Come on you Reds
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Aromo, Carmenere, Maule, 2022
Carmenere is Chile’s point of difference when it comes to reds and we have missed having one for the last few months. This is a very good example: straightforward, unoaked and fruit-forward with a slight herbaceous, green pepper edge to the blackberry and dark cherry fruit. Smooth but full of character. Now-2027
ColourRed
RegionMaule
GrowerAromo
Grape VarietyCarmenere
Vintage2022
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
ClosureScrewcap
CodeARO622
La Croisade, Pinot Noir, IGP Pays d'Oc, 2025
Slow cooked rabbit with a sauce enriched with bacon and mustard was Gareth’s grandfather’s favourite. He’d have probably washed it down with a pint of bitter but this juicy, fruity Pinot from the south of France would be more traditional across the channel. Poached strawberries, red cherries and just a hint of chocolate. Bistro wine for bistro cooking. Now-2027
ColourRed
RegionPays d'Oc
GrowerLa Croisade
Grape VarietyPinot Noir
Vintage2025
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
ClosureScrewcap
CodeAGW725
Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir
Origins
- Ancient vine, perhaps 2,000 years old
Distant origins in France - first documented mention in France in 1375
Characteristics
- Finicky grape: notoriously difficult to grow (which is partly why it is hugely intriguing to New World...
Chateau de la Greniere, Lussac St Emilion, Cuvee de la Chartreuse, 2019
"Full bottle 1,407 g. Certified sustainable (HVE). 40% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Cabernet Franc. Aged in 40% new oak, 40% first refill and 20% third use. Classic bordeaux profile (yes, blackcurrant; yes, cigar). Refined, ripe dark fruit with gravitas; sylvan tannins; birch and box leaf. Lovely mid-palate succulence. Gentile. 16.5/20, 2024-2028", Tamlyn Currin, jancisrobinson.com, 20th December 2024"
A much lauded wine: Coup de Cœur in La Coupe des Crus de...
ColourRed
RegionBordeaux
Sub RegionLussac Saint-Emilion
Grape VarietyMerlot, Cabernet Sauvignon & Cabernet Franc
Vintage2019
ABV14%
Bottle75
CodeGRN119
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Francis a parent of Cabernet Sauvignon.
A cross of it with Sauvignon Blanc resulted in Cabernet Sauvignon. Cabernet Franc tends to be softer and has less tannins than Cabernet Sauvignon, although the two can be difficult to distinguish. Many of the red wines of the Loire are primarily Cabernet Franc.
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Jancis Robinson
We get super excited when Jancis Robinson (or one of her team) write about our wine!
Voted the world's most influential wine critic in polls in the US, France and internationally in 2018, Jancis views herself as a wine writer rather than a wine critic.
She writes daily for JancisRobinson.com and weekly for the Financial Times. She is founder-editor of The Oxford Companion...
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Chateau Barrejat, Madiran, Tradition, 2024
Game pie is often a dish greater than the sum of its parts, but even the best examples have a charming rusticity. It demands a robust country red such as Denis Capmartin’s Madiran which will need no introduction to most SVS customers. The 2024, which hails from a cooler vintage than the preceding 2022, has a new modern label and is a little lighter in style, but it still has plenty of spicy damson and cassis fruit and ripe, food-friendly tannins. 12.5%. Now-2029
ColourRed
RegionMadiran
GrowerDenis Capmartin
Grape VarietyTannat, Cabernet Franc & Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage2024
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeBAJ124
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Francis a parent of Cabernet Sauvignon.
A cross of it with Sauvignon Blanc resulted in Cabernet Sauvignon. Cabernet Franc tends to be softer and has less tannins than Cabernet Sauvignon, although the two can be difficult to distinguish. Many of the red wines of the Loire are primarily Cabernet Franc.
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Eight Gates, Cinsault, Breedekloof, 2024
This is from a four hectare plot on Carlo’s home farm in Breedekloof. 50% whole bunch fermentation, aged for nine months in oak barrels of varied ages and sizes. Slightly darker and more full-bodied than the Cecilia Cinsault, it has bramble, dark cherry and violet fruit alongside notes of dried wild herbs – the locals would term this ‘fynbos’ and it is similar to the ‘garrigue’ notes of the Languedoc. A serious Cinsault that will take on venison or other game beautifully. 13%. No...
ColourRed
RegionTulbagh
GrowerEight Gates
Grape VarietyCinsault
Vintage2024
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeEGT624
Eight Gates, Breedekloof
Eight Gates is all about Kolja Stürmer and Carlo Suter, two friends who met over thirty years ago while attending the German International School in Cape Town. Kolja went on to a have a career in finance, Carlo stayed closer to home on his family farm in Breedekloof becoming a viticulturalist, winemaker and cooper, supplying several famous winemakers such as Peter Walser of BlankBottle...
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Domaine des Espiers, Cotes du Rhone, 2023
A blend of three varieties grown in a single 4.5 hectare plot, organically cultivated since 1996, 60% Grenache and 20% each of Syrah and Mourvèdre, fermented in concrete. “Vin Biologique et Nature” it says on the back label, emphasising Philippe Cartoux’s commitment to organics and reducing sulphur in his wines. This has a lustrous, ruby red hue; offers a scent of crushed red fruit and roses; and then delivers a joyous and juicy mouthful of raspberry, mulberry and damson flavours....
ColourRed
RegionRhone
GrowerEspiers
Grape VarietyGrenache Noir
Vintage2023
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
MethodOrganic
CodeESP123
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Come on you Reds
Includes two bottles of each of the below wines
Great choice of good-value wines in the January sales. The website is really easy to use to make up an order. Delivery, as is often the case, was within 24 hours and, as usual, was well-packed.Read More
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