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.
CHATEAU LA GARDE ROUGE PESSAC LEOGNAN
Forward, fresh, earthy, dark cherry-filled wine with additional nuances of smoke, coffee and tobacco leaf on the nose and palate. Just a year or two will bring on more secondary character here.
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.
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 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 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
GOULEE MEDOC
Aromas of sweet tobacco, plums and cherries follow through to a medium body, firm and silky tannins and a fresh and bright finish. Juicy and flavourful.
LA RIOJA ALTA VINA ARANA 2014
Tempranillo and Graciano blend. Dark-cherry red with a garnet-red rim. High aromatic intensity, with outstanding notes of ripe red fruit, red berries, wild strawberries and plum jam, leading to tertiary aromas from meticulous aging in oak: vanilla,
