Bodegas Borsao Tres Picos Garnacha
A remarkably smooth concoction of dark chocolate and leathery berries. It's a wine made to curl up with in a battered old leather armchair beside a flickering fire with a good book or some old crooner playing on slightly crackly vinyl.Although it works equally well with a spot of Stormsy!
£20.00
| Body | Full-bodied |
|---|---|
| Colour / Style | Red |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Campo de Borja |
| Grape | Grenache/Garnacha |
| Production method | Sustainable |
| Dietary | Vegetarian |
| Pack detail | 75cl |
| ABV | ABV 15% |
Inici Priorat, Merum Priorati
A rich and intense aroma of black cherry, liquorice and toasty oak. Ripe plum, rosemary and vanilla characteristics on the poised palate with smooth yet powerful tannins. Notes of leather and spice on the finish.
£31.00
| Body | Full-bodied |
|---|---|
| Colour / Style | Red |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Priorat |
| Grape | Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Grenache/Garnacha, Carignan, Syrah |
| Pack detail | 75cl |
| ABV | ABV 15% |
Prà Morandina Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso
Take the dried fruit power of Amarone and blend it with the freshness of Valpolicella - an iron fist in a velvet, no silky, glove!
£35.00
| Body | Medium-bodied |
|---|---|
| Colour / Style | Red |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Grape | Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella |
| Production method | Organic |
| Dietary | Vegetarian, Vegan |
| Pack detail | 75cl |
| ABV | ABV 15.5% |
Domaine de Mourchon – Grande Réserve
The bigger sibling of Mourchon's Tradition Séguret Côtes du Rhône Villages, this one includes a little more Syrah and just under half of the wine is matured in oak casks to producer a more powerful, yet smooth and complex wine.Made at the vineyard of friends of Guy’s, the McKinlay family,
£22.00
| Body | Full-bodied |
|---|---|
| Colour / Style | Red |
| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône |
| Blend | 65% Grenache / 35 % Syrah |
| Production method | Organic, Sustainable, Oaked |
| Pack detail | 75cl |
| ABV | ABV 15% |
Domaine de Mourchon Châteauneuf-du-Pape
This beautiful ruby ??color has a harmonious nose with spicy notes on red fruit and fig jam. The mouth is rich and elegant with a mineral touch, the finish is fresh and balanced.
£36.00
| Body | Full-bodied |
|---|---|
| Colour / Style | Red |
| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône |
| Grape | Syrah/Shiraz, Grenache/Garnacha, Mourvedre / Mataro / Monastrell |
| Production method | Oaked |
| Pack detail | 75cl |
| ABV | ABV 15% |
Bodegas Borsao Zarihs
A total power-driver of a wine.
£22.00
| Body | Full-bodied |
|---|---|
| Colour / Style | Red |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Campo de Borja |
| Grape | Syrah/Shiraz |
| Production method | Sustainable |
| Pack detail | 75cl |
| ABV | ABV 15% |
Musella Amarone
Take a light, red wine variety such as Valpolicella. But dry the grapes for months after harvest until they have halved in weight. Press them gently and ferment the incredibly concentrated, raisiny juice. Then mature that wine for a year in oak barrels and vats. Deep, delicious Amarone is the
£50.00
| Body | Full-bodied |
|---|---|
| Colour / Style | Red |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Blend | 45% Corvina / 50% Corvinone / 5% Rondinella / 5% Oseleta |
| Production method | Organic, Biodynamic |
| Dietary | Vegetarian, Vegan |
| Pack detail | 75cl |
| ABV | ABV 15.5% |
Immortelle Rivesaltes Grenat
Rivesaltes Grenat is a sweet wine that expresses the fruitiness by compromising between the round weight and balance of the wine and the complex elegance. "Rivesaltes Grenat" is made of 100% Grenache and has been stored 6 months in the bottle before it goes on sale.
£28.00
| Body | Full-bodied |
|---|---|
| Colour / Style | Red, Sweet / Dessert |
| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc & South West France |
| Grape | Grenache/Garnacha |
| Pack detail | 50cl |
| ABV | ABV 16.5% |
Finca Moncloa Tintilla de Rota
100% Tintilla de Rota aged for 18 months in French oak. This naturally sweet surprises due to its dark red colour and notes of mature cherry and violets. The wine is smooth, silky and persistent with flavours of red fruits, honey, coffee and wood.
£55.00
| Body | Full-bodied |
|---|---|
| Colour / Style | Red, Sweet / Dessert |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Andalucia |
| Grape | Graciano, Tintilla de Rota |
| Pack detail | 50cl |
| ABV | ABV 15% |
La Durbane, Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2006
This glorious wine comes from old vines aged 60 years on average, planted on parcels of Chateauneuf-du-Pap’s iconic terroir – galets roulés (pebbles rolled and rounded on the bed of the post-glacial Rhône which absorb the sun’s heat during the long, hot summer days and continue to ripen the grapes
£59.00
| Body | Full-bodied |
|---|---|
| Colour / Style | Red |
| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône |
| Pack detail | 75cl |
| ABV | ABV 15% |
Daschbosch Old Vine Hanepoot, Breedekloof 2016
The Hanepoot grapes for this wine are from timeworn, gnarly vines which bear a meagre yield, the vines are over 120 yeras old (South Africa only started recording vine age from 1900). Small bunches of concentrated and perfumed Muscat d’Alexandrie fruit are hand harvested, the juice fortified with a pure
£16.00
| Body | Full-bodied |
|---|---|
| Colour / Style | Sweet / Dessert |
| Country | South Africa |
| Region | Western Cape |
| Pack detail | 75cl |
Breton Beaumes de Venise
Breton “Noir” reveals notes of red fruits and spices. Dapper and fresh, this gourmet red is made from a grenache and syrah blend.
£18.00
| Body | Medium-bodied |
|---|---|
| Colour / Style | Red |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence & South East France |
| Pack detail | 75cl |
| ABV | ABV 15% |
Klinker Brick Lodi Brickmason Red Blend
Creamy, spicy and voluptuous on the nose, there's tons of blueberry and plum fruit, before the palate that is sweet-fruited and Christmas-cake spiced, rich and full, but with a fairly firm tannin background and cherry-pit acidity giving more spice and savouriness on the finish.
£20.00
| Body | Full-bodied |
|---|---|
| Colour / Style | Red |
| Country | USA |
| Region | California |
| Grape | Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Sirah, Primitivo/Zinfandel, Syrah |
| Blend | 80% Zinfandel / 10% Syrah / 5% Cabernet Sauvignon / 5% Petite Sirah |
| Pack detail | 75cl |
| ABV | ABV 15% |
La Durbane, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
Less well-known than the famous reds, Chateauneuf-du-Pape’s whites are less than 5% of the region’s production. However it was the (pure) white that the pope drank when he lived here back in the 14th Century, from which both the village and the wine region takes their name.
£50.00
Château Maris ‘La Touge’
Notes of black fruits, blackcurrant. Inky purple on the glass. La Touge has a full-bodied richness, a beautifully integrated acidity, ripe tannins and no hard edges. It is mellow and sleek, with juicy tannins.
£21.00
| Body | Full-bodied |
|---|---|
| Colour / Style | Red |
| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc & South West France |
| Grape | Syrah/Shiraz, Grenache/Garnacha, Carignan |
| Production method | Organic, Biodynamic, Sustainable |
| ABV | ABV 15% |
Belle Glos ‘Clark & Telephone’ Pinot Noir
Deep ruby red in colour with scarlet highlights, Clark & Telephone opens with bountiful aromas of red fruits of cranberry and raspberry jam, laced with clove, cedar, and holiday baking spices. Bold and complex flavours of crushed ripe cherry, cranberry and blueberry pie linger on the palate. The texture is
£62.00
| Body | Full-bodied |
|---|---|
| Colour / Style | Red |
| Country | USA |
| Region | California |
| Grape | Pinot Noir |
| Pack detail | 75cl |
| ABV | ABV 15% |
Dalton Estate Petite Sirah
Petite Sirah is a dark rich wine, the nose is richly aromatic with notes of lavender, black olives and vanilla, with notes of old world complexity. The wine velvety on the palate and has a long creamy finish.
£24.00
| Body | Full-bodied |
|---|---|
| Colour / Style | Red |
| Country | Israel |
| Grape | Petite Sirah |
| Dietary | Kosher |
| Pack detail | 75cl |
| ABV | ABV 15% |
Domaine Coudoulis ‘Evidence’ Lirac Rouge
Incredible wine! Ripe and mouth filling. Featuring delicious flavours of plum sauce fig paste and steeped blackcurrants woven with modest toast and supported by hints of cocoa.
£22.00
| Body | Full-bodied |
|---|---|
| Colour / Style | Red |
| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône |
| Grape | Grenache/Garnacha, Mourvedre / Mataro / Monastrell, Syrah |
| Production method | Sustainably farmed |
| Pack detail | 75cl |
| ABV | ABV 15% |