Rich & Fruity Reds
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Pietraluna Negroamaro del Salento
From the same stable as Anarkos, but made from 100% Negroamaro grapes. This is, without doubt, the best vintage of this wine to date.
It’s rich and full of spicey, chocolatey flavours. Maybe a hint of ginger. Going to be on our table this Easter, for sure.
Other Single Varietal Red
Rich & Fruity Reds
Italy
2020
750 ml
13-13.5%Regular Price:
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Domaine Laffitte Malbec
Fancy a red with bags of flavour but light on the old alcohol? Look no further.
Malbec? Tick!
Lots of flavour? Tick!
Light on the old alcohol? Tick!
Other Single Varietal RedRich & Fruity RedsFrance2023750 ml11%-12.5%£12.00
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Dolcetto delle Langhe La Fusina
Another top find from a hunting mission at Vinitaly; having found my favourite Barolo, I then tasted all their other wines and no surprise they we all lovely! Another single vineyard beauty from the Abbona family. I have long enjoyed the Dolcetto grape variety for its cherry-like flavours and freshness, quite a contrast to Barolo. No lengthy aging, no oak aging just vibrant fruit but still with grip.
Other Single Varietal RedRich & Fruity RedsItaly2019750 ml13-13.5%£12.50
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Passole Nero d’Avola/Merlot di Sicilia,
This is a really successful blend of Nero d’Avola and Merlot bringing out the best of both varietals in a wine that is better than the sum of its two parts. The lovely rich but slightly light NdA bulked up a bit by rich and soft Merlot. It undergoes a slight “Ripasso” treatment. “Da uve leggermente appassite” as they say. This gives it extra oomph. Good depth, nice and silky.
Red BlendsRich & Fruity RedsItaly2022750 ml14%+£12.75
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Barbera delle Lange La Fusina
This single vineyard beauty from the Abbona family is made from the Barbera grape.
Other Single Varietal RedRich & Fruity RedsItaly2019750 ml13-13.5%£13.50
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Anarkos Rosso di Puglia
Anarkos Rosso di Puglia
The label is attention-seeking, as is the bright red plastic cork (not my favourite closure, I must admit, but the wine insisted I buy it! The wine has attitude and is a provocative one, railing against the plight of the region (see their website). The region reminds me of the Languedoc in France – loads of rubbish wines but increasing numbers of fanatics making really top wines as they should be made. This was one of my favourite winery visits af the last few years. The wine is made from a blend of the local varieties Primitivo, Negro Amaro and Malvasia Nera and should be consumed in conspiratorial bars in the south of Italy with huge helpings of pasta.
Previous vintages recommended; Recommended in The Daily Telegraph: “another one of Mark Hughes’ brilliant finds. Absolutely delicious blend of Primitivo, Negro Amaro and Malvasia. Lush and plush like velvet, also juicy, scented, intense, rich brimming with the smell of violets, deep purple plums and bitter cherries. Such a joy!
Recommended by Oz Clarke as one of his 250 best wines of 2012: “an excellent example of how southern Italian reds are starting to express their own fabulous originality. It’s bulging with youth and it’s soft, yet tempered by a nice edgy bitterness.”Other Single Varietal RedRich & Fruity RedsItaly2019750 ml13-13.5%£14.00
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Sanguinhal Estate Touriga Nacional Portuguese Red
Single Estate red from 100% Touriga Nacional grapes. I did taste the various blends at this quality level, but my personal taste was for this pure indigenous varietal which reeks of Portugal. Lovely deep, rich colour. An almost perfumed nose and a soft, smooth palate. Jolly nice!
Other Single Varietal RedRich & Fruity RedsPortugal2019750 ml13-13.5%£15.00
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One day I will be an icon – by Jeff Carrel
A Gold-Medal winner from Jeff Carrel. This is Jeff’s best go at a Syrah and I’m sure it will be recognised as the iconic wine he hopes it to be one day. It is rich and chocolatey with deep but not agressive tannins,
Shiraz/SyrahRich & Fruity RedsFrance2020750 ml14%+£19.50
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Lucien Lardy Moulin-à-Vent Les Thorins 2021
A hugely exciting new range of Cru Beaujolais specially brought in to give us all a vinous Christmas treat, but don’t wait for Christmas.
Lucien is Laura’s dad. Quality runs in the family! His Moulin-à-Vent differs from the other Crus in this range in that it is a bit deeper, richer, more structured and has a more Burgundian feel about it. More cherries and red fruit than parma violets. Certainly one to go with the Sunday Roast or Christmas Dinner.
GamayRich & Fruity RedsFrance2021750 ml13-13.5%£20.00
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Rioja Florentino Martinez Maturana Tinta
You spend a lifetime in the wine trade never having heard of Maturana Tinta and then two turn up at once! This time a younger version and we allowed dark chocolate to dissolve on our tongues whilst sipping this…delicious!
Other Single Varietal RedRich & Fruity RedsSpain2020750 ml14%+£23.00
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Fellone Primitivo di Puglia
Maybe one for sipping into the early hours after all your guests have gone home……
If you thought Anarkos was good, then here’s his big, big brother! Simply put, this red wine is delicious and if ever you doubted you would spend over £20 a bottle on a red wine from southern Italy, then doubt no more. It is made only in exceptional vintages (a bit like Vintage Port) when climatic conditions allow a long, late maturity in the vineyard and the resultant wine has a hint of natural sweetness to balance its rich red fruit.
Drink now to end 2030.
Other Single Varietal RedRich & Fruity RedsItaly2020750 ml14%+£24.00
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Laura Lardy Fleurie Les Côtes -sorry OOS, but try Laura’s dad’s Moulin-a-Vent.
A hugely exciting new range of Cru Beaujolais specially brought in to give us all a vinous Christmas treat, but don’t wait for Christmas.
Fleurie (along with Moulin-à-Vent and Morgon) are my favourite villages in Beaujolais and to repeat an often-told tale; I tasted over 120 different Fleurie producers at the Paris Wine Trade Fair and Laura’s was my stand-out by a long way.
Jean-Michel Dupré’s Morgon at £17 a bottle represents my best memory of what a top Crus Beaujolais should taste like. Then along comes Laura’s Fleurie which is like a turbo-charged version. So full of fruit and powerful “parma violet” flavours and with a structure which comes from eight months aging in large wooden casks before bottling. I can’t think of a finer example of Cru Beaujolais which can be drunk now and which will also age beautifully for a few more years yet.
Drink this with a wide variety of foods; rich fish dishes, meats, cheeses. Maybe just avoid anything too spicey.
Fleurie (along with Moulin-à-Vent and Morgon) are my favourite villages in Beaujolais and to repeat an often-told tale; I tasted over 120 different Fleurie producers at the Paris Wine Trade Fair and Laura’s was my stand-out by a long way.
GamayRich & Fruity RedsFrance2021750 ml11%-12.5%
Organic
£24.00
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