Light Reds
Light Reds
Calusari Pinot Noir 2022
Regular price £10.95Pinot Noir is one of Romania’s greatest hidden secrets. Probably the only place in the world that can do this grape variety justice at such brilliant value.
Delicate aromas of blackberry and touches of violets. A juicy, light-bodied palate with black cherry flavour and fresh finish. Enjoy slightly chilled with rich, creamy fish dishes.
Country: Romania
Region: Recas and Minis
ABV: 12.5%
Grapes: Pinot Noir
As you walk through the rolling vineyards of the 700 hectare Cramele Recas estate, two things are inescapable. The first is the scale of the transformation that Englishman Philip Cox and his wife Elvira have managed to achieve, replanting 700 hectares of decrepit vineyards and replacing them with immaculately tended sites the equal of anywhere else in the world. The second is that if you didn't know where you were, you'd be convinced you were in Tuscany or any other "Classic" wine producing region. And, to a certain extent you are, Romania has a history of winemaking stretching back millennia and it was this potential that has driven this dynamic duo to dedicate their lives to driving forward Romanian winemaking to it's current state of rude health. A 20 million euro investment in the vineyards and brand new winery.
Les Saisons de la Vigne Rouge 2022
Regular price £9.95Lucious, medium bodied, super-easy drinking red with red berry fruit flavours and touch of sweet spice.
Country: France
Region: Vaucluse
Grapes: Grenache, Cinsault
ABV: 13%
False Bay Wild Yeast Pinotage 2022
Regular price £10.45Super great value for money red from the guys at Waterkloof.
Hints of dark fruits, chocolate and eucalyptus leading to a heady mix of fruit, rich chocolate and plums supported by soft tannins.
Country: South Africa
Region: Western Cape
Grapes: 100% Pinotage
ABV: 13.5%
Food match: Braaied meat!
Long Barn Pinot Noir 2021
Regular price £15.95Really bold and smokey Pinot oozing loads of ripe cherries and mulberry characters.
Country: USA
Region: California
Grapes: Pinot Noir
ABV: 13.5%
Fleurie La Reine de l'Arenite 2022
Regular price £16.25Fleurie is the most perfumed of the Beaujolais Cru wines, which this example shows so clearly with its floral aromas and flavours.
A heady perfume of freshly picked irises and peonies drift above the crushed, berry fruit nose. The fleshy, luscious, cherry flavours and hints of rose are typically vivacious, backed up with a good touch of spice and good depth.
Country: France
Region: Beaujolais
ABV: 13%
Grapes: Gamay
'Arenite' is the terroir of pinky, crumbly sandstone of the La Madone vineyards, rated as one of the best vineyards in Fleurie. The South East facing vineyards are steep in places, below the Chapel of the Madonna at the top of the hill.
Santa Macarena Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021
Regular price £13.95Only 5km from the coast, this cool climate vineyard produces fantastic Pinot Noir.
This wine is bright, aromatic and fresh with subtle oak playing a supporting role. The emphasis on the delicious red fruit flavours, drinkability and enjoyment. A seriously cool Pinot.
Country: Chile
Region: Aconcagua Valley
ABV: 14%
Grapes: Pinot Noir
The Cloud Factory Pinot Noir Marlborough 2020
Regular price £16.95Pretty and poised Pinot.
Classic cranberry and red current aromas giving us a wine with enough bite and texture to be foody but with enough generosity of fruit to be a delicious glass on its own. A touch of oak in the wine making lends a little soothing creaminess to the finish.
Country: New Zealand
Region: Marlborough
ABV: 13%
Grape: Pinot Noir 100%
Jaffelin Pinot Noir Vin De France 2021
Regular price £13.95This wine represents phenomenally good value for money! Soft, red berry fruit and silky tannins, very moreish.
Country: France
Region: Côte Chalonnaise, Burgundy
Grapes: Pinot Noir
ABV: 12.5%
Mittelbach Pinot Noir 2022
Regular price £16.95Very few places are capable of making high quality Pinot Noir. This one is exceptional.
Bitter dark cherry and ripe mulberry on the nose. Juicy red fruit and red plum skin flavours on the palate, super soft tannins. Light and easy drinking, perfect summer red for sipping on the verandah. Will match well with just about anything because of soft tannins and fruitiness, even slightly spicy dishes.
Country: Austria
Region: Ried Windleutehn, Niederosterreich
ABV: 12%
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Eagle Rock Vineyards 11th Hour Pinot Noir NV
Regular price £13.95Cherry, strawberry and rhubarb notes define the aromatics of this wine and are backed by hints of cinnamon and oregano. Bright flavours of cherry, raspberry and ripe tomato are balanced by a layer of earthy mushroom. Smooth and silky!
Country: USA
Region: California
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Vegan/Vegetarian
From the Sacramento and Lodi areas at the northern end of California’s San Joaquin Valley.
La Bacca Nerello Mascalese 2020
Regular price £9.95This delicious wine has aromas and flavours of jammy red fruits, juicy red cherries, pomegranate juice, summer herbs, and a touch of violet. On the palate it is rich and refreshing.
Country: Italy
Region: Sicily
ABV: 13.5%
Grapes: Nerello Mascalese
Funkstille Zweigelt 2022
Regular price £13.90Abundant red cherry, plum and vibrant berry fruits combine in this joyful, bright and incredibly juicy red; medium-bodied with beautifully ripe and light tannins and touch of spice on the finish.
Country: Austria
Region: Kremstal
ABV: 13%
Grapes: Zweigelt
Food Match: roast duck or pork
Chateau Coulaine Chinon Rouge 2021/22
Regular price £20.95Garnet in colour. Green bell pepper and bramble berries on the nose with faint hints of forest floor. Raspberry, dark red cherry and wet gravel on the palate with a spiciness throughout, with soft tannins. Long mineral finish with leafy elements.
Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Grapes: Cabernet Franc
ABV: 13.5%
Organic
Santenay Les Heritiers Saint-Genys Rouge 2019
Regular price £39.95Rustic in a pretty way; your classic rosy-cheeked farmer's daughter. Violets on the nose. Great structure, pure elegance.
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
ABV: 12.5%
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Burgundy is renowned for a jigsaw of small plots, fitting side by across the rolling cotes and cru with many different owners - the result of equal inheritance. While some heirs want to make wine, others prefer to live their lives elsewhere, meaning their plots go unloved. Enter Patrice du Jeu, a Parisian restaurateur with the dynamism and energy to revive such plots. Together with family and friends, he managed to buy several parcels in excellent terroirs of the Côte de Beaune including Santenay, Chassagne Montrachet and Mercurey. Joining with white Burgundy expert Jean-Baptise Alinc the wines of these heirs - Les Héritiers - are both technically competent and beautifully crafted.
Eagle Rock Vineyards 11th Hour Zinfandel NV
Regular price £13.95Full and Ripe with loads of cassis and blueberry aromas and flavours.
Country: USA
Region: California
Grapes: Zinfandel
Vegan/Vegetarian
From the Sacramento and Lodi areas at the northern end of California’s San Joaquin Valley.
Il Traliccio Sangiovese 2022
Regular price £8.75Primary fruit, with appealing cherry and damson flavours. It’s an easy drinking style with soft tannins and light body.
Country: Italy
Region: Emilia Romagna
Grapes: Sangiovese
ABV: 11%
Cartlidge & Browne Pinot Noir 2022
Regular price £21.95Without a doubt, one of the very best Pinot Noirs we have found (and we kiss a lot of frogs!)
Cherry, strawberry and rhubarb notes define the aromatics of this wine and are backed by hints of cinnamon and oregano. Bright flavours of cherry, raspberry and ripe tomato are balanced by a layer of earthy mushroom. Smooth and silky!
Country: USA
Region: California
Grapes: 89% Pinot Noir, 11% Zinfandel
Vegan/Vegetarian
Food Match: Veal, Venison, Salmon
The Cartlidge & Browne slogan; “Please stick your nose in our business”, has become an offbeat way of expressing the winery's attitude that wine should not be taken so seriously! Everyone at C&B has chosen winemaking as a profession for many reasons, but above all else, they want the wines they produce to ignite stories of good friends, good food, lots of laughter and lasting memories.
Castello Romitorio Toscana Rosso "BRIO" Sangiovese 2022
Regular price £17.95Sangiovese grapes from Tuscany, this wine is colourful yet elegant - just like the art on the label. Notes of ripe cherry, raspberries and earthiness, all accompanied by delicious juicy acidity making the wine super easy drinking.
Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany
Grapes: Sangiovese
ABV: 13%
La Mécanique Old Vine Carignan 2021
Regular price £11.95Delicious light to medium bodied juicy red. Loads of red and black berry fruit character with a touch of sweet spice and vanilla.
Country: France
Region: Hérault
Grapes: Carignan
ABV: 12.5%
Food Match: Great on its own as an everyday quaffer or match with steak, lamp chops or hard cheese.
Domäne Wachau Blauer Zweigelt 2019
Regular price £18.95Generous, ripe and medium bodied red cherry and raspberry fruit with a hint of liquorice. Cool climate red from the beautiful terraced slopes of Wachau, Austria.
Country: Austria
Region: Wachau
Grapes: Blauer Zwielgt
ABV: 13%
Dolcetto d'Alba 'Pian Balbo' 2019
Regular price £17.75A vibrant nose of plum, cherry, violet, sweet spice and dried herbs. The palate has lots of fresh fruit flavours, including sour cherry and plum with refreshing acidity. The youthful fruit combines with spice and bitter chocolate notes giving a wine of depth and personality with a firm, dry and savoury finish - great served with food, perhaps lightly chilled.
Country: Italy
Region: Langhe, Piemonte
Grapes: Dolcetto
ABV: 12%
Food Match: Italian meat based pasta dishes, carpaccio of beef and lightly grilled meats.
The Dolcetto grapes are sourced from Colla's Cascine Drago estate - where the average age of vines is 20 years, planted at around 350m altitude. The grapes are immediately destalked and crushed, and then macerated on the skins for 5-7 days. Malolactic fermentation is completed before winter sets in. The wine stabilises in stainless steel, and then rests for a few months in bottle.
Bolney Lychgate Red 2020
Regular price £29.95It's not easy to make decent red wines in this country..but Bolney seem to have the secret of how it is done!
This medium-bodied dry wine has aromas that consist of blackberry, black cherry and peppery spice. The palate shows ripe blackcurrant and red berry flavours with herbaceous character held together with good tannic structure. There is good acidity and a smooth, smoky and velvety finish.
Country: England
Region: Sussex
ABV: 11.5%
Grapes: Rondo, Regent, Triomphe
Montsablé Reserve Pinot Noir 2021
Regular price £13.95Aromas of dark cherry and blackberry plus a rich, round palate of red berry fruit are complemented by toasty, vanilla notes that bring a touch of spice to the finish.
Country: France
Region: P Haute Vallée de L’Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon
ABV: 13.5%
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Food Match: Beautiful drinking on its own or with game, robust fish or slow cooked stews.
Lismore Cape South Coast Pinot Noir 2020
Regular price £38.95A complex bouquet of crushed rose petals, wild jasmine and fresh French herbs. The palate shows beautiful purity with layered red fruits, cranberry, raspberry, silky tannins and a long, savoury finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Walker Bay and Elgin, Western Cape
Grapes: Pinot Noir
ABV: 13.5%
70% of the grapes came from Stanford, Walker Bay and 30% from Elgin, both in the cool climate region Cape South Coast. The vines are all Burgundian, clone 115. The Stanford vineyard is close to the southernmost tip of Africa and is located in one of South Africa’s coolest wine producing regions. The maritime vineyard enjoys a long ripening season, because of the strong cooling winds that are prevalent in the summer. This microclimate is ideal for creating a long hang time, concentrating the flavours in the berries, while retaining natural acidity levels. Elgin is situated at 400
metres above sea level and ripens even later then the coastal vineyard. The vines
here, planted in shale and clay soils, produce fleshier fruit, adding weight to the final
blend.
Cave de Turckheim Pinot Noir Organic 2022
Regular price £18.95Perfect summery Pinot Noir. Really ripe raspberry fruit on the nose. Rich, ripe characterful cranberry and raspberry on the palate with juicy acidity to finish.
Country: France
Region: Alsace
Grapes: Pinot Noir
ABV: 12.5%
Food Match: Great with roast salmon or pork sausages.