Silky Reds
Silky Reds
Boschendal Nicholas Red 2021
Regular price £19.95Bold, ripe, concentrated and structured red and full of dark berry fruit and plums. Very full bodies, very easy drinking SA red from one of the most beautiful places in the world.
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch Western Cape
Grapes: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Petit Verdot, Red, Shiraz,
ABV: 13%
Bodegas Luis Cañas Selección de la Familia Rioja 2018
Regular price £31.95Elegant and complex nose with a good concentration of black fruit, thyme and rosemary with secondary aromas of leather and tobacco leaves. Hints of black fruit jam and liquorice warm, with a long, delicious and persistent finish.
Country: Spain
Region: Rioja
Grapes: Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon
ABV: 14.5%
Quinta da Pedra Alta Tinto Reserva 2019
Regular price £27.95Concentrated, complex and rich, oak matured Douro red, made from a blend of selected parcels from the best vineyards on the estate.
Country: Portugal
Region: Douro Valley
Grapes: 74% Touriga Nacional, 13% Sousão, 12% Touriga Franca, 1% Fernão Pires
ABV: 13.5%
Tabalí Pedregoso Gran Reserva Carmenère
Regular price £13.95Juicy and moreish Carmenère from a unique vineyard site.
Deep dark red in colour with an elegant complex nose, plenty of spice, black fruit and violets. With smooth tannins on the palate there is perfect integration between oak and fruit, followed by a long and elegant finish.
Country: Chile
Region: Cachapoal
ABV: 14%
Grapes: Carmenère
Brampton Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Regular price £11.95Bold red with black cherry and ripe plum on the nose and palate. Hints violets and a touch of sweet spice give it complexity. Soft, vanilla oak enhances the fruit intensity.
Country: South Africa
Region: Western Cape
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon
ABV: 13%
Vegan Friendly
This is the favourite gifting wine of our lovely customers at Brampton Interiors in St Albans!
Half Bottle Laibach The Ladybird Organic Red 2018
Regular price £11.95Complex nose with hints of spice, chocolate and mocha. Good structure with plum and mineral complexity and a lingering finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grapes: Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet, Petit Verdot & Malbec
ABV: 14.5%
Domaine Caizergues 'Les Magnarelles' Rouge 2019
Regular price £15.95In addition to te black and red fruits also found on the nose there is a complex flavour of sweet spice and minerality followed by a fresh finish.
Country: France
Region: Languedoc, Terrasses du Larzac
Grapes: Carignan, Mourvèdre, Grenache Noir, Syrah
ABV: 13.5%
Food match: Great with grilled meats and tomato based pasta dishes
Zorgvliet Petit Verdot 2019
Regular price £18.95This tight, dark-skinned variety loves the exposed mountain soils of the Simonsberg – this is fully ripe but defined by the winds that howl down the slope’s poor soils. Elegant and well-balanced it has a wonderfully spiced fruit nose with dark plum and prune fruit on the palate and a full but fine tannic structure. Can be enjoyed now but will mature well for at least 5 years.
Country: South Africa
Region: Bankhoek, Stellenbosch
Grapes: Petit Verdot
ABV: 14.5%
Food Match: rich and fatty meat dishes
Pizzorno VueltAlmundo Tannat/ Malbec 2020
Regular price £16.75Intense ruby colour with violet edges. The nose has notes that reveal oak barrel and noticeable notes of raspberry and red fruits. The palate is full bodied, but blalanced.
Country: Uruguay
Region: Canelones
ABV: 13%
Grapes: Tannat and Malbec
Food match: BBQ meats or herby sausages and mash or classis beef lasagne.
VueltAlmundo is a project carried out by two generations under the winery´s
responsibility. Both generations seek to express the family´s everyday life at the
winery through a bottle of wine where the tradition and experience of the third
generation get mixed with the energy, dreams and ambitions of the youngest of
the family.
The wines arise from the combination of grapes of the most ancient vineyards
cultivated around the winery and the most new ones located on a hill 2km away.
Poderi Colla Bussia Barolo 2018
Regular price £50.95Single vineyard 'Dardi le Rose' is on the hill of Bussia, one of the great Barolo crus. The vines are grown at 300-350 metres above sea level, with a south westerly exposure. A small percentage of the wine is aged in Slovinian and French oak. Tino Colla describes the 2016 as the most perfect vintage of his 50 year experience. This wine is just superb. Don't miss out on getting hold of some and drinking it this festive season.
Country: Italy
Region: Piedmonte
Grapes: Nebbiolo
ABV: 13.5%
Truchard Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
Regular price £34.95Complex and rich red, full of dark berry fruit, black pepper and well integrated French oak flavours.
Country: USA
Region: Carneros, Napa Valley
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon
ABV: 14.2%
Monte Antico Toscana Rosso IGT 2019
Regular price £14.95This accessible Super Tuscan has an elegant bouquet of leather, black cherries, liquorice and plums leading to a medium to full-bodied palate where ripe red fruit show off the goût de terroir in addition to subtle notes of vanilla and violets, which harmonise and linger, interlacing with the soft tannins and gorgeous silky texture. A firm backbone with perfect integration of acidity and fruit.
Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany
Grapes: Sangiovese 85%
Cabernet Sauvignon 10%
Merlot 5%
ABV: 13%
Food matches: An extremely versatile and food- friendly wine, serve with classic Italian dishes of pasta, risotto, flame-grilled meat, and hard cheeses.
Monte Antico was established in the early 1970s and takes their name from the medieval town of the same name located in Maremma, just a short distance from Montalcino towards the sea.
Chateau Pineraie Cahors Cuveé Authentique 2020
Regular price £24.95Concentration, power and elegance sum up this wine. Attractive leafy notes, dark fruits giving a fresher style.
Country: France
Region: Cahors
Grapes: Malbec
ABV: 13.5%
Cahors - the birthplace of Malbec has been an established winemaking area for centuries and a Latin manuscript from 1456 shows that the Burc family were already land owners around Cahors at that time. 5th generation vigneron Jean-Luc Burc now shares the running of this 50 hectare estate near Puy-L'Évèque with his daughters, Anne and Emmanuelle. They produce individual and characterful wines from their various vineyard parcels which encompass all of the classic terroirs of the region, both on the renowned terraces of the Lot and upon the limestone plateau above. The estate's old vines are carefully managed according to the principles of lutte raisonneé.
Doran Vineyards Íosa Shiraz 2018
Regular price £15.95Deep concentration of plums and blackberries with undertones of spice.
This is followed by the fresh fragrance of blue violets. Juicy tannins leave your mouth craving more.
Country: South Africa
Region: Voor Paardeberg
Grapes: Shiraz
ABV: 14.5%
Garage Wine Co Lot 100 Cabernet Franc 2018
Regular price £29.95A very convincing, fresh, expressive bouquet with pure brambly, briary black fruit and freshly tilled earth. The palate is medium- bodied to full with crisp black cherry and blueberry fruit. The tannins are fine and edgy, while the finish is beautifully composed and contains Margaux- like femininity. This is extremely well-crafted Cabernet Franc, with a surfeit of personality.
Country: Chile
Region: Maipo Valley
Grapes: Cabernet Franc
ABV: 14.5%
Canadian ex-ski coach, Derek Mossmann Knapp, is the enfant terrible of the Chilean wine scene. He set up Garage Wine Co. with his wife Pilar Miranda and Dr. Alvaro Pena in 2001 with the intention of being the polar opposite to the big, established companies that dominate the Chilean market.
Zensa Red Mixed
Regular price £77.70 Sale price £74.00By far our most popular pair of Italian reds in the shop - this is a great deal!
3 x Zensa Primitivo
This is a big and powerful red wine, dark red in colour. The nose has plenty of dark fruit aromas, plums, black cherries, chocolate, dried fruit and slight herbaceous notes. The palate is full, dense and rich with intense and sweet, ripe fruit. There are more plum and spice flavours on the palate. The finish is has a touch of residual sugar, giving some natural sweetness, and is full, rich and lingering.
Country: Italy
Region: Puglia
ABV: 14 %
Grape: 90% Zinfandel, 10% Merlot
3 x Zensa Nero d'Avola Appassimento
The wine has a deep purple-red colour & intense aromas of blackberries & blueberries. The palate is soft & silky, bursting with spicy flavours of black pepper, dark chocolate, wild berries & vanilla. The tannins are elegant yet persistent. The finish is long & lingering and offers a burst of wild cherries at the end.
Country: Italy
Region: Sicily
ABV: 13.5 %
Grape: Nero D'Avola
Fun Fact: Zensa in Italian means “without” referring to the absence of any chemicals or pesticides in the winemaking process.
Nemea Agiorgitiko 2021
Regular price £18.95Made from 100% Agiorgitiko, a native variety to the Peloponnese. The colour is a bright, deep crimson, and the nose full of aromas of blackberries and ripe strawberries with just a touch of anise and black pepper. The smooth texture is accompanied by ripe, soft tannin and fresh acidity to give structure and elegance. Over a year spent in oak leaves you with notes of sweet vanilla and spices such as clove and cinnamon to accompany the long-lasting and powerful red fruits.
Country: Greece
Region: Peloponnese
ABV: 14%
Grapes: Agiorgitiko
Food match: Pairs well with a range of grilled meats such as chicken souvlaki or fine cuts of lamb.
The Lantides Estate is situated in the Ancient site of Nemea, in the heart of the
Peloponnese, north of Argos and just west of Corinth on the coast of the Aegean. Panikos and his son Simon run 25 hectares of vineyards which are situated around the mountainous valley of Skoteini in altitude between 500 - 650 meters above sea level. This family business was started in 1993 by Panikos Landidis, who had previously studied in Montpellier and Bordeaux in oenology. Today this knowledge is used to make quality wines using local varieties that are native to Greece.
The Peloponnese Peninsula is a large landform on the southern edge of
continental Greece. Covered in mountains, rugged plateaus and valleys, the
area has an abundance of mesoclimates and terroirs suitable for premium
viticulture. Native grape varieties such as Agiorgitiko, Moschofilero and
Mavrodaphne are planted throughout the peninsula. The modern Peloponnese
wine industry began to grow following the end of World War II, and today the
region is one of the most viticulturally productive in Greece.
Strandveld Vineyards 'The Navigator' 2020
Regular price £24.95Complex nose with hints of dark chocolate, blackberry, lavender and mocha. Good structure with plum, vibrant red berry and mineral complexity and a lingering finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Elim, Cape Agulhus
Grapes: Shiraz Grenache Mouvedre Viognier
ABV: 14%
Doran Incipio 2019
Regular price £19.95A unique version of a Cote-Rotie blending Shiraz and a small percentage of Chenin.
Floral, with crunchy, fresh red and black fruits on the nose with a rich, but elegant palate of cocoa, blackberries and sweet spice.
Country: South Africa
Region: Voor Paardeberg
Grapes: Shiraz and Chenin Blanc
ABV: 14%
Kosher Backsberg Merlot 2019
Regular price £18.95Notes of plums, dark chocolate and raspberries. Yum!
Country: South Africa
Region: Paarl
Grapes: Merlot
ABV: 14.5%
Caios 2011 Herdade do Cebolal
Regular price £38.95Gorgeous, silky red made from native Portuguese grapes.
Country: Portugal
Region: Terras do Sado, Setubal
Grapes: Touriga Nacional+Petit Verdot+Alicante Bouschet +Cabernet
ABV: 14%
Thomas Farge Saint Joseph Grand Angle Rouge 2020
Regular price £34.95Silky and elegant Rhone red. Drinking beautifully now.
Country: France
Region: Rhone Valley
Grapes: Syrah
ABV: 14%
Caizergues 'Le Traucat' Rouge 2019
Regular price £27.95Complex and elegant with aromas of black and red fruits alongside hints of vanilla and pepper.
Country: France
Region: Languedoc, Terrasses du Larzac
Grapes: 40% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 20% Carignan, 10% Mourvèdre
ABV: 14%
Food match: Côte de boeuf
The wine is named in memory of Francois Traucat, the celebrated 16th century Nimes gardener, who was responsible for the intensive cultivation of the mulberry tree across the Languedoc and thus the expansion of sericulture in the region.
Tiago Teles Raiz Natural Red
Regular price £24.95Gorgeous, natural, silky red made from native Portuguese grapes.
Country: Portugal
Region: Bairrada, Alfrocheiro from Quinta de S. Mateus
Grapes: Alfrocheiro and Baga
ABV: 14%
Soil Type: Clay-Limestone