Silky Reds

Country: Argentina

Region: Mendoza

Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon

ABV: 14%

Nero d’Avola and Frappato at it's very best! From 40 year old vines on Filippo Rizzo’s home vineyard. Distinctly Mediterranean, with soft tannins and flavours of dark fruits, flowers and wild herbs.

Region: San Michele di Ganzaria, Sicily

Grapes: Nero d’Avola and Frappato

ABV: 14%

Organic

Notes of plums, dark chocolate and raspberries. Yum!

Country: South Africa

Region: Paarl

Grapes: Merlot

ABV: 14.5%

A stunning Pinot Noir from Otago in New Zealand. Handmade with care and love.

Beautiful aromatics; cherries and bright berry fruits mixed with some darker fruit notes plus hints of herb and spice. On the palate there is that same purity of fruit expression and a smooth and silky texture with just enough tannin to support the the depth and weight of the flavours

Country: New Zealand

Region: Otago

ABV: 13.5%

Grapes:  Pinot Noir

There are many characters in New Zealand winemaking and one of the largest is Duncan Forsyth. Maverick or genius, planting vines in the cold of Otago takes some nerve. These vineyards are on the edge of what is possible, the climate is so marginal. With a biodynamic approach and the reassuring chaos of a smallholding full of pigs and chickens the wines, especially the exquisite Riesling, win awards and praise worldwide proving that we should all try to be little bit different. Mount Edward's winemaking approach is traditional, using natural yeasts and minimal intervention at all stages to produce wines which reflect the vintage from which they came. The Central Otago climate and soils are unique with the parent rock being glacially derived schist. Most of the soils having been cultivated only a few times in the 100 years before the viticulturists arrived, and some not at all. The growing season is warm and dry with cool nights. It is a short season however, with a risk of frost early and late and they actively restrict crop levels managing the vine canopy to achieve balance and uniform ripeness regardless of variety

Notes of plums, dark chocolate and raspberries. Yum!

Country: Portugal

Region: Lisbon

Grapes: Pinot Noir

ABV: 14.5%

Beautifully pure and elegant expression of the Nebbiolo grape… lots of flavour, lovely secondary earthy and minerally notes, bright, lively and energetic with just 12.5abv.

Country: Italy

Region: Valtellina, Lombardia

Grape: Nebbiolo

ABV: 12.5%

Predominantly made with Petit Verdot, this is a bold 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: 84% Petit Verdot, 10% Shiraz 6% Malbec.

ABV: 13%

Vegan Friendly

Red forest berry and bramble berry fruit, red cherries, rose perfume, fragrant sumac and cumin spice on the nose. Red forest fruit, beetroot earthiness, fresh hibiscus, fruit-coated tannin and crisp acidity, medium bodied on the palate.

Country: South Africa

Region: Hemel-En-Aarde

 Grapes: Pinot Noir

ABV: 13.5%

Place of the Gods Farm, Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge, Walker Bay, Hermanus. This dryland vineyard is situated just 12 km from the sea and lies at 300 m above sea-level. The soils are granite origin with a significant portion of clay. Pinot noir clones are 115 and 667. The vineyard was planted in 2006

Beautiful label art by Isabella Kuijers.

Layered with exotic spice, cracked black pepper and crushed vanillin.

The palate is polished and smooth but steeped in depth and texture as the flavours swirl around, lengthen and delight. Plus, as everyone knows - every wine tastes better in Magnums!

Rhone, France

Vegan/Vegetarian

Grapes:  75% Grenache Noir, 25% Syrah

Food Match:  Rich casseroles, Sunday roast 

In the Winery:  All the grapes are hand­picked. Traditional long cuvaison using only wild 'natural' yeasts and remontages to release all the potential of the grapes and their skins. 24 months in French oak 228 litre barrels and one quarter in 600 litre demi­muids, one third new, one third of second fill and one third of 3rd and 4th fill.

Fresh red fruit and plum aromas typical of the region. Hints of spice, black pepper and cloves as well as some balsamic. Well integrated and firm tannins results in a wine of excellent structure and plenty of complexity and persistence.

Country: Portugal

Region: Douro

Grapes: Touriga Nacional 40%, Touriga Franca 30%, Tinta-Roriz 30%

ABV: 13.5%

From 35 to 45 year old vines located on Schist soils in the Pinhão river valley which is on the right bank of the Douro River. This wine has been foot troden to crush the grapes and then femented in a traditional lagar.

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Deep ruby in colour, this Chilean Merlot encompasses aromas of rich black cherry and plum, displaying further complexity on the palate with hints of cedar and dark chocolate.

Country: Chile 

Region: Central Valley

ABV: 13%

Grapes:  Merlot

Aromas of black cherry and sweet spice. Plum and cassis on the palate with a hint of vanilla. Soft, chewy tannins.

Country: France

Region: Languedoc, Terrasses du Larzac

Grapes: Grenache, Mourvèdre and Cinsault

ABV: 13%

Food match: roast lamb or duck

A classic deep red with a balanced oak and fruit taste.

A wonderfully traditional Bordeaux that has all the reassurance you’d expect from the Haut-Médoc. Cabernet Sauvignon dominant, from the estates 33 hectares
in Cissac, it exhibits lifted dark cherry, cassis and secondary oak aromas, with a little leather and spice evolution. Harmonious, with perfectly poised tannins, the
wine is drinking well now but will develop further in bottle

Country: France

Region: Medoc, Bordeaux

ABV: 12%

Grapes: Bordeaux blend red

Stunning wine! A very rich, appealing nose of black and blueberry aromas and hints of cigar box and tobacco spiciness. The palate is exceptionally full and round, yet precise with a crème de cassis, black currant and Cedar wood of the nose following through with notes of pencil shavings, red capsicum, tea leaf and notes of clove. Grainy tannins and a perfect acidity balance the dark berry fruit on a rich mid-palate, suggesting significant ageing protentional. The finish is smooth and complex with its offering of red liquorice, fennel and exotic spice and an impressive length.

Country: South Africa

Region: Franschoek

Grapes: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

ABV: 14.5%

Tim Atkin South Africa Special Report 2020 – “It’s not
easy making Bordeaux blends of this quality in
Franschhoek, but Gottfried Mocke’s cuvée of Cabernet
Sauvignon with 11% Cabernet Franc is a fresh, elegant,
nuanced delight. Granular, refined and easily handling its
80% new wood, this is herbal rather than green with lovely
lift and freshness. 2022-28”

95 Points

French oak matured for 12 months, this wine is powerful and concentrated. The nose is full of ripe black fruit along with hints of cocoa, leather and licorice. On the palate it is generous and full bodied, smooth yet firm tannin and a very long finish seasoned with sweet spice and toasty oak. Drinking now through to at least 2030.

Country: Australia

Region: Margaret River, Western Australia

ABV: 13.5%

Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon

Food Match: Rump steak

Gorgeous, 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

Powerful and concentrated on the nose. This may only be a village wine, but it has has the opulence and stature of a 1er Cru.

Country: France

Region: Burgundy

Grapes: Pinot Noir

ABV: 13.5%

Subtle notes of vanilla and toast which combine with the juicy blackberry and cherry fruits. Very well balanced and super easy drinking red.

Country: Portugal

Region: Dão

Grapes: Alfrocheiro, Touriga Nacional, Jaen and Tinta Roriz

ABV: 13%

100% Grenache Noir this is the second vintage of this beautiful wine. The grapes are from a dry land bush vine vineyard in Piekenierskloof. Franco made this wine for his first born daughter Lua Ilse born in 2019. Powerful, concentrated, yet supremely elegant and finely detailed.

Country: South Africa

Region: Hemel-En-Aarde

Grapes: Grenache Noir

ABV: 14%

Light with strawberry and cherry fruit aromas and flavours. Great juicy acidity, subtle savoury notes and a silky tannin structure ending in a lovely, smooth finish.

Country: Australia

Region: Limestone Coast

Grapes: Pinot Noir

ABV: 14%

Wonderful ruby red colour with a youthful strawberry coloured rim. The nose is floral and full of raspeberry and red cherry aromas with a subtle hint of toasted pine nuts.
Well balanced on the palate with ripe berry fruit and sweet oak spice. The finish is rich, long and textured.

Country: South Africa

Region: Elgin

Grapes: Pinot Noir

ABV: 13%

Country: France

Region: Bordeaux, Medoc

Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot

ABV: 13.5%