Red Wine By Region

Made from Portugal’s top red grape varietal, Touriga Nacional, and aged for six months in oak barrels for an exquisite richness in aroma, body and texture.

Catlo Volpi’s organic sangiovese from high altitude vineyards in Le Marche is a fruit driven red that makes for perfect summer drinking.

Made from low-yielding Grenache vines averaging over 70 years of age for a delicious example of how good modern Spanish winemaking gets.

A sumptuous blend of Sangiovese and Merlot from one of Chianti's most ancient estates, representing over 5 centuries of Siennese winemaking. Loves grilled red meats, game, mature cheeses.

A lovely pinot noir from the Languedoc made by Burgundian Bruno Lafon and at a fraction of the price of red from the Cote d'Or or Cote Chalonnaise.

A great example from Saint-Gervais - one of the best Côtes-du-Rhône Villages. A blend of ripe syrah and grenache and is gloriously rich and jammy.

A silky merlot blend from the Côtes de Castillon to deliciously demonstrate just how good - and ageworthy - the wines of Bordeaux's more affordable regions have become.

From one of the best Estates in the Côtes de Bourg – ticks all the ‘affordable claret boxes. Rich forward and perfect for drinking now. Great value.

From 3rd-growth Château Giscours (Margaux) and sumptuous, abundant, well-balanced proof that you need not always pay £20+ for a bottle of Left Bank pedigree and finesse.

The warm 2018 vintage is now drinking deliciously in de la Jasse's opulent flagship cuvée. From specially selected Cabernet parcels and the ultimate with BBQ/grilled red meats.

From the wine making team at Château Clinet in Pomerol and so good that the proprietor Ronan Laborde named it after himself. Luscious merlot that is at its peak now.

An earthy, opulent, authentic expression of Cabernet Sauvignon from the Languedoc.

Domaine les Grands Bois was recommended to us as the best local grower by the owner of the best bistro in Cairanne, itself the best of the 21 Cotes-du-Rhone villages.

In a sheltered valley at the foot of Monte Amiato, the highest mountain in Tuscany, the wines benefit from the very rich mineral soil of this extinct volcano.  

An unoaked blend of cinsault, syrah and cabernet sauvignon with the same heart and soul as the Hochar while being a bit fresher, fruitier, and lighter.

A high quality claret from the great 2010 vintage, when the growing season and harvest in Bordeaux were as close to perfect as it gets.

Here's an outstanding Vacqueyras with complex flavours of ripe, blackcurrant fruit, strawberry jam and hints of spice. Smooth and rich on the palate, with soft tannins. 

"It’s a real treat to get full mature red Bordeaux from such a fine vintage for such a fair price."

This is a great advertisement for the vintage - nicely developed, but also with plenty of presence and stuffing, partnering ripe, luscious cassis fruit, with maturity adding layers of cedar.

Château Ramafort is in cracking form. The Cru Bourgeois estate, once belonged to Château Lafite. A 50/50 blend of cabernet sauvignon and merlot.

A sumptuous shiraz/pinotage blend from the seabreezed vineyards in the Hemel-en-Aarde valley where many of the finest South African wines are made. Rhone-like structure and depth of flavour.

A perfectly mature 'mini-super-Tuscan' blend of sangiovese, cab franc and merlot and without the super-Tuscan price. Almost two decades on, it's full of delicious nuance, complexity - and life.

"A single vineyard blend of Tempranillo and Graciano from one of the finest of all producers, it had two years in oak..."

Mercurey is among the finest villages in the Cote Chalonnaise and Château de Chamirey, with a third of its grapes Premier Cru, makes theirs one of the best value red ...