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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Auguste Clape Cornas 2020

Shiraz/Syrah from Cornas, Northern Rhône

Auguste Clape Cornas 2020

Five in a Row for Clape with 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 all stunning vintages! I tasted four different components of the 2020 Cornas from foudre. From 40-year-old vines in La Côte, a medium to full-bodied sample with attractive menthol, red plum and violet notes, ample structure but a bit short (92 - 94). From 50- to 60-year-old vines in La Sabarotte, an earthier, more savory example, with a rich, velvety texture and crisp acids (93 - 95). From 60- to 70-year-old vines in La Côte, a wine

Vintage 2020
$390
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Cappellano Barolo 'Rupestris' 2019

Nebbiolo from Serralunga d'Alba, Barolo

Cappellano Barolo ‘Rupestris’ 2019

An excellent Rupestris. Cappellano somehow manage to unfurl the Serralunga, Gabutti beast, taming it. Still tightly coiled and needing more time to fully resolve. All the components are there in all the right places and all the right levels, with exceptional Serralunga fruit and tannins. A darkness, brooding, tea and slightly dried orange zest, earthy, savoury, with a core of fruit of great depth and length. 2019 is a year of refined ripe tannins of depth. The fruit has palpable energy and wonde

Vintage 2019
$390
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Figli Luigi Oddero Barolo 'Rocche Rivera' 2021

Nebbiolo from Castiglione Falletto, Barolo

Figli Luigi Oddero Barolo ‘Rocche Rivera’ 2021

This is exceptional! Fruit from the famed 'Rocche Rivera' Lieu Dit. It sits within Scarone Cru adjacent to Rocche di Castiglione with which it was historically combined.Matt Large calls Francesco Veriso a student of wine, always learning, evolving & refining. Clearly he is a very good student.Aromas of forest floor, dog rose, sun-warmed hay, berry and menthol come to the forefront on the stunning 2021 Scarrone Vigna Rocche Rivera along with whiffs of cinnamon. Showing great tensi

Vintage 2021
$392
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Domaine Louis Boillot Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru 'les Prûliers' 2019

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

Domaine Louis Boillot Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru ‘les Prûliers’ 2019

Boillot has always done a remarkable job with this vineyard and 2016 will only add to that track record. There is gorgeous complexity to the fresh and notably ripe red berry fruit, humus and pungent earth scented nose. The succulent, dense and powerful broad-shouldered flavors brim with copious dry extract that mostly manages to buffer the very firm tannic spine on the superbly long finish that flashes just a trace of Nuits style rusticity. This very serious and built-to-age effort is breathtaki

Vintage 2019
$394
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Domaine Faiveley Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru 'Lavaux St Jacques' 2019

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

Domaine Faiveley Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru ‘Lavaux St Jacques’ 2019

Faiveley is definitely a Domaine on the Ascention I had Faiveley's 2015 Latricières Chambertin recently, delicious, perfumed elegant and refined. Along with the 2015, I devoured a brace of 2016's from across the appellations. They are really stepping up their game, the investments in the vineyard and winery are a testament to this. A cool, pure and ultra-fresh nose features plenty of sauvage and underbrush characters on the pretty mélange of wild red and dark berry aromas. The tension-filled

Vintage 2019
$395
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Figli Luigi Oddero Barolo MAGNUM 2016
A Masterpiece!

Nebbiolo from Castiglione Falletto, Barolo

Figli Luigi Oddero Barolo MAGNUM 2016

On most recent devouring, Oct 2022, the 2016 Barolo is starting to reveal itself.  On release it was clearly something special, now a couple of years on it is a seamless wonder, flow and harmony. A vote for blending across communes, the oppulence of La Morra, the layers, line and length of Castiglione Falletto and the dark structure of Serralunga all making for a complete wine. Plenty more to come!A blend of fruit from 30% La Morra’s Rive, 30% Castiglione Falletto’s Scarrone, &

Vintage 2016 Magnum 1.5L
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Domaine Faiveley Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru 'Les Cazetiers' 2019
Divine Wine!

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

Domaine Faiveley Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru ‘Les Cazetiers’ 2019

One of the sneaky 1er Cru Gevrey's to watch out for! I had Faiveley's 2015 Latricières Chambertin recently, delicious, perfumed elegant and refined. Along with the 2015, I devoured a brace of 2016's from across the appellations. They are really stepping up their game, the investments in the vineyard and winery are a testament to this. Gave yields of only 20 hl/ha in 2019 In contrast to the prior wines, here the nose is quite firmly reduced. More interesting are the superbly concentrated and go

Vintage 2019
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Cavallotto Barolo Riserva Bricco Boschis ‘Vigna San Giuseppe’ 2015

Nebbiolo from Castiglione Falletto, Barolo

Cavallotto Barolo Riserva Bricco Boschis ‘Vigna San Giuseppe’ 2015

This is one of the benchmark traditional Barolo's! Every time I’ve tried Cavallotto’s ‘Vigna San Guiseppe’ I’ve gone to a very happed place. The core of fruit in is always insane. Having tasted a dozen of the best Baroli alongside Vigna San Guiseppe over many vintages, it’s clear this is up at the top of the list. Cavallotto’s always beautifully balances power with elegance. “Cavallotto’s 2015 Barolo Riserva Bricco Boschis Vigna San Giuseppe rounds out this trio of new release

Vintage 2015
$395
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Benjamin Leroux Volnay 1er Cru Santenots 2020

Pinot Noir from Volnay, Côte du Beaune

Benjamin Leroux Volnay 1er Cru Santenots 2020

Les Santenots is one of the top 1er Cru sites of Volnay. Here, the clay-rich soils gift wines of perfumed depth and silken structure. To give you some idea of the site’s quality, many years ago we asked Benjamin Leroux if there was one vineyard in Volnay he would like to work with, and he replied Santenots without hesitation, mentioning that he buys the wine of this vineyard from his friend Dominique Lafon each year. Of course, he then went on to speak about Rugiens and Caillerets (the most re

Vintage 2020
$395
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Giovanni Sordo Barolo 'Monprivato' 2016
The Super Stars!

Nebbiolo from Castiglione Falletto, Barolo

Giovanni Sordo Barolo ‘Monprivato’ 2016

All about delicacy, almost Barbaresco-like with roses, strawberry, orange and musk. Palate is big; bigger than Rocche and with some clear ripe red fruit flavours and that Castiglione acid/tannin bonding. Has energy. Should do big things. Slowly. Started dense and fragrant...then shut down. All about delicacy, almost Barbaresco-like with roses, strawberry, orange and musk. Slowly opens, to cranberry, fading flowers and more dense elements of cherry liqueur cinnamon and tobacco. A brilliant classy

Vintage 2016
$398
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Domaine Louis Boillot Volnay 1er Cru 'les Caillerets' 2022

Pinot Noir from Volnay, Côte du Beaune

Domaine Louis Boillot Volnay 1er Cru ‘les Caillerets’ 2022

“An agreeably fresh nose is more floral still with its notes of lavender and violet along with a plenitude of spice hints of spice suffusing the black cherry and dark currant scents. The rich, delicious and markedly punchy medium-bodied flavors possess evident minerality yet no lack of power that seems to build on the wonderfully persistence, balanced and textured finale. This is very much built-to-repay extended keeping which is a good thing as more depth would raise its attractiveness." ♥

Vintage 2022
$398
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Wendouree Cabernet Sauvignon 2002

Cabernet Sauvignon from Clare Valley, South Australia

Wendouree Cabernet Sauvignon 2002

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!From 1971 and 2002 plantings.Some argue that his Cabernet and Cabernet Malbec are not varietal in character. This I don't care about. What I'm looking for is wine that is good and these are damn good! Both have an incredible core o

Vintage 2002
$400
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