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The Crane Assembly Disciples 2019 Red Wine - California

Pouring a vivid cardinal into the glass, the 2019 Disciples is replete with aromas of cranberry compote, Rainier cherry, Staedtler graphite pencil and Mendocino forest floor - the combination of redwoods, sorels, sun and ocean spray. Upon entry, the... more

Tenuta Sette Cieli Indaco 2016 Red Wine - Italy

Malbec, Cabernet and Merlot come together perfectly in this stimulating, complex and structured wine, better expressing the complex and rich terroir with spicy and red-fruit aromas. Freshness, structure, persistence — this is a wine that preserves... more

Dei Sancta Catharina Toscana 2017 Red Wine - Italy

Sancta Catharina is a highly concentrated blend, combining the typical Sangiovese of the Montepulciano area with the fruitiness of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. A complex, fragrant wine, rich in aromas of black fruit, such as blueberry and blackberry... more

Di Lenardo Ronco Nole Uvaggio Rosso 2021 Red Wine - Italy

Intense ruby red in color. The palate reveals a wealth of soft with fine-grained tannins, great breadth of flavor, mouth-filling weight, and superb intensity. Blend: 50% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Refosco This is a little spicy and red-fruited... more

Umani Ronchi Pelago 2015 Red Wine - Italy

The name Pelago, deriving from pelagos, meaning ‘sea’ in ancient Greek, suggests its marine character and the special qualities of taste and aroma which are typical of wines produced near the coast. The 2015 Umani Ronchi Pelago lifts from the glass... more

Sportoletti Villa Fidelia Rosso 2016 Red Wine - Italy

A deep, glowing dark red, with refined and evolved aromas recalling sticky blackberry, tobacco, spices, liquorice and chocolate. Opulent and elegant in the mouth, rich in silky tannins, well integrated in the taste, inspiring a rich and persistent... more

Moulin de Gassac Pays d'Herault Pont de Gassac 2021 Red Wine - France

A deep ruby red wine with an expressive and complex nose. On the powerful and round palate, notes of red berries and warm tannins. Structured and balanced, it finishes with nice spices. Blend: 30% Syrah, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 10% Grenache more

Mas Martinet Clos Martinet Priorat 2019 Red Wine - Spain

Clos Martinet always has a very fine structure, it is made of fine and delicate tannins. The nose is voluptuous but in the mouth, it speaks to one of the elegance, the delicacy of the tannins and a final acidity and tension, always with a certain... more

Chateau Canon La Gaffeliere 2016 Red Wine - France

Blend: 55% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon The 2016 Canon La Gaffelière is just as striking from bottle as it was from barrel. Bright, intensely aromatic and precise, the 2016 has it all. Sweet red cherry, pomegranate, blood orange... more

Campo alle Comete Stupore Rosso 2017 Red Wine - Italy

Campo alle Comete Stupore is an intense ruby red color. On the nose fruity hints of fresh plum, sweet roasted cocoa and tobacco in addition to the balsamic aromas typical of Bolgheri's wines. On the palate it is dry, rich, and well balanced with ripe... more

Natte Valleij POW 2019 Red Wine - South Africa

Natte Valleij's old cape Dutch buildings have been home to quite a few interesting people. One of these was an Italian prisoner of war (P.o.w.) exiled to the Cape during the Second World War. The inscription P.o.w. B.t. 27/12/1943 is the only reminder... more

Knights Bridge KB Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 Red Wine - California

The aromas of this Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon begin with fragrant sweet red raspberry, cassis, and a warm undertone of mushrooms sauteed in butter. A wonderful mix of inviting flavors, including huckleberry pie, spice cake and toasty oak, expand... more

Justin Isosceles (375Ml half-bottle) 2019 Red Wine - California

Deep ruby/purple core with a black secondary color, and lighter toward the rim with moderate plus viscosity and slow-forming, moderately stained tears. Very aromatic and complex with ripe black cherry and cassis fruit, vanilla, cinnamon, and licorice... more

Buccia Nera Pa'Ro Rosso 2019 Red Wine - Italy

An intense impenetrable ruby red color. Clean, fascinating and complex, it opens with aromas of spices, licorice, pepper and coffee fused with hints of black berries, blackberry and blueberries, accompanied by delicate plum notes. On the palate, it is... more

Chateau Fonplegade 2020 Red Wine - France

Beautiful aromatics, vibrant, full of clarity and bright fruit delivery. Plum, blueberry, bursting with juicy life. Keeps delivering on the palate also, sprightly and vibrant, and soaked in limestone, wet stone personality. Has good depth of flavour,... more

Bodega Norton Privada 2019 Red Wine - Argentina

A deep red blend with rich aromas of black berries. Rich, smooth and elegant. With a lingering finish given by the integration of its three blends. Blend: 40% Malbec, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot Dusty cocoa powder and blackberries here, together... more

Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot 2020 Red Wine - France

Blend: 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, 2% Cabernet Sauvignon The 2020 Beau-Sejour Becot is a dense, powerful wine. A rush of black cherry, plum, chocolate, new leather, licorice, spice and sweet oak builds as this towering, vertically explosive... more

Guerrieri Rizzardi Clos Roareti Rosso Veronese 2018 Red Wine - Italy

Clos Roareti, Rizzardi's single-vineyard Merlot, comes from the historic monopole, Cru vineyard of Rovereti, in Negrar, Valpolicella. Merlot is perfectly suited to the climate and the red clay soil of this centuries-old walled vineyard. This... more

Hd V Belle Cousine 2016 Red Wine - California

Black and red currant emerge in the nose as hints of sweet, dry basil and black pepper cavort their way upwards. Herbal hues of cassis bud and thyme frame the flavors of dark chocolate, rich cherry, and sweet earth. In the background, complex strokes... more

Velenosi Ludi 2019 Red Wine - Italy

Intense ruby red color which tends to turn garnet with aging. The nose results deep and intense, with notes of full-ripened dark fruits, blackcurrants, cherries, licorice, graphite with a touch of balsamic notes Elegant on the palate, shows fine, soft... more

Selvapiana Villa Petrognano Pomino Rosso 2020 Red Wine - Italy

In the hills above the Sieve River valley, where Selvapiana and the rest of Chianti Rùfina are located, is a serene pine forest that holds the secret vineyards of Pomino Doc, owned by just two estates. Thanks to the friendship of Francesco Giuntini... more

Chateau Haut-Bailly II 2020 Red Wine - France

Blend: 54% Merlot, 46% Cabernet Sauvignon The 2020 Haut-Bailly II is superb. The tannins and overall structure are suggestive of an important Pessac-Léognan that is going to need time to come around. Dark blue/purplish fruit, lavender and menthol are... more

Val delle Rose Aurelio 2018 Red Wine - Italy

This is a big wine, jam packed with intense flavors thanks to a warm growing region and great attention to detail in the cellar. Oak aged for a long time, it has a dark color in the glass, shows strong character on the nose from intense fruit and wood.... more

Spring Valley Uriah 2018 Red Wine - Washington

This Uriah is packed with black cherry flavors. The mid pallet is focused on fine grained tannins and the finish is seamless. More Merlot-dominated, the 2018 Uriah is a complex blend of 46% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Franc, 17% Petit Verdot, and 14% Cabernet... more

L'Ecole 41 Walla Walla Valley Estate Merlot 2020 Red Wine - Washington

This expressive Merlot reveals opulent aromatics of dark cherry and blackberry, fresh Mission figs, savory cedar, and coffee bean, completed with rose and a touch of sage. Its ripe rich texture is laced with delicate graphite notes, along with dark... more

Justin Justification (1.5 Liter Magnum) 2017 Red Wine - California

Deep ruby/purple with black hue at the core and moderately stained tears on the glass. Very aromatic with ripe black, red cherry and blackcurrant fruit, vanilla and cinnamon spice with cedar, autumn leaves, oak, graphite, red licorice and cocoa. Full... more

Grounded Wine Co. Steady State Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 Red Wine - California

Broodingly deep ruby in color, 2016 Steady State shows fragrant notes of cassis buds, ripe red and black cherries, as well as warm, complex aromas of blackberry brambles, wild rosemary, and lavender. Intense and focused on the palate, the tannins are... more

Clos Apalta Le Petit Clos 2018 Red Wine - Chile

2018 vintage gave a generous production, healthy, of excellent flavor, with relatively moderate alcohol levels and more freshness. ng any rain allowing later varieties to be harvested at optimal maturation. It will be remembered as one of the greatest... more

Vivaltus La Fleur Vivaltus 2016 Red Wine - Spain

A fresh, elegant, and terse wine. 10% of the wine was aged in polymer egg-shaped tanks; this gives the final blend a floral, perfumed and elegant aroma of red fruits, with a full, lively body. It is a contemporary wine, from high-altitude vineyards in... more

Storybook Mountain Four Reds 2018 Red Wine - California

This wine is a lighter, more accessible, but well-structured version of our traditional Cabernet, with the true Bordeaux traits of herbs and forest floor to go with its berry fruit. It remains typically Storybook in its clean, focused mouth feel, that... more

Chateau Rouget 2020 Red Wine - France

The wines are smooth and fruity, and have a beautiful concentration, with tension and a lot of freshness. 2020 presents itself as an attractive, charming and accessible vintage, combining the roundness of 2018, and the fresh and velvety tannins of... more

Avennia Gravura 2020 Red Wine - Washington

The 2020 Avennia Gravura features notes of plum, black cherry, red currants, licorice, violet petals, pomegranate, cocoa powder, and pencil shavings. This wine has a firmly knit structure, and beautiful long finish, with dark red fruits, milk... more

L'Ecole 41 Pepper Bridge Vineyard Apogee 2020 Red Wine - Washington

This single-vineyard Bordeaux blend presents intense aromas of black currant, fresh tobacco, rose petals, cocoa, and earth with subtle hints of graphite and spearmint. Flavors of mocha, nutmeg, and thyme are featured prominently on the elegantly... more

Crosby Roamann Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 Red Wine - California

The wine displays a depth of complexity, purity of fruit and concentration, with wholly absorbing and intriguing flavors of wood smoke, boysenberry, vanilla, milk chocolate, and cherry cola, with sweet tannins that finish on notes of ripe raspberry and... more

Tenuta Sette Cieli Noi 4 2015 Red Wine - Italy

Noi4 (noy-kwah-tro) translates to “the four of us.� It represents the four members of the Ratti family, and is used at the entrance of their property. Noi4 was also the fourth wine added to Tenuta Sette Cieli’s portfolio and there was a team of... more

Mas Martinet Bru Priorat 2019 Red Wine - Spain

Martinet Bru is the door to Priorat. It is a wine of the times, more accessible in every sense. The estates where it comes from receive the south-west wind called garbinada, a humid sea breeze known for cooling the last hours of the hottest summer... more

Chateau Picque-Caillou 2019 Red Wine - France

Chateau Picque-Caillou is a vibrant red color. Intense nose of spices, red fruits and vanilla. Medium-bodied in the mouth with red cherries, cassis, and lightly grilled oak flavors. Silky tannins and nice long finish. Sustainable and organic practices... more

Cadence Cara Mia Vineyard Camerata 2019 Red Wine - Washington

Minerality, plums and blueberries. Strikingly seamless already at this young age and like Camerata just builds effortlessly from the deep berry front to glorious tannins that linger on a long finish. Power and complexity, grace and balance, an epic... more