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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Thierry AllemandRhone Valley€€€€€€€€€Still Red
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.
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.
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.
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Bodegas AaltoRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€€Still Red
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.
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Pago de los CapellanesRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€€Still Red
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Bodegas Carmelo RoderoRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
ComengeRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Pago de CarraovejasRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€€Still Red
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.
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Bodegas Felix CallejoRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Bodegas Arzuaga NavarroRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€€Still Red
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Hacienda MonasterioRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€€Still Red
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Dominio de AtautaRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€€Still Red
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.
Dry · Contemplative · Savoury
Dominio de AtautaRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Bodegas Emilio MoroRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€€Still Red
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Bodegas Emilio MoroRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€€Still Red
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.
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Bodegas MauroRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€€Still Red
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Bodegas Perez PascuasRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€€Still Red
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Bodegas Hermanos SastreRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€€Still Red
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.
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.
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.
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Bodegas ProtosRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Bodegas ProtosRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red
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.
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.
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Bodegas Cillar de SilosRibera del Duero€€€€€€€€Still Red
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.