Premium World Reds 2.0
- Mixed
- Various
It’s called the Premium World Reds six-pack for a reason. This really is top-shelf gear from the best old-world regions in the world. There’s Italian flair. South African intrigue. And New Zealand quality that you’d expect. A Contiki tour for your tongue. For adults.
Every box contains ONE of each of the following:
Red
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- Cabernet Sauvignon
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- Margaret River
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Margaret River
The Houghton Gladstones is a Margaret River legend, but this cabernet doesn’t rest on reputation alone - it has a nose so fantastic you’ll fist pump in your mind (probably in real life, too) and a seamless palate of incredible length to back it up. In my six years at Vinomofo I’ve never seen it built into a deal like this. Count your lucky stars and let your shekels fly with abandon at this one-off, mofos. It’s on the rich side of classic, with everything wonderfully composed. Chocolate and sage leaves, dark plum, redcurrant and szechuan pepper. Loads more, but you have to work for it because it’s so seamless. It smells of itself more than a bunch of separate smells. Superfine, mouth-filling tannins, impressive balance and weight. Savoury to the extreme, muscular and lengthy. Big now but joyous - elegant but intense. Cellar it if you can resist its immediate charms.
Red
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- Shiraz
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- Barossa Valley
- Shiraz
- Barossa Valley
This is Barossa shiraz of the finest calibre. Bethany makes it from their old vines off two vineyards, one in the Eden Valley and the other along the eastern edge of the Barossa ranges, The fruit is treated with gentle, loving care in the winery before being laid to rest in 30% new French oak. The result is an elegant and powerful wine that leaps from the glass with immense complexity. There’s blueberry, blackberry, plum, baking spices and cedar on both the nose and palate. Of course with a wine of this magnitude, there is no rush to drink so feel free to let it rest for a decade or more.
Red
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- Grenache Blend
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- South Africa
- Grenache Blend
- South Africa
We are truly blessed to have this wine in our shed. It's from a tiny production, family-owned independent producer in Swartland, South Africa. These wines generally just don't make it all the way to Australia. David & Nadia spent ten years preparing their old dry-farmed bush vines to be ready to produce a wine of this calibre, letting the vineyard do the talking by acting with minimal intervention in the winery. There's grenache, syrah, carignan, cinsault and pinotage in the blend, all laid to rest in oak for a year before 18 months in the bottle. The wine is so complex, so layered and so compelling. Enjoy it while you can since something like this doesn't come around very often.
Red
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- Shiraz
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- McLaren Vale
- Shiraz
- McLaren Vale
A mofo favourite is back! The Cantiniere has been without doubt one of the top 3 wines people ask us for more of. It’s as intense, as complex, as high quality, as powerful as it is deeply, unendingly and immeasurably satisfying. A fanfare of Black Doris plum, blackberry, roasted nuts and spices, and super dark chocolate bursts onto the palate with the first sip. A cascade of supple tannin enhances the larger-than-life mouthfeel, with a bright flash of lively acidity to accompany. It’s sumptuous, opulent, decadent and however many other plush adjectives you care to throw at it. Plus it’ll cellar for a decade, easy. If you’ve not experienced it yet, you’re in for a wild ride!
Red
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- Pinot Noir
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- Central Otago
- Pinot Noir
- Central Otago
How lucky are we to get our hands on this Matua pinot, a top notch Otago wine with a bit of age. This gorgeous region’s wines can be a bit tightly wound in their youth, but give them a few years, and they blossom. This one is six years old and still fresh as a daisy, yet has developed some stunning secondary savouriness in the form of mushrooms, cedar, thyme, sage and anise. There’s a vibrancy as well, with hints of chocolate, cola and violets, and plenty of fruit jumping out of the glass. This pinot is sitting squarely in its prime drinking window right now, but there’s no harm in laying down a couple bottles to see how it develops even further over the next few years.
Red
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- Red Blend
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- Sicily
- Red Blend
- Sicily
What, again? Luca Maroni, Italy’s greatest wine critic, has given this red a staggering 99 points for the second vintage in a row. Just to be clear, his scale goes up to 99. This is the ceiling, the pinnacle, sheer perfection. This wine is a blend of Sicilian native nero d’avola, and the French cabernet sauvignon. The combo produces a powerful blend of plush, ripe berries and structure, with future to age for many years. It shows balance, in spite of the power, with great freshness and acidity giving lift and relief from the densely concentrated body. It’s a crossover hit really - you get the exotic nero and the familiar cabernet. An absolute delight that won’t last long.