La Colliere Toullieres Rasteau
$32.99
An elegant. complex beauty from France's Rhone Valley, this well-priced Grenache-based red wine has beautiful notes of dark fruit, earth and spice. It'll pair with a variety of meats, from steak to roast chicken, or try it with a plate of grilled zucchini, red peppers and onions. A Kensington Wine Market exclusive, made by Georges Perrot, a renowned bon vivant and a renowned winemaker.
Usseglio Chateauneuf Imperiale
$134.99
While up to 13 different grape varietals can be blended together in making Chateauneuf du Pape red wine, the Domaine Raymond Usseglio CNDP Cuvee Imperiale is composed almost entirely of very old vine Grenache (90-plus percent in most vintages). The grapes for this tremendous and age-worthy red are harvested from estate vines in the Chateauneuf du Papes holdings of the Domaine - most of which are more than a century old and were originally planted in 1902.
From The Winery
"La Cuvée Imperiale is from our oldest vines, most of them 100 years old (planted in 1901-1902.) Extremely low yields (16-18 h/h) guarantee a wine that is dense and profound. The ancient Grenache vines bring to this cuvee their finesse and elegance. Will age for dozens of years. To be carafed during the first years. Because it is bottled without any filtration, some sediment – natural and beneficial to the aging process – is possible."
Le Vieux Pin Petit Rouge
$39.99
"The inspiration for Petit Rouge is to make a wine that adheres to the same exacting standards and level of care as the rest of the wines at Le Vieux Pin, yet at the same time is more accessible upon release. Made from the fruit of younger vines and vines pruned and cropped at less stringent levels, Petit Rouge offers a big bang for your buck. This year’s blend consists mostly of Syrah, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon thanks to a gorgeously classic summer growing season with a balanced crop. Cabernet Sauvignon, albeit in a smaller percentage as part of the blend, still makes its presence known on both the nose and the palate with that unique herbacious, spicy, black currant note. The palate is lively and harmonious and a great balance of fruit, tannin and acid make this wine quite versatile and very food friendly." Aged 10 months is primarily neutral oak (16.5% new oak) and only about 800 cases made. This is a wine perfectly suitable to drink on its own, but would also be suitable for just about any casual meal. Pair with mom's meatloaf.
Oddero Barbera D`Alba 2023
$53.99
A KWM Exclusive. this red wine is a 100% Barbera blend from the Langhe hills in Piedmont Italy. After the juice is pressed it undergoes 16 months of fermentation in French oak casks with assemblage in spring and bottling in summer.
Stratus Cabernet Franc
$59.99
At Stratus, their dedication to sustainability, quality and design guides our winemaking and vineyard practice. They delight in making wines that reflect the eccentricities of the climate and our vineyard's unique geology. Their 55-acre farm, set in the Niagara Lakeshore appellation of Niagara-on-the-Lake, is planted to 16 grape varieties. This breadth allows them to embrace diversity for complexity and produce our signature Stratus White and Stratus Red alongside a range of small-lot single varietal bottlings - delicious and notable expressions of time, of place, of the essence of our vineyard.
Chateau Les Fiefs de Lagrange
$71.99
Most of the top Chateaux in Bordeaux produce a "second label" wine, and in this case, it's from the illustrious Chateau Lagrange. Created in 1983, “les Fiefs de Lagrange” is so much more than a second wine. Produced from young vines (with an average age of 30 years) and planted on fine gravel soils for the Cabernet Sauvignon and clay for the Merlot, it bears more than a passing resemblance to its big brother.
Ringbolt Cabernet Sauvignon
$28.99
As treacherous as it is beautiful, Western Australia’s rugged southwest coastline is littered with shipwrecks – the wreck of the Ringbolt being one of them. Sunk in the late 1800s in what is now known as Ringbolt Bay, located on the southern tip of the Margaret River wine region, adjacent to Cape Leeuwin. It is at Ringbolt Bay where the Southern and Indian Oceans merge and their invigorating waters lap at the edge of the Margaret River wine region.
Parajas del Valle Maceracion Orange Wine
$28.99
This orange wine is made from the Macabeo grape. The grapes used are grown on 100% organic vineyards with minimal intervention used in both the grape growing and winemaking. The wine is also certified vegan.
Producer Description (Google Translated to English)
'Selection of traditionally cultivated organic vineyards, around 30 years old, dry-land and goblet-trained, we extract unusual nuances and complexity from the skins found on the smaller sized berries. The result is a surprising wine full of fruit and minerals.
Parajes del Valle follows a unique and particular style: organic, contemporary wines. Designed exclusively for enjoyment, they avoid artifice and disguises, they are honest, refreshing, aromatic and very varietal.'
Greenock Creek Apricot Block
$86.99
Thrust into the international wine spotlight thanks to an unmatched eight perfect 100-point scores from the world’s leading wine publication, The Wine Advocate, Greenock Creek remains the proud standard-bearer for long-lived Barossa Valley red wines of deep colour, abundant flavour and great structure.
Their vineyards are situated in the sub-regions of Seppeltsfield, Marananga and Moppa located along the Barossa Valley’s western edge and are some of the oldest vines in the world. Thin, sandy loam topsoil's lie sparsely scattered over ancient deposits of bluestone, marble stone, limestone, quartz and ironstone. Rainfall is limited, often to less than 400 millimetres a year falling through winter and early spring. Subsurface clay retains valuable moisture, sustaining the vines through the long, warm and dry summers and autumns. The perfect, low-disease-pressure conditions in which to grow small, healthy bunches of compact, flavour-packed berries.
93 points from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate! The review: "Deep garnet-purple coloured, the Apricot Block Shiraz opens with aromas of crushed wild blueberries and mulberries with underlying touches of roses, black olives, cigar boxes and anise. Medium to full-bodied and generously fruited in the mouth, it gives a great concentration of blue and black fruit flavors with a crisp acid line, medium levels of rounded tannins and a long finish with a little pepper coming through. It is still just a little tightly wound.