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 La Morra, Barolo

Vietti Barolo ‘Brunate’ MAGNUM 2021

Cracking Brunate! A very complete wine. Tannins are so refined, even through the front and middle palate. Round chocolateyt mid-palate that tapers a little. Incredibly elegant,  again a poised acid-tannin complex with ripe, layered, silky tannin. Actually builds post swallow. Perfectly ripe and balanced. Incredible length. The core of fruit is insane. Oppulent & exceptional.Paul Kaan, WINE DECODED Sept 2025Brunate is also one of my favorite wines from Vietti (and, boy, is it har

Vintage 2021 Magnum 1.5L
$1,153
$1133ea in any 3+
$1113ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Verduno, Barolo

Vietti Barolo ‘Monvigliero’ MAGNUM 2021

This is the baby in the bunch, representing one of the newest additions to the Vietti portfolio, with the first vintage produced in 2018. The learning curve in Monvigliero is always steep, or so most winemakers tell me, because very few can go to 100% whole-cluster fermentation. Indeed, the 2021 Barolo Monvigliero sees 60% whole clusters. The Vietti team is experienced, and this wine is pristine. This vintage was harvested on September 30th, and maceration was a bit shorter, at 20 days. The wine

Vintage 2021 Magnum 1.5L
$1,153
$1133ea in any 3+
$1113ea in any 6+

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

Domaine de la Pousse d’Or Grand Cru Chames-Chambertin 2022

An expansively floral-suffused red berry fruit nose is nuanced by hints of earth, the sauvage, underbrush and a barely perceptible touch of wood. There is reasonably good volume and density to the medium-bodied flavors that possess excellent depth and persistence on the youthfully austere and decidedly compact finale. Patience strongly suggested here as well. (from a .26 ha parcel in Mazoyères) 2034+Allen Meadows, Burghound (92-95) Points

Vintage 2022
$1,175
$1155ea in any 3+
$1135ea in any 6+

Nebbiolo from Novello, Barolo

Vietti Barolo ‘Ravera’ MAGNUM 2021

Pretty, red fruit. Beautifully developed. Impeccable élévage. An underlying tar/leather/slate notes layering in intriguing complexity. The Vietti crew have built quite a lot of structure into this Ravera of Novello. A wonderful example of Ravera making for a very complex iteration. Lovely generosity. Fine plush Neb tannin. Divine roses. Impressive!  Bud-break & harvest is around 2-3 weeks later than most of the other Communes for Vietti.Paul Kaan, WINE DECODED Sept 2025The 202

Vintage 2021 Magnum 1.5L
$1,175
$1155ea in any 3+
$1135ea in any 6+
Domaine Faiveley Chambertin Clos de Bèze 2016
Divine Wine!

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

Domaine Faiveley Chambertin Clos de Bèze 2016

Faiveley is definitely a Domaine on the Ascention - Clos de Bèze is one of their very best vineyards! 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.This is softly oaky with a wonderfully spicy array of black cherry, pungent earth and evident sauvage nuances

Vintage 2016
$1,195
$1180ea in any 3+
$1165ea in any 6+

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

Domaine Hubert Lignier Gevrey-Chambertin Grand Cru ‘Charmes-Chambertin’ 2018

"The 2018 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru is showing very well, unwinding in the glass with a deep bouquet of red berries, cherries and cassis mingled with hints of smoked meats, black truffle and loamy soil. Full-bodied, concentrated and enveloping, its ample core of lively fruit is framed by a muscular chassis of ripe, powdery tannins."William Kelley, The Wine Advocate

Vintage 2018
$1,220
$1200ea in any 3+
$1180ea in any 6+

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

Domaine Hubert Lignier Gevrey-Chambertin Grand Cru ‘Charmes-Chambertin’ 2019

"Deeper and more structured than the Griotte, Lignier's 2019 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru unwinds in the glass with notes of blackcurrants, cherries, sweet soil tones, wilted rose petals and spices. Medium to full-bodied, rich and layered, it's ample and voluminous, with velvety tannins, succulent acids and a broad, expansive finish."William Kelley, The Wine Advocate

Vintage 2019
$1,220
$1200ea in any 3+
$1180ea in any 6+

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

Domaine Hubert Lignier Gevrey-Chambertin Grand Cru ‘Charmes-Chambertin’ 2020

The 2020 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru has turned out especially well, wafting from the glass with aromas of peonies, sweet wild berries, orange rind, loamy soil and rose petals. Full-bodied, layered and seamless, with velvety tannins and an ample core of vibrant, perfumed fruit, it concludes with a long, seamless finish. This may well emerge as Lignier's finest Charmes of the 2018, 2019 and 2020 trio.William Kelley, The Wine Advocate 93-95+

Vintage 2020
$1,220
$1200ea in any 3+
$1180ea in any 6+

Pinot Noir from Vosne-Romanée, Côte-de-Nuits

Domaine de Montille Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru ‘Aux Malconsorts’ 2022

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, once again the nose is overtly floral in character with its exuberantly spicy nose of various dark berries, soy, exotic tea and sandalwood. The sleek, intense and delineated flavors are at once refined yet powerful with a taut muscularity becoming more apparent on the dusty, youthfully austere and stony finish that is compact and very serious. Patience. (from a .97 ha holding; 80% whole clusters). Drink: 2034+ ♥ Don’t miss! OutstandingAllen

Vintage 2022
$1,222
$1202ea in any 3+
$1182ea in any 6+

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

Domaine de la Pousse d’Or Grand Cru Clos de la Roche 2022

There is an interesting hint of smoked meat character to the spicy plum, newly turned earth and softly floral-scented nose. Once again there is an appealing texture to the broad-shouldered and muscular flavors that possess fine volume before concluding in a very firmly structured and impressively long finale. This too could use better depth but this should make for impressive old bones if given a chance. (from a .32 ha parcel) 2037+Allen Meadows, Burghound (93-95) Points

Vintage 2022
$1,228
$1208ea in any 3+
$1188ea in any 6+

Pinot Noir from Vosne-Romanée, Côte-de-Nuits

Domaine de la Pousse d’Or Grand Cru Echezeaux 2022

This is the first wine to display any meaningful level of reduction and here it’s enough to push the fruit to the background. By contrast there is a lovely sense of verve and freshness on the palate of the sleek but intense and generously proportioned medium weight plus flavors that coat the mouth on the sneaky long finish. While this could use better depth, the underlying material is such that more is all but guaranteed to develop. (from a .11 ha parcel in Poullailères). 2034+Allen Mead

Vintage 2022
$1,228
$1208ea in any 3+
$1188ea in any 6+

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

Domaine Bouchard Pere et Fils Grand Cru Bonnes-Mares 2020

Here too the nose is overtly floral in character with its layered blend of red and dark raspberry, warm earth and discreet spice wisps. There is again very fine mid-palate density to the slightly bigger-bodied tension-filled flavors that flash evident muscle and power on the moderately austere, firmly structured and impressively long finish. Patience strongly advised. 2035+ (from a .24 ha mix of two-thirds terres rouges and one-third terres blanches).Allen Meadows, Burghound 91-94 Points 

Vintage 2020
$1,250
$1230ea in any 3+
$1210ea in any 6+

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