Red Blend Over $100

Dark red. The captivating complex nose offers urgent aromas of red cherry dried redcurrant brown spices roasted coffee violet botanical herbs and licorice. Sweet ripe and velvety with wonderful inner-mouth perfume to the flavors... Read More

This is a classic beauty. The 2019 d'Alceo made with 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Petit Verdot is dark and enriched but magically it is never heavy or bulky. It carries its weight with feather-like grace backed by dry tannins... Read More

Colgin's 2021 IX Estate is a rich opulent example with layers of ripe black cherries and dark chocolate punctuated by hints of sage and bay leaf plus some vaguely floral notes (violets?). Full-bodied concentrated velvety and... Read More

Jubilation is the newest wine in the Colgin Cellars collection. Jubilation is a Cabernet Sauvignon-based wine created with a selection of barrels that display earlier drinking characteristics from the three hillside vineyards.... Read More

This captures gorgeous flavors of mulberry blackberry and boysenberry compote and infuses them with sparkling anise sage and singed wood spice notes while iron minerality and racy acidity provide ample structure with mouthwatering... Read More

From a north-facing site at elevation the 2019 Cerro Sur is a bold savory wine loaded with energy. This Cabernet Franc-based wine is bursting with tension. Floral spice and mocha accents lend striking aromatic top notes. I am... Read More

Released only late last year Mugnier's 2013 Musigny Grand Cru is still far from true maturity but it has at least begun a graceful evolution unwinding in the glass with scents of exotic spices red berries orange rind rose... Read More

The pedigree and purity of this red are evident immediately from its black currant blackberry pomegranate violet and wild herb aromas. Saturated with red and black fruit and picking up licorice and mineral elements this is all... Read More

The 2011 Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial was produced with a blend of 84% Tempranillo and 16% Mazuelo (Cariñena) from a plot called La Plana that was planted in 1950 at 485 meters in altitude the highest in the Ygay property.... Read More

This bottle opens a new chapter for one of Italy's most celebrated and collected wines. The first vintage made entirely in its dedicated state-of-the-art winery (and the first vintage with a 10% dabble of Cabernet Franc added... Read More

Plum and blackberry flavors are wrapped in an embrace of toasty oak with vanilla resin and iron accents. Dense tannins coat the gums while bright acidity keeps this focused and drives the spice-infused aftertaste. Fluid and long... Read More

Made with mostly Sangiovese plus tiny parts Canaiolo and Colorino the 2021 Montevertine reveals a very tight textural approach with pinpoint aromas of blue currant iris root and red rose. The wine takes a moment or two to open... Read More

The 2017 Vintage Port is a field blend from old vines (80 to 100 years old). It comes in with 89 grams per liter of residual sugar. This was set for bottling in two weeks but it was the final blend. Even when open for a couple... Read More