
These days, admitting that you like bigger, stronger red wine, needs to be approached with an air of caution. The trend for lighter, fresher, more ‘elegant’ reds has been strong recently and as we know, such is the lemming culture of modern society, it grows arms and legs and before you know it, you’ve swapped your Ribera del Duero for a cheeky carbonic maceration Tempranillo that was described as ‘Juice’. Fear not, here are six full throttle, high octane red wines that are big, structured, warming and still ‘elegant’.
Available as a case of 12 (2 bottles each of the wines below) or a case of 6 (1 bottle each of the wines below)
Arzuaga Crianza Ribera del Duero, Spain
Piaugier Gigondas Rhone Valley, France
Rocche Costamagna Barbera d'Alba Superiore Piedmont, Italy
Casa Silva Microterroir Carmenere Colchagua, Chile
Confidences de Prieure Lichine Margaux Bordeaux, France
Meritxell Palleja Priorat 'Nita' Priorat, Spain