Cuvées

Chateau Latour

4.9

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Chateau LatourBordeaux$$$$$$$$$$Still Red

The most structured and austere of the Pauillac first-growths. The L'Enclos parcel of old-vine Cabernet Sauvignon delivers extraordinary concentration and mineral tension; legendary longevity requires patience of decades.

Château Margaux

5.0

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Romantic

Château MargauxBordeaux€€€€€€€€€€Still Red

The most perfumed of the Médoc first growths: haunting floral aromatics of roses and violets above a core of concentrated cassis, extraordinary saline minerality, and tannins demanding decades of patience.

Grand Vin de Léoville du Marquis de Las Cases

4.9

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Château Léoville-Las CasesBordeaux€€€€€€€€€€Still Red

One of the great super-seconds of Bordeaux: extraordinarily concentrated cassis fruit with almost first-growth precision, dense tannins demanding patient cellaring of 15 or more years.

Chateau La Nerthe Cuvee des Cadettes Rouge

4.8

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Chateau La NertheRhone Valley€€€€€€€€€Still Red

The prestige red Chateauneuf of La Nerthe; Mourvedre-accented, deeply inky, and firmly structured, requiring time in bottle to reveal its complexity.

Clos Saint-Jean Deus-Ex Machina

4.9

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Clos Saint-JeanRhone Valley€€€€€€€€€Still Red

An extraordinarily powerful, densely concentrated Chateauneuf with coffee, dark fruit, and iron; a long-ageing prestige cuvee made in exceptional years only.

Cornas Reynard

5.0

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Thierry AllemandRhone Valley€€€€€€€€€Still Red

Cote-Rotie La Landonne

5.0

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

E. GuigalRhone Valley€€€€€€€€€€Still Red

The most powerful and structured of the trilogy. Pure Syrah from the Cote Brune iron-rich soils delivers a wine of granite-and-iron intensity that demands decades.

Domaine du Pegau Cuvee da Capo

5.0

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Low acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Domaine du PegauRhone Valley€€€€€€€€€€Still Red

Made only in exceptional years from the oldest Grenache vines at Pegau; an extreme, deeply concentrated Chateauneuf of extraordinary power and longevity.

Hermitage Les Bessards

4.7

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Delas FreresRhone Valley€€€€€€€€€Still Red

From the Les Bessards parcel, the most powerful and concentrated section of the Hermitage hill. Delas produces one of the appellation's most structured and age-worthy wines from this iconic site.

Aalto PS

4.9

Dry · Contemplative · Elegant

Bodegas AaltoRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€€Still Red

Briego Infidel

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Bodegas BriegoRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red

The prestige single-parcel cuvee from Briego, with concentrated black fruit, dark chocolate and graphite from old vines on chalky limestone, aged 20 months in new French oak.

Capellanes El Picon

4.9

Dry · Contemplative · Elegant

Pago de los CapellanesRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€€Still Red

Carmelo Rodero TSM

4.7

Dry · Contemplative · Elegant

Bodegas Carmelo RoderoRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red

Emina Atio

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Bodegas EminaRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red

Emina's prestige single-vineyard Atio from the best Peñafiel parcels: concentrated cassis, graphite and cedar from 22 months in new French oak, with polished tannins and long potential.

Gran Arzuaga

4.7

Dry · Contemplative · Elegant

Bodegas Arzuaga NavarroRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€€Still Red

La Mala

4.9

Dry · Contemplative · Elegant

Dominio de AtautaRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€€Still Red

Legaris Premium

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold

LegarisRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red

Legaris Premium is a concentrated, structured single-vineyard selection aged 22 months in new French oak, with intense cassis, graphite and violet from old Tinto Fino at Curiel de Duero.

Llanos del Almendro

4.8

Dry · Contemplative · Savoury

Dominio de AtautaRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red

Matallana

4.8

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Matallana (Telmo Rodriguez)Ribera del Duero€€€€€€€€€Still Red

Telmo Rodriguez's single-vineyard flagship from old Tinto Fino parcels in the Valladolid sector, applying his philosophy of terroir transparency and minimal intervention to produce a concentrated, mineral, age-worthy red.

Mauro VS

4.9

Dry · Contemplative · Elegant

Bodegas MauroRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€€Still Red

Pesus

4.9

Dry · Contemplative · Elegant

Bodegas Hermanos SastreRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€€Still Red

Pingus

5.0

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Dominio de PingusRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€€€Still Red

A micro-production Tinto Fino from single old-vine parcels in La Horra, characterised by intense concentration of dark fruit, mineral depth and dense, ripe tannins that reward long cellaring.

Portia Triennia

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Bodegas PortiaRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red

Portia's prestige Triennia label from a single selected parcel: concentrated cassis, violet, graphite and cedar from 22 months in new French oak, representing the Gumiel de Izán terroir at its most concentrated and cellar-worthy.

Pradorey Finca Valdelayegua

4.7

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold

PradoreyRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€€Still Red

Pradorey's prestige single-vineyard expression from the Valdelayegua parcel: cassis, violet and incense with graphite and licorice depth from 24 months in new French oak.

Protos Seleccion

4.7

Dry · Contemplative · Elegant

Bodegas ProtosRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red

Tarsus Quintus

4.7

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Bodegas TarsusRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red

The prestige Quintus label from Tarsus: concentrated cassis, violet and graphite from new French oak and old vines at La Horra, with polished, age-worthy tannins at the highest tier.

Tinus

4.8

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Garcia FigueroRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red

Garcia Figuero's prestige single-vineyard selection: concentrated cassis, violet and graphite from the estate's best old-vine parcel at La Horra, aged 20 months in new French oak and released only in exceptional vintages.

Torresilo

4.6

Dry · Contemplative · Elegant

Bodegas Cillar de SilosRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red

Trus Tramonte

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Bodegas TrusRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red

Trus's prestige old-vine selection aged 22 months in new French oak with cassis, espresso and graphite; structured and age-worthy from the best parcels of the western sector.

Vizcarra Ines

4.8

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Bodegas VizcarraRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red

Vizcarra's prestige old-vine parcel wine, named for the estate founder's grandmother. Dense black fruit, graphite and espresso from 20 months in new French oak, with exceptional freshness for this concentration level.

Vizcarra Ramos Torralvo

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Bodegas Vizcarra RamosRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red

Torralvo is the prestige old-vine single-parcel selection from Vizcarra Ramos, with concentrated cassis, violet, graphite and cedar from 22 months in oak and the estate's oldest vines.

Feudo Montoni Vrucara

4.8

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Feudo MontoniSicily€€€€€€€€Still Red

Vrucara is from Feudo Montoni's oldest pre-phylloxera Nero d'Avola vines in the high plateau of central Sicily: austere, iron-mineral, demanding years in bottle to reveal its full complexity.

Gulfi Nerobufaleffj

4.7

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative

GulfiSicily€€€€€€€€Still Red

The Bufaleffj contrada produces Gulfi's most powerful Nero d'Avola: dense, iron-mineral, dark-fruited and structured with high tannins needing several years to integrate.

Mandrarossa Timperosse

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Settesoli MandrarossaSicily€€€€€€€Still Red

Mandrarossa's Timperosse is one of the rare 100% Petit Verdot bottlings outside Bordeaux: in Sicily's heat the variety reaches complete ripeness, producing an inky, dense and powerfully structured wine with extraordinary colour and longevity.

Tasca d'Almerita Rosso del Conte

4.8

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Tasca d'AlmeritaSicily€€€€€€€€Still Red

Sicily's most historic prestige red: Tasca's Rosso del Conte blends Nero d'Avola with Perricone from the Regaleali plateau, aged two years in large oak. It is the island's longest-established benchmark for structured, age-worthy Sicilian reds.

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Guerrieri RizzardiVeneto€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito

Guerrieri Rizzardi's Amarone expresses the Classico zone from an estate with over 350 years of Valpolicella history. The extended appassimento (drying) of Corvina and Corvinone grapes concentrates flavour into a wine of great intensity. Three years in Slavonian botti soften the tannins while preserving the dried-fruit character.

Italo Cescon Raboso Piave DOC

4.3

Dry · Medium-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Bold

Italo CesconVeneto€€€€€Still Red

Raboso Piave is one of Italy's most ancient and austere red grapes, native to the Piave river plains in Treviso province. Italo Cescon has championed its rehabilitation since the 1960s. High tannin and acid give the wine its characteristic austerity, but serious age-worthiness.

Maculan Fratta Breganze Rosso

4.7

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

MaculanVeneto€€€€€€€€Still Red

Fratta is Maculan's Bordeaux-inspired flagship red, one of northeastern Italy's landmark wines. A Cabernet-Merlot blend aged 18 months in new French oak, it rivals top Veneto reds in complexity and ageing potential. Fausto Maculan was among the first producers in the Veneto to vinify Bordeaux varieties at serious quality levels.

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