Red Wine
While some of us may be eternal summer children, lamenting the colder days of the year, there is always a silver lining to every storm cloud – and in our case, it just happens to be in the form of red wine. From Cabernet to Carménère and Pinot Noir to Pineau d’Aunis, explore the best red wines for winter – guaranteed to pair with your heartier dishes and fluffier blankets.
CHATEAU LAFON ROCHET 2016
Tight and classic aromas with darker redberry fruit, heavy flower bed, dark stone, light stable, leather and wood. Pretty full-bodied wine that offers itself with more freshness that the aroma image should indicate. Powerful with great redberry frui
KTIMA KARIPIDIS SYRAH
Deep red colour. It combines fresh aromas of fruit, such as cherry and blackberry, with pepper and thyme. Elegant and velvety mouthfeel, with its fruity freshness prevailing and the sense of vanilla from the aging in the oak barrels balancing with i
RIDGE LYTTON SPRINGS ZINFANDEL
Jammy raspberry fruit with pepper, mint and sweet toasted oak. Brambly fruit on the palate, sensuous, well-defined tannins and balanced acidity. 74% Zinfandel, 16% Petite Sirah, 8% Carignane, 2% Mataro (Mourvedre).
LA RIOJA ALTA VINA ARANA GRAN RESERVA
Tempranillo and Graciano blend. Dark-cherry red with a garnet-red rim. High aromatic intensity, with outstanding notes of ripe red fruit, red berries, wild strawberries and plum jam, leading to tertiary aromas from meticulous aging in oak: vanilla,
