Red wines

Deep violet with intense aromas of vanilla, dark fruits and cocoa, and a rich palate that has an enduring and satisfying fullness. A fantastic find from southwest France that will warm and seduce.

Soft autumn fruits, damsons and blackcurrants, with a hint of sweet spice. Dry and full-bodied, with a firm tannic structure, and a long finish. Classic Cru Bourgeois that hints at much greater things.

Made from Pineau d’Aunis, a grape as delicious as it is little known. Wild red fruit notes, smokiness, a dusting of black pepper, and a seductive waft of violets. Sinewy but graceful, and a real delight.

No oak, but deep and intense with black fruits, liquorice and spice, and a smooth silky palate that cries out for lusty, heart-warming food.

Inky, spicy, chock full of red and black fruit, with smokey fig and liquorice flavours. Great example of the "black wine" of Cahors from low-yielding old vines.

Intense colour, complex bouquet of red fruits, liquorice, spices and smoked cocoa. Dense and fleshy, with sweet tannins and a lasting finish, this wine is made from the Mencia grape, grown virtually nowhere other than here in Bierzo. Stunning.

Beautifully structured blend of Tempranillo/Cabernet/Merlot, with pervasive chocolate and vanilla notes, and 92 Parker points. A luscious wine from the lesser-known wine region of Costers del Segre.

Classic Rioja from the Rioja Alta produced with loving care by traditional methods, and with a great capacity for ageing.

Urbina Crianza 2004 - Tempranillo and Graziano, deliciously smooth, ripe damson fruit, and subtle oaking.

Urbina "Seleccion" 1999 - The addition of Mazuelo and further ageing gives more complex, caramelised aromas.

Urbina Gran Reserva Especial 1994 - Refined, long-lasting, as polished as beeswaxed mahogany furniture in a stately home.

Sangiovese and Canaiolo matured for 16 months in oak. Cherries, violets and great complexity, held in check by firm tannins and racy acidity. Very classy.

Huge but subtle, intense yet lingeringly delicate, savoury but with wonderful dark fruit. A gentle giant that has a feminine touch from an all-woman vineyard in Campo Rotaliano.

A dense ruby red, nosing of coffee and berries, with big sweet tannins, and great minerality. Air it well and succumb to its mysteries.

Dark purple with a powerful nose of raisined berries and smoke, that unfolds an array of wild flavours on the palate, filling the mouth with earthy, chocolatey sensations and a finish of blackberries. Silky, muscular, amazing.

Full-bodied, with rich, dark, cassis-scented black fruit, and a warm, spicy finish, this is a smoothly satisfying customer from Argentina.

Intense burgundy colour, with sweet aromas of raspberry and aromatic herbs. A great contrast to the Malbec wine from Cahors that pampers the palate.

Aromas of fragrant herbs, with a palate of black cherry and bittersweet chocolate, and a long rich finish. Beautiful Chilean carmenere, that draws you in to its secrets.

One of Stellenbosch's biggest and best. Tons of fruit, New World Syrah with Old World character, great weight and finish.