadows, Burghound 89-91 Points

Vintage 2022 Magnum 1.5L
$382
$367ea in any 3+
$352ea in any 6+
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Domaine de la Pousse d'Or Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru 'Les Groseilles' 2022

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

Domaine de la Pousse d’Or Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru ‘Les Groseilles’ 2022

This is also aromatically perfumed with better layering to the spicier aromas of mostly red cherry and rose petal. There is markedly more refinement to the seductively, even generously, textured medium weight flavors that also exude a subtle bead of minerality on the impressively long, balanced and more complex finale. This is excellent and is a wine that could be approached young but reward a decade plus of cellaring. (from a .52 ha parcel) 2032+ ♥ Sweet spot OutstandingAllen Meadows, Bur

Vintage 2022
$383
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$353ea in any 6+
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Domaine Louis Boillot Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru 'les Prûliers' 2022

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

Domaine Louis Boillot Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru ‘les Prûliers’ 2022

“An overtly floral-suffused nose speaks of airy red berry scents that are liberally laced with a lovely range of spice elements as well as subtle earth and humus nuances. There is markedly better complexity to the medium-bodied flavors that possess excellent punch and this sense of vibrancy also can be found on the long and quite firm finish that is moderately austere but not really rustic, indeed I would go so far as to describe this as a Pruliers of relative refinement, which isn't something

Vintage 2022
$384
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$354ea in any 6+
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Roda 'I' Blue Note Tempranillo Riserva 2009

Red Blend from Haro, La Rioja

Roda ‘I’ Blue Note Tempranillo Riserva 2009

If 2008 felt cool and Atlantic, the 2009 Roda I could be described as Mediterranean, from a warm and healthy vintage. Here they aim for black fruit character while the regular Roda should show red fruit. The grapes are sourced from over 30-year-old vines and is mostly Tempranillo with some 5% Graciano. It matured in first and second use French oak barrels for 16 months. It's a warm vintage, without reaching the heights of 2011, but there was some stress in the peak of the summer, which in some w

Vintage 2009
$385
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$345ea in any 6+
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Domaine de la Pousse d'Or Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru 'Les Feusselottes' 2020

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

Domaine de la Pousse d’Or Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru ‘Les Feusselottes’ 2020

A slightly more elegant nose features notes of poached plum, black raspberry, violet and anise hints. There is a notably finer mouthfeel to the attractively textured medium weight flavors that conclude in a firmer and better-balanced finale where a touch of austerity slowly emerges. 2028+ (from a .42 ha parcel)Allen Meadows, Burghound

Vintage 2020
$385
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Domaine Trapet Père et Fils Gevrey Chambertin 'Cuvée 1859' 2022

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

Domaine Trapet Père et Fils Gevrey Chambertin ‘Cuvée 1859’ 2022

Moderate wood surrounds the ripe vaguely liqueur-like aromas of various dark berries, spice, violet and lavender. The vibrant and beautifully textured middleweight flavors, indeed it's almost silky thanks to the fine-grained tannins supporting the lingering finish that firms up noticeably. This is an excellent Gevrey villages with good aging potential. Drink 2030+Allen Meadows, Burghound 89-92 Points As readers may remember, the 2022 Gevrey-Chambertin 1859 derives from old vines in

Vintage 2022
$386
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Barolo 'Brunate' 2019

Nebbiolo from La Morra, Barolo

Barolo ‘Brunate’ 2019

Give it the requisite air time & it reveals all! The 2019 Barolo Brunate emerges from a tiny half-hectare plot at the highest elevation in the vineyard. It presents a beguiling mix of all the balsamic notes typical of Brunate, along with an extra bit of mid-palate texture that comes from aging in a slightly smaller cask vis-a-vis the other Barolos. Firm tannins need time to soften. Drink 2026-2044Antonio Galloni, Vinous 95 PointsPietro highlighted the soil in their Brunate vineyard,

Vintage 2019
$387
$372ea in any 3+
$357ea in any 6+
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Domaine Jean-Jacques Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er 'Chaboeufs' 2019

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

Domaine Jean-Jacques Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er ‘Chaboeufs’ 2019

“Dense dark purple. Powerful plums, a graphite note as well, significant density, the fruit swells right across the palate, a huge volume but the ripeness is perfectly judged, with an excellent length. This is very impressive. Reveling in the warmer vintage because the tannins are riper.” Jasper Morris

Vintage 2019
$390
$375ea in any 3+
$360ea in any 6+
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