Cuvées

Amphora de Cobija del Pobre

4.4

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Fruity · Funky

Almázcara MajaraBierzo€€€€€€€€Still Red

Deeply coloured and layered, an explosion of ripe fruit salad with no wood or toast, round, moreish and broad with a fine, very elegant close.

La Senda del Diablo

4.4

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Rustic

Losada Vinos de FincaBierzo€€€€€€€Still Red

Dark, bright and deep in colour and unmistakably varietal, with impressive fruit expression, fully ripe tannins and a long, earthy, elegant close.

Viernes Mencía

4.1

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Bodegas y Viñedos GodeliaBierzo€€€€€Still Red

Deep cherry with a violet rim, an intense nose of wild fresh fruit, flowers and low scrub with a light mineral edge, savoury and fresh with soft tannin.

Château Larose-Trintaudon

3.6

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Rustic

Château Larose-TrintaudonBordeaux€€€€€€€Still Red

The largest single vineyard in the Médoc produces an consistently approachable, fruit-forward Haut-Médoc with a well-balanced structure and excellent everyday drinkability at an accessible price.

Les Hauts de Trintaudon

3.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Rustic

Château Larose-TrintaudonBordeaux€€€€€Still Red

The accessible second wine of Larose-Trintaudon, sourced from the same vines and terroir as the grand vin but crafted for early approachability and everyday enjoyment.

Achs Zweigelt Alte Reben

4.0

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury

Weingut Paul AchsBurgenland€€€€€€€Still Red

Old-vines Zweigelt from Paul Achs, juicy yet structured, farmed under the strict bio respekt scheme.

Beck Zweigelt

4.0

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury

Weingut Judith BeckBurgenland€€€€€Still Red

Estate Zweigelt from biodynamic producer Judith Beck in Gols, savoury and spiced in the estate's low-intervention style.

Heinrich Pannobile

4.3

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold

Weingut Gernot & Heike HeinrichBurgenland€€€€€€€Still Red

Heinrich's Pannobile bottling follows the group's charter, which requires member wines to be made from indigenous varieties; Blaufränkisch-led with Zweigelt.

Hillinger Blaufränkisch Leithaberg

4.1

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold

Weingut Leo HillingerBurgenland€€€€€€€Still Red

Leo Hillinger's Leithaberg DAC Blaufränkisch, structured and mineral, grown on the limestone slopes above Jois.

Kracher Zweigelt

3.8

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing

Weinlaubenhof KracherBurgenland€€€€€Still Red

Everyday dry Zweigelt from Illmitz, dark ruby with sour-cherry fruit and a soft vanilla edge.

Krutzler Welschriesling Ried Ratschen

4.1

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

Weingut KrutzlerBurgenland€€€€€Still White

Single-vineyard Welschriesling from Krutzler's Ried Ratschen site, firm and mineral with salty precision.

Meinklang Blaufränkisch

3.9

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

MeinklangBurgenland€€€€€Still Red

Meinklang's biodynamic estate Blaufränkisch from Pamhagen, fresh and earthy in the farm's low-intervention style.

Meinklang Graupert Zweigelt

4.0

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury

MeinklangBurgenland€€€€€€€Still Red

Meinklang's Graupert bottling is a more structured, site-specific Zweigelt from the estate's biodynamic vineyards.

Meinklang Prosa Rosé

3.7

Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

MeinklangBurgenland€€€€€Sparkling Tank

Prosa is Meinklang's lightly sparkling biodynamic rosé, steel-tank fermented, fresh and light with berry fruit and a fine herbal note.

Migsich Ried Herrschaftsfelder Rot

3.9

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury

Weingut MigsichBurgenland€€€€€€€Still Red

Single-vineyard red from Migsich's Ried Herrschaftsfelder site, savoury and varietal-true.

Migsich Rosalia DAC Rosénator

3.9

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

Weingut MigsichBurgenland€€€€€€€Still Rose

Rosénator is Migsich's playful-named Rosalia DAC rosé, dry and vivid with red-berry fruit.

Nittnaus Heideboden

3.9

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

Weingut Anita & Hans NittnausBurgenland€€€€€Still Red

Nittnaus's Heideboden bottling is a Blaufränkisch-Zweigelt red from the sandy Heideboden plain east of the Neusiedlersee, juicy with a spiced edge.

Pfneisl Blaufränkisch Mittelburgenland

3.9

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury

Weingut PfneislBurgenland€€€€€Still Red

Pfneisl's Mittelburgenland DAC Blaufränkisch, a varietal-true, fresh red from Deutschkreutz.

Pfneisl Zweigelt

3.7

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing

Weingut PfneislBurgenland€€€€€Still Red

Estate Zweigelt from Weingut Pfneisl, juicy and easy-drinking.

Prieler Blaufränkisch Leithaberg

4.3

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury

Weingut PrielerBurgenland€€€€€€€Still Red

Prieler's Leithaberg DAC Blaufränkisch shows ripe forest-berry fruit, a touch of blackberry jam, good complexity and a salty, mineral finish.

Schandl Rosalia DAC Rosé Reserve

4.0

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

Schandl's WeingutBurgenland€€€€€Still Rose

Schandl's Rosalia DAC Rosé Reserve, an oak-aged bio-rosé from the estate's rosé programme, built with more structure than the entry-tier bottling.

Scheiblhofer Zweigelt Neusiedlersee

3.7

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold

Weingut ScheiblhoferBurgenland€€€€€Still Red

Scheiblhofer's Neusiedlersee DAC Zweigelt, a fine blend of cherry and sour cherry, full-tannined and powerful through a long finish.

Silvia Heinrich Rosé Magic

3.8

Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

Weingut Silvia HeinrichBurgenland€€€€€Still Rose

Magic Rosé is Silvia Heinrich's dry Blaufränkisch rosé, fresh and easy-drinking.

Triebaumer Syrah Hammelwerk

4.2

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold

Weingut Ernst TriebaumerBurgenland€€€€€€€Still Red

Hammelwerk is Triebaumer's Syrah, peppery and smoky at first then silky and elegant, with forest-berry and cornelian-cherry fruit.

Umathum Ried Hallebühl

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold

Weingut UmathumBurgenland€€€€€€€Still Red

Single-vineyard Zweigelt from the Ried Hallebühl site, dark cherries and raspberries on the nose with cherry, chocolate and vanilla on a spicy, long palate.

Umathum Zweigelt

3.8

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing

Weingut UmathumBurgenland€€€€€Still Red

Estate Zweigelt from Umathum, juicy and fresh with red-berry fruit, available in half and standard bottles.

Uwe Schiefer Weisser Schiefer

3.9

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

Weingut Uwe SchieferBurgenland€€€€€Still White

Weisser Schiefer is Uwe Schiefer's entry-tier Welschriesling, crisp and mineral, named for the estate's schist (Schiefer) soils.

Wachter-Wiesler Handgemenge Weiss

3.9

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

Weingut Wachter-WieslerBurgenland€€€€€Still White

Handgemenge Weiss is Wachter-Wiesler's fun-focused field-blend white, purist and precise in the estate's low-intervention style.

Weninger Kékfrankos Steiner

4.0

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury

Weingut WeningerBurgenland€€€€€€€Still Red

Weninger's Steiner bottling is the Hungarian-side (Sopron) expression of Blaufränkisch, called Kékfrankos, from rocky soil that absorbs heat and gives a spicy character.

Wenzel Furmint Stockkultur

4.0

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

Weinbau WenzelBurgenland€€€€€€€Still White

Stockkultur is Wenzel's Furmint from head-trained (bush-vine) parcels, saline and fresh in the estate's natural-wine style.

Winifred

4.0

Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Fruity · Refreshing

Gut OggauBurgenland€€€€€€€Still Rose

Winifred is Gut Oggau's pale pink, lively rosé blend of Blaufränkisch and Zweigelt with sweet apple fruit and good texture.

Manel Chaves

4.5

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

Quinta dos MonteirinhosDãoStill Red

Exuberant on the nose with black fruit, eucalyptus, cocoa and tobacco, then silky and fine on the palate after fifteen months in French oak.

Morgado de Silgueiros Touriga Nacional

4.2

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Savoury

Adega Cooperativa de SilgueirosDãoStill Red

Intense garnet, with an aromatic balance between violet and rosemary alongside mocha and chocolate, long and powerful in the mouth.

Quinta da Falorca T-Nac

4.3

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

Quinta da FalorcaDãoStill Red

Touriga Nacional drawn from more than thirty clones and deliberately kept out of barrel: heavily coloured and floral, vigorous on the palate without being aggressive.

Quinta das Camélias Syrah

4.1

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Fruity

Quinta das CaméliasDãoStill Red

Deep ruby, with ripe redcurrant, wild blackberry and preserve notes complicated by vanilla, praline and toast, round and broad in the mouth.

Quinta de Lemos Touriga Nacional

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury

Quinta de LemosDãoStill Red

Ruby with violet tints, red fruit with toast and smoke in a field where floral aromas dominate, lively and firmly built for the table.

Quinta do Correio Touriga Nacional

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Fruity

Quinta dos RoquesDãoStill Red

Unoaked varietal Touriga Nacional from the Correio vineyard, first made in 2023: floral and berry scented with the astringency of youth.

Les Aspres

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Savoury

Domaine Pierre CrosLanguedoc€€€€€€€Still Red

Pure Syrah of Domaine Pierre Cros aged 18 months in barrel; intense ripe fruit transporting through eucalyptus and cedar with delicate vanilla notes. Coup de Coeur Hachette seven times.

Les Planels

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Savoury

Chateau MarisLanguedoc€€€€€€€€Still Red

Pure Syrah from Chateau Maris' top plots, aged 12 months in oak then bottled unfined and unfiltered; terrific aromatics with smoked beef and bacon-fat character.

Knipser Syrah

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold

Weingut KnipserPfalz€€€€€€€Still Red

A 1990s-vintage Pfalz Syrah bottling: black pepper, blackberry, smoke and firm tannin from north-Pfalz parcels.

Markus Schneider Black Print

4.4

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold

Weingut Markus SchneiderPfalz€€€€€€€Still Red

Markus Schneider's Black Print Pfalz red blend: dark cherry, blackberry, vanilla oak and firm tannin in a modern German Bordeaux-blend signature.

Etim Negre

4.0

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Rustic

Cooperativa Falset Marca (Etim)Priorat€€€€€Still Red

Dornfelder Espenhof

4.0

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

Weingut EspenhofRheinhessen€€€€€Still Red

Mid-weight dry Dornfelder from Flonheim-Uffhofen parcels, dark blackberry and plum core with soft tannin.

Maggio Vini Nero d'Avola

4.1

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

Maggio ViniSicily€€€€€Still Red

Maggio Vini's Nero d'Avola from the ultra-sun-drenched Maccari-Noto area offers one of the island's richest and warmest expressions of the variety: full-bodied, carob-dark-fruited with licorice depth.

Antolini Theobroma Rosso Veronese

4.2

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Savoury

AntoliniValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red

Deep ruby red with a broad, well-defined nose and a decisive but elegant taste, robust and intense in structure with excellent drinkability, a wine the estate says wins on character and balance.

Begali Tigiolo Rosso Veronese

4.2

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

BegaliValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red

Deep ruby red with garnet reflections, intense and spiced on the nose and dry and soft in the mouth, made from both indigenous and non-indigenous varieties in the estate's vineyards.

Cantina Marchi Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore

4.3

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury · Bold

Cantina MarchiValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red

Intense ruby red with garnet reflections, with the typical cherry and small red fruit scents alongside redcurrant conserve, well married to pleasant spiced notes from the wood ageing, and a soft palate balanced between freshness and tannic weave.

Corte Rugolin Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore

4.3

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

Corte RugolinValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red

Made by refermenting the Valpolicella Classico on Amarone skins still wet with wine, a red of strong, decisive character with an intense bouquet of cherry, plum and conserve and notable staying power.

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic

Cà la BiondaValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red

Completely dry in the Cà la Bionda style, with freshness and elegance accompanying a large structure built by refermenting the young wine on skins still rich in colour, aroma and sugar.

Falezze Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore

4.4

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Refreshing

Falezze di Luca AnselmiValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red

Ruby red with garnet and orange reflections, floral on the nose with evident ripe fruit that stays fresh, and a vertical palate playing on acid and saline notes with an excellent balance between minerality and a tannin that closes dry and persistent.

I Campi Campo Ciotoli Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore

4.4

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury · Elegant

I CampiValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red

A refined, full-bodied red that the estate calls full and decisive on both nose and palate thanks to the ripasso technique, with tannin and freshness in elegant balance and a silky, easy-drinking texture.

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

Monte Dall'OraValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red

Ruby red, recalling cherry, tobacco, aromatic herbs and spice, and closing on freshness with balsamic and minty notes and a long persistence.

Nicolis Testal Rosso Verona

4.4

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Savoury

NicolisValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red

Intense ruby red, decisive on the nose with cherry in spirit, bitter almond and leather, then round and structured with soft tannins and excellent persistence.

Scriani Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore

4.4

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Savoury

ScrianiValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red

Intense ruby red with scents of undergrowth, sour cherries and plums, and a robust, complex body that the estate says feeds back into the aromatics.

Secondo Marco Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Savoury

Secondo MarcoValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red

Vigour and elegance in one bottle: bright ruby, intensely fruited with spice, decisive and refined in structure, with velvety tannins and a persistent close.

Tezza Valpolicella Ripasso Valpantena Superiore

4.3

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury · Rustic

TezzaValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red

Concentrated ruby red, with blackberry and blackcurrant, withered violet, black pepper and balsamic notes, then soft and warm with a measured tannic grip.

Valentina Cubi QB Rosso delle Venezie

4.1

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

Valentina CubiValpolicella€€€€€Still Red

A garnet red of good intensity born from the union of Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara with Cabernet Sauvignon and Sangiovese, whose dominant notes the estate gives as marasca cherry in spirit, liquorice and spice.

Vaona Odino Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore

4.3

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Savoury

Vaona OdinoValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red

Intense ruby tending to garnet with age, intense in red fruit of cherry and redcurrant with spice, well balanced with dense, amalgamated tannins of excellent structure.

Aphros Vinhão

4.5

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Rustic

Aphros WineVinho Verde€€€€€€€Still Red

Biodynamic Vinhão from Refoios do Lima: deep ink-purple, light-bodied, racy red-fruit register. The native tinto verde tradition done seriously.

Via Latina Vinhao

4.4

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Refreshing

VercoopeVinho Verde€€€€€Still Red

Light, low-alcohol red Vinho Verde from Vinhao. Tart cherry and violet aromatics with a soft spritz, best served chilled, the classic Minho summer red.

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