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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Nebbiolo from Gattinara, Alto Piemonte

Nervi-Conterno Gattinara ‘Valferana’ MAGNUM 2016

The 2016 Gattinara Vigna Valferana is every bit as impressive from bottle as it was from cask. Rich and resonant, the 2016 is so supremely beautiful as it opens up in the glass. It is a wine of real breadth and textural expansiveness. Rose petal, mint, sweet dried cherry, tar, anise and orange peel are some of the nuances that emerge, but the Valferana is a wine to admire for its total sense of balance. In a word: Lights out. Make that two words.Antonio Galloni, Vinous 96 Points

Vintage 2016
$990
$975ea in any 3+
$960ea in any 6+
Casanova di Neri 'Cerretalto' Brunello di Montalcino 2015
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Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany

Casanova di Neri ‘Cerretalto’ Brunello di Montalcino 2015

'Of these new releases from this benchmark estate, the Casanova di Neri 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Cerretalto is my favorite wine. This Riserva is larger than life with ripe fruit, raspberry, cherry, spice, cola, root beer, mesquite and cedar. The wine offers a flashy and generous quality of fruit that unfolds over time with a multifaceted and multi-layered presentation. One thing that stands out here is the acidity that is bracing and tart at first but then succumbs to an important supporting

Vintage 2015
Le Chiuse Brunello di Montalcino JEROBOAM 3L 2021
Jero #01 Signed by Lorenzo!

Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany

Le Chiuse Brunello di Montalcino JEROBOAM 3L 2021

The Le Chiuse 2021 Brunello di Montalcino is a lovely wine and one of my favorites from a vintage that is not always easy to read. It delivers its message clearly with dark fruit, blue flower, grilled herb and sweet cedar, showing a sense of fullness and aromatic completeness that is not always present in this year. Soft and silky on the palate, the wine offers gentle, powdery tannins supported by good underlying structure, achieving balance without force. Sourced as a special selection from eig

Vintage 2021 Jeroboam 3L

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

Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé Chambolle-Musigny ‘Premier Cru’ 2023

Note: from younger Musigny vines of less than 25 years of age, the youngest of which were planted in 2007; Lupatelli noted that because so few vines are now less than 25 years of age, the surface area is only about .27 ha and situated in Grands Musigny; 5 barrels produced in 2023This is also quite floral in character with its ever-so-slightly riper array of exuberantly spicy blend of both red and dark cherry, exotic tea and a whiff of dried orange peel. The palate impression of the medium-b

Vintage 2023

Nebbiolo from Serralunga d'Alba, Barolo

Massolino “Vigna Rionda” Barolo MAGNUM 2015

Gentle extraction, shorter maceration, looking to maintain freshness. 36 months in oak. Bottled in summer 2019. Rich long and bold dense tannins that need time to quality tannins with excellent acidity. Great depth and layering of flavour and tannins. Incredibly complex wine. So much going on delicious. All of the classic hallmarks of a superb Vigna Rionda. Stunning.Comes in individual wooden box.

Vintage 2015 Magnum 1.5L
$1,015
$995ea in any 3+
$975ea in any 6+

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

Domaine de la Vougeraie Grand Cru Charmes-Chambertin ‘Les Mazoyeres’ 2022

This is also markedly floral in character with its cool, airy and equally pure nose of the essence of red berries, forest floor, earth and similar hint of smoked game. The delicious, vibrant and somewhat denser medium-bodied flavors possess a super-sleek yet solidly powerful mouthfeel, all wrapped in a detailed, balanced and beautifully persistent finish. I very much like the fruit-acid-tannin balanced and this is so good that it could well be the finest Charmes of the 2022 vintage. (from a .74

Vintage 2022
$1,049
$1029ea in any 3+
$1009ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Bussia, Monforte d'Alba

Poderi Aldo Conterno ‘Cicala’ Barolo MAGNUM 2012

Poderi Aldo Conterno is one of the few Great Estates of Barolo. “Like tasting young Romanée-Conti” James Suckling Back in 2005, during my first trip to Italy, I spotted a bottle of Aldo Conterno on the list of fine restaurant in Turin, just to the north of Barolo. As the cork was pulled an insane […]

Vintage 2012 Magnum 1.5L

Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany

Cerbaiona Brunello di Montalcino MAGNUM 2021

I’d love to compare it directly to the 2021 Soldera and Poggio di Sotto. A wine from a maker with intent. It’s clear there is quality fruit here.Researching the Brunello, I came across Galloni's notes on the 2010 Brunello. "In all of my years tasting the wines of Montalcino, I have only come across two wines with this level of textural unctuosity and sweetness; Gianfranco Soldera's 1983 Brunello and 1990 Riserva."There is not a more emphatic statement that could be made about the cap

Vintage 2021 Magnum 1.5L
$1,050
$1030ea in any 3+
$1010ea in any 6+

Red Blend from La Rioja, Spain

R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva 1995

Tasting the 1994 in May 2023 I was lost in the glass with the delicacy, perfume, vibrant red fruit, perfectly poised acid tannin complex. The sophistication, elegance and intoxicating perfume of the wine, simply astonishing. All from a wine held in barrel for 8 years and further 10 in bottle before release!The only current red Gran Reserva is the 1995 Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva, the one that is produced exactly the same as before, including fining with egg whites and sealing with red wa

Vintage 1995

Nebbiolo from Castiglione Falletto, Barolo

Vietti Barolo Riserva ‘Villero’ 2013

Vietti's Riserva 'Villero' is not made every year. Like all Barolo Riserva's it is matured for a few extra years before release. Vietti's 2013 Barolo Riserva Villero is a showstopper. Wow! dense, powerful and richly constituted, the Villero captivates from the very first taste. Smoke, scorched earth, gravel, cured meats and black cherry are some of the many notes that inform this decidedly somber, brooding Barolo. The interplay of fruit density and structure is just captivating. Time in the glas

Vintage 2013
Stéphane Ogier Côte-Rôtie Lieux-Dits 'La Belle Hélène' 2017
Burgundy meets Côte-Rôtie

Shiraz/Syrah from Côte-Rôtie, Northern Rhône

Stéphane Ogier Côte-Rôtie Lieux-Dits ‘La Belle Hélène’ 2017

Côte-Rôtie is often compared to Burgundy for it's detailed vineyard breakdown. Like Burgundy we see dramatic differences in the wines from vineyard to vineyard. Stéphane has a great number of lieux-dits that he works with through the Côte-Blonde (southern part of Côte-Rôtie) and Côte-Brune (northern part of Côte-Rôtie).Stéphane makes wines of greater energy and vibrancy, always on the fresher end of the spectrum.La Belle Hélène from Côte Rozier, a parcel of Stéphane's oldes

Vintage 2017
$1,095
$1075ea in any 3+
$1055ea in any 6+
Stéphane Ogier Côte-Rôtie Lieux-Dits 'La Belle Hélène' 2018
Burgundy meets Côte-Rôtie

Shiraz/Syrah from Côte-Rôtie, Northern Rhône

Stéphane Ogier Côte-Rôtie Lieux-Dits ‘La Belle Hélène’ 2018

Côte-Rôtie is often compared to Burgundy for it's detailed vineyard breakdown. Like Burgundy we see dramatic differences in the wines from vineyard to vineyard. Stéphane has a great number of lieux-dits that he works with through the Côte-Blonde (southern part of Côte-Rôtie) and Côte-Brune (northern part of Côte-Rôtie).Stéphane makes wines of greater energy and vibrancy, always on the fresher end of the spectrum.La Belle Hélène from Côte Rozier, a parcel of Stéphane's oldes

Vintage 2018
$1,095
$1075ea in any 3+
$1055ea in any 6+

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