Red Blend
2022 Boekenhoutskloof - Red blend Swartland Chocolate Block (750ml)
Bay leaves, currants and violets on the nose with a touch of iron. It’s medium- to full-bodied, balanced and supple. I like the herb and peppercorn freshness. Blend of 77% syrah, 9% grenache, cinsault, 5% cabernet sauvignon and 1% viognier. Drink now.
2018 Ca La Bionda - Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico Vigneti di Ravazzol (750ml)
The 2018 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Ravazzol is intense, bursting from the glass with bright cherry and rose tones complemented by a dusting of sweet spice and violet pastille. It opens with a pretty inner sweetness, contrasted by juicy acidit...
2022 Campo di Sasso - Toscana Rosso IGT Insoglio (750ml)
Ripe blackcurrants, dark cherries, chocolate, dark cedar and a hint of mocha on the nose. Smooth and textured with medium to full body and velvety tannins. Pure and polished and already very attractive, showing harmony and focus.
2016 Cantina Sociale Cooperativa - Copertino DOC Riserva (750ml)
2023 Casa Gran Del Siurana - Priorat GR-174 (750ml)
Priorat, Spain
40% Grenache, 25% Carignan, 14% Cabernet Sauvignon,
12% Syrah, 6% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, 1% Tempranillo
Alc.14%
The Casa Gran del Siurana project began in the year 2000 to produce the best
possible wines in Priorat from scratch selecting the land with most potential,
choosing the most suitable vine stocks and cultivating them carefully until the
optimum moment for harvesting, then deciding on the best means of vinification
and ageing.
WINEMAKING
Fermentation is carried out both in steel tanks and in oak barrels, with ageing on
the lees in vats and a small part ageing in barrels.
TASTING NOTES
Very deep cherry red. Intense, fresh aromas of cassis, red fruits, blackberries,
redcurrants, with a balsamic and spicy background. Fresh but meaty in the mouth.
Silky, full-bodied with elegant and present tannins
-Importer notes
2019 Castellani- Ripasso della Valpolicella San Michele (750ml)
The 2019 Valpolicella Ripasso San Michele lifts from the glass with an alluring bouquet of sweet roses and bright cherries complemented by a hint of candied orange. It’s round and supple yet energetic, with ripe red fruits nicely balanced by a core of ...
2019 Cervantes - Red Blend Napa Blacktail
"We don't have anything in mind about what the final blend will be each year," winemaker Andy Erickson said about this Blacktail blend. "We want to create something that is unique to the place this year." The 2019 Blacktail Proprietary Red Blend MMXIX is ...
2023 Chappellet Mountain Cuvee
The Wine
Blended from the traditional Bordeaux varietals, including our own coveted grapes,
the Chappellet Mountain Cuvée Proprietor’s Blend builds on our more than five
decades of experience crafting great mountain-grown wines. Each grape variety in
the cuvée contributes nuances that complement each other. The result is a complex
array of aromas and flavors that deliver pure pleasure in a glass. Made for more
near-term enjoyment, this is the wine to choose when you’re looking for vivid,
mouthfilling fruit flavors.
Growing Season & Harvest
With early season rains saturating soils and a cool spring and summer that ensured
generous hangtime, 2023 offered perfect weather that took the grapes to another
level. To provide airflow and light on the grapes during a cool vintage, we pruned
and leafed early and often. Though later than normal, both budbreak and bloom
were excellent with overall yields up slightly. The weather stayed cool into fall,
with only one September day above 90° F, before things warmed up in October,
providing a final push to ripeness. Though harvest was compact, we were able to
pick everything at the ideal moment, yielding impeccably balanced red wines with
concentrated color, seamless tannins and an abundance of fruit and spice.
Tasting Notes
This beautifully aromatic wine leaps from the glass with effusive aromas of
dark cherry, blackberry and plum, as well as French oak-inspired hints of clove,
cardamom and cedar and notions of black pepper and fresh herbs. On the
richly textured palate, lush ripe berry layers echo the aromas, with fine-grained
tannins framing the luxurious flavors as they glide to a lingering dark chocolate
and anise finish
-Winery notes
2018 Chateau Musar - Bekaa Valley (750ml)
The 2018 Château Musar opens with candied red fruits, white mushrooms, leather and spicy nuances. Medium- to full-bodied, moderately concentrated and round, the 2018 is a delightful Musar. A touch of heat emerges on the savoury finale.
2021 Clos de los Siete - Malbec Blend Valle de Uco Clos de los Siete (750ml)
A fresh and linear red with blackberries, blackcurrants and dark chocolate. Medium-bodied, very polished and refined on the palate with a lively finish. Linear at the end. This has more cabernet franc than normal. Malbec, merlot, syrah, cabernet franc, pe...