Red Wine

Andalucía, Spain

Bodega Luis Pérez 'El Triángulo' 2018

Bodega Luis Pérez

Tintilla de Rota is an Andalusian grape almost lost — Luis Pérez has rescued it. Dark, structured, Mediterranean-savoury. A genuine rarity.

$49.00

Mendoza, Argentina

Bodegas Alamos Malbec 2024

Alamos (Catena Zapata)

Alamos is the accessible label from Catena Zapata, the family that put Mendoza Malbec on the world map, drawing on high-altitude vineyards in the Andes foothills. Deep ruby with violet hues, the 2024 layers dark cherry and blackberry with aromas of violet, spice and vanilla. The palate is velvety and expansive, with balanced tannins and a long, smooth, lingering finish — the definition of a reliable midweek steak red.

$25.00

California, United States

Bogle Zinfandel

Bogle Family Vineyards

Bogle draws this Zinfandel from old vines in Lodi and Amador County. The nose runs to forest berries, ripe currants and raspberry, with cracked black pepper, wild juniper and dried sage and thyme behind them. The palate is rich with sour cherry, red and black berry and gentle baking spice, plus toasted coconut from fourteen months in two-year-old American oak. Bright, well-integrated acidity gives it lift, and a little berry sweetness rounds out the texture.

$41.00

Côtes du Rhône Villages, Southern Rhône, France

Boutinot Les Coteaux Cote du Rhone 2023

Domaine Boutinot

Boutinot builds this from the top down: fruit from named Côtes du Rhône Villages growers, enriched with parcels from the well-regarded villages of Séguret and Sablet. It is 80% Grenache Noir and 20% Syrah, fermented mostly in stainless steel, with a small portion aged up to 20 months in older French oak for depth. Brambly dark fruit and crunchy wild berry are underpinned by warm star anise and a touch of cinnamon — medium-bodied, smooth and beautifully spiced, with the oak kept firmly in the background.

$37.00

Heathcote, Victoria, Australia

Chalmers Nero d'Avola

Chalmers

Bright and juicy rather than big and heavy, with lifted violets, berry compote, cherry and a cranberry-like crunch. Underneath the fruit is the savoury side of Nero d'Avola — gravel, leather, a bit of earth — and the acidity has real drive. Wild-fermented whole-berry in stainless steel, so there's no oak in the way. Made to drink young and cold-ish, at cellar temperature, with something off the barbecue.

$29.00

Priorat, Spain

Clos Figueras 'Font de la Figuera' 2019

Clos Figueras

Font de la Figuera comes off terraced slopes just north of Gratallops, on the fractured black schist that makes Priorat. Garnacha leads at half the blend, with Cariñena, Syrah and a little Cabernet. Ripe dark fruit, wet slate and graphite, fine dusty tannin, and real freshness behind the power.

$99.00

Cahors, France

Clos La Coutale Malbec 2022

Clos La Coutale

Cahors is the original home of Malbec, not Argentina. Darker, more savoury, more structured than the Argentine style. Plum, leather, fine tannin.

$36.00

6 for $201 · 12 for $373

Barossa, SA

CRFT Mencía 2022

CRFT

Mencía is from north-west Spain (Bierzo, Ribeira Sacra) — bright, peppery, mineral. CRFT bring it to the Adelaide Hills with conviction.

$38.00

Rioja, Spain

CUNE Rioja Reserva 2019

CUNE

CUNE (Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España) has been making Rioja since 1879. Reserva spends three years in cellar before release — cherry, leather, vanilla, the classic Rioja profile.

$75.00

Beaujolais, France

Dominique Piron Beaujolais 2024

Dominique Piron

From a serious Beaujolais producer. Cherry, peppery spice, soft tannin — the way Gamay should taste, not the supermarket Beaujolais Nouveau cliché.

$36.00

Ribeira Sacra, Spain

Envínate 'Lousas' Mencía Blend 2023

Envínate

Envínate are a four-winemaker collective making some of Spain's most acclaimed wines. 'Lousas' is from Ribeira Sacra in Galicia — slate soils, Atlantic-cool climate, transparent Mencía.

$59.00

Argentina

Finca Las Moras Malbec 2024

Finca Las Moras

Soft, ripe, fruit-driven Argentine Malbec. Plum, dark fruit, gentle tannin. The everyday Malbec.

$16.99$24.00

Nemea, Peloponnese, Greece

Gaia 'Monograph' Agiorgitiko

Gai'a Wines

Agiorgitiko from an owned vineyard at Koutsi, up in the hills around Nemea. Red cherry and pomegranate with a butterscotch note behind, medium bodied, soft tannin, fruity finish. Easy company, and it takes a light chill.

$30.00

Nemea, Greece

Gaia 'Notios' Agiorgitiko

Gaia

Agiorgitiko (St George) is Greece's signature red grape. Soft tannin, red fruit, dried herb, sun-baked Mediterranean character.

$27.00

New South Wales, Australia

Grandis Tempranillo

Grandis Wines

Grandis is Shannon Burgess-Moore's lo-fi label in Pokolbin, Hunter Valley, and this is the first Tempranillo he has made. It was fermented in open fermenters and matured entirely in large-format oak, in a run of 133 cases. Wine-show judges found plum and purple fruit, raspberry and blackberry, a savoury dried-bay-leaf edge, crunchy acidity and firm tannins.

$40.00

Itata Valley, Chile

Gustavo Martínez 'Cuchacucha' País 2020

Gustavo Martínez

País was once Chile's most-planted grape, then ignored for decades — now small producers are bringing it back. Light, bright, slightly funky, very food-friendly.

$43.00

Itata Valley, Chile

Gustavo Martinez 'Rawull' Cinsault

Vinos Gustavo Martínez

Cinsault from one vineyard of vines over twenty five years old, on granite in Chile's Itata. Dark berry and stone fruit with an earthy edge, medium weight, bright acid and soft tannin. Around 1,450 bottles made, unfined and unfiltered.

$40.00

Rioja, Spain

Hacienda El Olmo Crianza 2020

Hacienda El Olmo

Tempranillo from Rioja, two years' ageing minimum (one in oak). Cherry, vanilla, leather. Classic Rioja Crianza done well.

$43.00

Alentejo, Portugal

Herdade do Rocim 'Mariana' 2023

Herdade do Rocim

Native Portuguese varieties from Alentejo — Aragonez, Trincadeira, others. Dark fruit, herbs, soft tannin. Portuguese drinking at its honest, food-driven best.

$42.00

Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina

La Linda Malbec

Bodega Luigi Bosca

A young Malbec from Luigi Bosca's own vineyards in Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza. It sees no oak — fermented in stainless steel, then rested in concrete and steel vats — which leaves the fruit unmasked: cherry, strawberry and plum with a light spiced edge. The palate is fluid and juicy with soft, incipient tannins and a clean finish. Serve it between 15 and 18°C; it will hold about three years.

$23.99$26.00

6 for $130