A blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre brought up in tank, the 2019 Côtes Du Rhône La Dame Rousse is a big, rich, powerful Côtes du Rhône loaded with notions of smoked black cherries, li...(read more)

From 70 to 80 year-old bush vines - grown high up at over 1000m on old sandy soil in mountains to the west of Madrid. As ever with Oriol and Susanna's wines, grown organically. A delightful full but airy Garnacha, red ch...(read more)

Mordorée is a world-renowned Southern Rhône estate specialising in Tavel Rosé, Liracs, Châteauneuf- du-Pape and a marvellous Côtes-du- Rhône, and all of these wines can be found at L...(read more)

This is a fresher iteration of the Aussie style, still with lovely mouthfilling fruitiness, plums and blackberries, but more supple, pliant and textured. A delicious medium weight, berry filled delight that will please t...(read more)

We first met Michael as he released his 2014 Mourvedre which was a complete humdinger and soon became a huge favourite for lovers of Rhone style wines - but also wines with depth and spice and juicy lift. Three years on...(read more)

Limpid ruby. Pungent red and dark berry and floral scents, along with suggestions of licorice, cola, olive and smoky minerals. Youthfully taut bitter cherry and black raspberry flavors show very good depth and a sharp, s...(read more)

Definitely 'Syrah' rather than Shiraz in style terms and very Yarra, cool and taut with generous juicy dark fruit, lots of volume and a silky feel, all with an undercurrent of tension and energy from whole bunch fermenta...(read more)

All three of the 2017s showed well. The 2017 Châteauneuf-du-Pape has classic sweet red fruits, spice, and floral notes, and it’s medium to full-bodied, silky and elegant. The blend is 90% Grenache and 5% each of Ci...(read more)

Vivid ruby-red. Intense, sharply focused red fruit liqueur, spicecake and floral scents are complicated by suggestions of smoky minerals and Asian spices. Sappy, penetrating and appealingly sweet, offering silky raspberr...(read more)

Harvest is quite late here to allow the Monastrell (Mouvedre) to reach peak maturity - and the grapes are brought in during the first week of October. The estate works organically and the Monastrell vines are now more th...(read more)

A lightish, juicy Syrah in the aromatic Northern Rhone style which captures the peppery precision of Syrah of the great wines from this part of the world. A light and easy Crozes-Cornas style red.

The latest inovation from the tireless Albert-Jané of Acustic Celler fame, is this brilliant, attractive and deeply satisfying red from his home farm - Mas Vilella. The Tros de Mas Vilella comes from the old viney...(read more)