Red Wine
While some of us may be eternal summer children, lamenting the colder days of the year, there is always a silver lining to every storm cloud – and in our case, it just happens to be in the form of red wine. From Cabernet to Carménère and Pinot Noir to Pineau d’Aunis, explore the best red wines for winter – guaranteed to pair with your heartier dishes and fluffier blankets.
DOMAINE DE LA JANASSE CHATAUNEUF DU PAPE TRADITION 2016
The 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape offers a great bouquet of black raspberries, tapenade, crushed violets, and spring flowers, and shares lots of similarities to the Chaupin cuvée (and it’s less expensive!). Full-bodied, incredibly elegant and seamless
DOMAINE DE LA JANASSE CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE RED CHAUPIN 2017
Brilliant magenta. Ripe red and blue fruits, potpourri, incense and Moroccan spices on the deeply perfumed, expansive nose. Stains the palate with sweet boysenberry, black raspberry and floral pastille flavors, which are sharpened by building mineral
DOMAINE DE LA JANASSE CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE VEILLES VIGNES 2017
65% Grenache, 20% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah and 5% other varieties. Tight, intense, even clenched, it's in need of several years' cellaring before it becomes truly enjoyable to drink. For now, those gorgeous black cherries are restrained behind a firm wa
DOMAINE DE LA JANASSE CHATENEUF DU PAPE TRADITION 2017
Notes of black fruit (ripe, blackcover), combined with aromas of violet, line a long and silky mouth, all nerve.
DOMAINE DE LA JANASSE COTES DU RHONE CARRIGUES 2017
This has terrific Grenache nose of kirsch, crushed rocks, white flowers, pepper, and spice. Rich, medium to full-bodied, elegant, and silky on the palate, it's still tight and closed, yet is packed with potential.
DOMAINE DE LAJANASSE COTE DU RHONE RED TRADITION 2018
15% Carignan, 5% Cinsault, 50% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre, 20% Syrah. Attractive black plum in colour. The nose offers gobs of jammy black fruits intermixed with a delicious spiciness. The body is equally full, vibrant and concentrated. A well structure
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE SAINT GEORGES 1ER CRU THOREY 2016
Pure and fresh, red berries and spice aromas, slightly woody, full-bodied and rich, coherent, slightly mineral flavors, firm tannins powerful.
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE VOLNAY 1ER CRU LES BROUILLARDS 2016
Pale ruby just a bit of brown showing. Red currant and black smoky tea, slight soapiness to the palate from the granitic terrior, darker fruit almost red plums.
RIDGE ESTATE CABERNET 2016
Saturated purple in color. Aromas of cassis, blueberry, cola, licorice, and sweet oak. Ripe blackberry fruit entry, full bodied, rich textures, exotic spice and toasted oak. Complex, long, sensuous finish.
RIDGE MONTE BELLO CABERNET 2016
Opens with aromas of dark berry, black pepper, lilac, baked earth and toasty oak. The wood spice carries throughout the palate, decorating the savory black-olive, charred meat and leather flavors, which are framed by sandy, polished tannins.
GRAZIE MILLE NERO DÁVOLA
Ruby red colour and aromas of: redcurrant, blackberry, and ripe plum. It is medium-bodied with medium acidity, and flavours of blackberry and plum. It has an earthy aftertaste with medium finish
ROBERTSON PINOTAGE
A deep purple tint on the rim with delicious flavours of ripe strawberry, banana, juicy plums and rich, red cherry. Produced in an early drinking style with well-integrated wood and a soft, smooth finish.
VLASSIDES MERLOT
Powerful structure, higher but smooth tannins and good acidity, full of dark fruits, spicy (black pepper), wood, wine in perfect balance.
TSIAKKAS ORANGE WHITE WINE
Mature pergamont and quince are prevalent on the nose. Hints of flowers and orange peel. Full body in the mouth with firm tannin structure. Lasting aftertaste.
RIDGE MONTE BELLO CABERNET 2005
A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Nose: Clove, vanilla, all spice, tobacco, toasty oak, blackberry. Palate: Big, structured wine, sizeable tannins but well coated, minerally black fruit, cassis, firm, balanced ac
CHATEAU GLORIA
Rich and bold, the wine is dark maroon. It’s not shy, with big blackcurrant fruit. There is an energy on the mid-palate, real vitality. It finishes with silky fruit and grippy tannins.
CHATEAU MARJOSSE
Beautiful bright and intense purple color with purple hues. The nose expresses candied, cherry and ripe fruit with grilled and elegant woody notes. The palate, supple and round on the attack, reveals a pretty fruity flesh with good tannins, round and
CHATEAU BEYCHEVELLE SAINT JULIEN
Deep in colour, truffle, tobacco, herbs, cigar box and dark red fruits are already in play. The wine is full-bodied, deep, concentrated with a non-stop wave of black fruit that adds another dimension. Clearly this is polished, powerful, elegant and f
CHATEAU CAMBON LA PELOUSE 2016
Medium to dark ruby in colour. Ripe fruit and plenty of oak on the nose. Similar on the palate, ripe red and dark fruit and plenty of oak, with good acidity, firm tannin and good to very good length."
CHATEAU DU TERTRE
Ultra ripe fruit (BlackBerry and prune), eucalyptus, mint, leather... layered and aristocratic.
CHATEAU LAFON ROCHET
Tight and classic aromas with darker redberry fruit, heavy flower bed, dark stone, light stable, leather and wood. Pretty full-bodied wine that offers itself with more freshness that the aroma image should indicate. Powerful with great redberry fruit
CHATEAU LYNCH BAGES
Deep garnet red in colour, Château Lynch-Bages 2016 has the characteristics of a remarkably mature vintage. The nose is very expressive with notes of dark fruit (blackcurrant, morello cherry, etc.) mixed with fresh touches of mint. The attack is smo
CHATEAU SMITH HAUT LAFITTE
A big black-cherry and bitter-chocolate nose leads into a rich, concentrated palate, where the fruit easily holds sway over the powerful, dry tannins.
CHATEAU TALBOT
A racy wine, with complex marks of Havana tobacco and licorice, classically delicious without ever the slightest hint of austerity.
