{"title":"Best Selling Red Wines","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"henschke-mount-edelstone-shiraz-eden-valley-2018-75cl","title":"Henschke, Mount Edelstone Shiraz, Eden Valley 2018 - 75cl","description":"\u003cp\u003eMount Edelstone lives in the shadow of Henschke's Hill of Grace, but on its own terms it is one of Australia's great single-vineyard Shiraz. The fruit comes from dry-grown vines planted in 1912 on a gentle Eden Valley slope, farmed by the same family since 1868. Higher and cooler than the Barossa floor below, Eden Valley gives Shiraz that is fragrant and peppery rather than sheer brawn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2018 vintage was a beauty in South Australia, and it shows. Pour it and you get dark plum and blackberry, then black pepper, star anise and a savoury lift of sage and bay. Time in French and American oak adds cedar and a fine grain of spice without burying the fruit. On the palate it is deep and beautifully composed — concentrated dark fruit, powdery fine tannins, a line of acidity keeping everything fresh, and a finish that carries on well after you have swallowed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a wine with a long life ahead of it. Drink a bottle now to see where it is going, and put a few away for the next decade and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow to Serve\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 16–18°C. Young and structured as it is, give it an hour in a decanter — it rewards the air.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere to Drink It\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wine for a proper table: Scott's in Mayfair, the grill at The Wolseley, or Brat in Shoreditch where the fire-cooked meats suit it perfectly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFood Pairings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade for roast lamb studded with rosemary, or a rare-cooked ribeye. A wedge of aged hard cheese and a bit of quiet works just as well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Decant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53674813653316,"sku":"HO29601B18","price":131.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0858\/2551\/9940\/files\/16-194_e87de3ce-6f02-4314-8240-e6969b25ad86.jpg?v=1785768977"},{"product_id":"shaw-and-smith-vineyard-pinot-noir-lenswood-2021-75cl","title":"Shaw and Smith, Vineyard Pinot Noir, Lenswood 2021 - 75cl","description":"\u003cp\u003eLenswood sits in the cool upper reaches of the Adelaide Hills, and the vineyard Shaw and Smith draw on here was planted back in 1999. Two decades of vine age tells in the glass: this is Pinot with structure and grip rather than easy fruit, the kind of site expression the estate has spent years coaxing out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Hill Smith MW and Martin Shaw built their name on white wines, but the Lenswood Pinot has become one of the more serious cool-climate reds in the country. The 2021 vintage gave them the slow ripening they want, and the wine wears it well at a restrained 13% under screw cap. It arrives fully formed, complex and a little brooding, without the confected sweetness that trips up warmer-climate Pinot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nose layers dark cherry and strawberry over forest floor, bracken and a woodsy, spiced edge, with cedar and a whisper of leather sitting behind. The palate is glossy and textural, medium-bodied with real tension running through it: pomegranate, star anise and a green-olive savouriness, bright acidity holding the line. It closes long, with a minty, pithy grip that keeps the wine honest. Approachable now, though a few years in the cellar will reward patience through the late 2020s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to Serve\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe cool, 14-15°C, in a wide Burgundy bowl. No need to decant; half an hour open in the glass is plenty to let the savoury notes unfurl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere to Drink It\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoble Rot, Bloomsbury - a wine list that lives for exactly this kind of cool-climate Pinot.\u003cbr\u003eThe Wolseley, Piccadilly - grand-cafe cooking that suits a bright, savoury red.\u003cbr\u003eDandy, Maltby Street - small plates and a crowd who care what's in the glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood Pairings\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoast duck breast, pink in the middle, with a sharp cherry sauce - the wine's acidity and the fruit meet the bird exactly where they should.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Decant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53674823909700,"sku":"HO30401B21","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0858\/2551\/9940\/files\/HUB-10327308-1-IB-STOCK-N_1_eaebf2d6-c713-4fc4-8d93-22439058cbad.png?v=1731424312"},{"product_id":"valdaya-ribera-del-duero-mirum-ribera-duero-2020-75cl","title":"Valdaya, Ribera del Duero, Mirum Ribera Duero 2020 - 75cl","description":"\u003cp\u003eRibera del Duero has no shortage of big, oak-driven reds. Valdaya went the other way. Marta Ramas and Miguel Fisac farm old parcels north of the Duero, up around 850 to 920 metres, where the nights are cold and the growing season runs long and slow. Those are the conditions that keep freshness in the fruit and give a wine somewhere to go, and the vines here, many of them between fifty and ninety years old, dig deep for what little the poor soils offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMirum is their flagship. It is Tinto Fino, the local Tempranillo, from old bush vines on chalky, limestone soils, aged for roughly fifteen months in French oak. The result is Ribera with the volume turned down and the detail turned up. In the glass it shows dark plum and black cherry, but the fruit sits inside a frame of fine chalky minerality and violet-scented lift rather than sweet extract. There is cocoa and a whisper of oak spice, real tension through the middle, and tannins that are firm but polished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is structured without being heavy, a serious wine that still feels alive. The 2020 drinks well now with an hour in a decanter, and it has the balance to develop over the next five to eight years. This is a bottle for the table rather than the armchair, so open it alongside something to eat and let it stretch its legs. If you want to see where a small, thoughtful grower can take Ribera del Duero, this is a fine place to start, and a reminder that the region has more than one register to play in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow to Serve\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe at 16-17°C in a Bordeaux glass. Decant an hour ahead to let the dark fruit and violet florals open up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere to Drink It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSabor, Soho, where Nieves Barragan's Castilian roasts are made for a wine like this.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBarrafina, Adelaide Street, at the counter with jamon and grilled meats.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFood Pairings\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoast lamb or suckling pig; aged Manchego rounds it off nicely.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Decant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53674825056580,"sku":"HO26501B20","price":49.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0858\/2551\/9940\/files\/HUB-10352907-1-IB-STOCK-N_1_0c78b9ef-78f1-4eae-9feb-9f5d15c124be.png?v=1731424341"},{"product_id":"melida-wines-dos-alas-rojas-ribera-del-duero-2020-75cl","title":"Melida Wines, Dos Alas Rojas, Ribera del Duero 2020 - 75cl","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo red wings is what the name means, and this is the bottle Miriam Valenti and Silvia Herrera reach for when they want to show you the serious side of Melida. It is their flagship, drawn from a single old parcel in Moradillo de Roa, where the vines are now around 35 years old and dig into the chalk and clay of the high Ribera.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2020 was a warm, generous growing season, and you can feel that ripeness in the glass. This is a big wine at 15%, though it never tips into heat. Expect dark cherry and cassis first, then the slower notes: cocoa bean, sweet clove, a lift of rose petal and aniseed that keeps the whole thing from feeling heavy. Twenty-four months in used 500-litre French oak has done its work quietly, adding a thread of vanilla and structure rather than a slab of toast. The tannins are abundant and faintly dusty, the sort that frame a wine built for the table. The finish is long and savoury, still fresh despite the vintage warmth, which is the altitude talking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnly 1,500 bottles were made, so this is a wine to treat with some ceremony. The Wine Advocate gave the 2020 ninety-two points and flagged its riper character, which is fair, and part of its appeal on a cold night. It is drinking well now but has the frame to hold and soften over the next five to eight years, and a decant will only help it along.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it air and give it food; a decent glass helps too. This is Ribera with its sleeves rolled up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow to Serve\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe at 17-18C. Use a large-bowled glass and give it an hour in a decanter to let the 2020's ripeness and dusty tannins settle and open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere to Drink It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSabor, Mayfair - Nieves Barragan's live-fire Spanish cooking is made for a wine this size.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBarrafina, Adelaide Street - pull up a counter stool and order the presa iberica.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNoble Rot, Soho - a list that will happily sit this Ribera next to something Burgundian.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFood Pairings\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoast lamb shoulder studded with garlic, or a board of aged Manchego and jamon iberico.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Decant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53676321472836,"sku":"HO24602B20","price":38.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0858\/2551\/9940\/files\/229110120200100750.png?v=1756834191"},{"product_id":"tignanello-toscana-2022-75cl","title":"Tignanello, Toscana 2022 - 75cl","description":"\u003cp\u003eTignanello is the wine that rewrote the rules. When Antinori first aged Sangiovese in French barriques and blended in Cabernet back in the 1970s, it broke every Chianti convention going and had to be sold as a humble table wine — and in doing so it invented the Super Tuscan. Half a century on it is one of Italy's most famous reds, still made from a single hillside vineyard in the Chianti Classico zone and still labelled, almost cheekily, as Toscana IGT.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2022 is 78% Sangiovese with 18% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Cabernet Franc, aged in mostly new French oak for over a year before bottle. It was a drought vintage — the driest in memory — rescued by late-summer rain, and the well-drained Tignanello slope came through with fruit of real concentration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is darker and more brooding than usual, yet fresher than a hot year would lead you to expect: ripe black cherry and bramble, blood orange, violet and a streak of graphite. The palate is full and pure, with silky, supple tannins, bright acidity and a long, savoury close. It drinks well already but has decades in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA benchmark bottle — for a celebration, or to see what the fuss has always been about.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to Serve\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 17-18°C. Decant one to two hours before serving; it is young and concentrated. A large Bordeaux glass gives it room. Drinking from now well into the 2040s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere to Drink It\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eScott's in Mayfair, for a night that warrants it. The River Cafe, where it meets Italian cooking as a peer. Wiltons, for old-school occasion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood Pairings\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dry-aged ribeye, simply grilled, matches its polish and grip. Or venison with juniper if you want to lean into the darker fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Decant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55240496447812,"sku":"HO0603B22","price":152.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0858\/2551\/9940\/files\/109539120220100750_dc1f342c-5f44-4d0b-bd8d-702693b4c7bf.png?v=1759088527"},{"product_id":"guidalberto-tenuta-san-guido-toscana-2023-150cl","title":"Guidalberto, Tenuta San Guido, Toscana 2023 - 150cl","description":"\u003cp\u003eGuidalberto is the wine Tenuta San Guido makes in the shadow of Sassicaia — often called the second wine of Bolgheri's most famous estate, though it's very much its own thing. The blend leans on Cabernet Sauvignon with a generous slug of Merlot, which softens and rounds where Sassicaia stays austere. This is the 2023, and it comes in magnum — 150cl, the format that ages more slowly and turns any dinner into an occasion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe nose is all Mediterranean scrub and cassis — lavender, thyme, blackcurrant, a little leather and earth lending a savoury, almost gamey depth. The palate is fresh and lifted, with a coastal salinity that keeps it moving, velvety tannins carrying a faintly sandy grip, and a long cedary finish. There's blueberry and floral lift in there too. Approachable young in a way Sassicaia never quite is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDelicious now, but the magnum rewards patience — the larger format holds the wine fresher for longer, so there's no rush at all. Drink across the next ten to twelve years. A brilliant bottle for a table of six who all want to remember what they drank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow to Serve\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDecant an hour ahead — a young magnum especially benefits — and serve at 18°C in big Bordeaux glasses. Chill the room, not the wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere to Drink It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe River Cafe, Hammersmith — a magnum on the table by the water is exactly the mood.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScott's, Mayfair — polished enough for a big-format Bolgheri.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBocca di Lupo, Soho — sharing plates for a sharing bottle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFood Pairings\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade for a shared rib of beef, but equally happy with a rack of lamb and rosemary. The Merlot in the blend loves a bit of roast fat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Decant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55251604930884,"sku":"HO18001B23","price":119.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0858\/2551\/9940\/files\/GUID.png?v=1773681385"},{"product_id":"allegrini-la-poja-igt-2016-75cl","title":"Allegrini La Poja, IGT 2016 - 75cl","description":"\u003cp\u003eLa Poja is the wine that proved Corvina could stand on its own. Allegrini bottles it from a single 2.65-hectare parcel at the very top of the La Grola hill at Sant'Ambrogio, in the Valpolicella Classico country west of Verona, and it is one of the few serious reds made entirely from the grape usually blended into Valpolicella and Amarone. There is no drying of the fruit here, no appassimento; this is straight Corvina from a limestone-rich site, and the wine carries the appellation as an IGT rather than a DOC because it steps outside the local blending rules.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2016 is a fine vintage, and it shows. The nose moves from blackcurrant and morello cherry into liquorice, smoky tobacco, a lick of vanilla and a floral top note. Full-bodied and tightly built, the palate runs through spiced blueberry, dark cherry and black pepper, with cocoa and clove adding a savoury turn. The tannins are dense but graceful, the acidity firm and well knit, and it finishes long on a note of bitter dark chocolate. This has the frame to develop for a decade or more; give it time or give it air.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to Serve\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePour at 17-18C in a large Bordeaux glass. A young bottle wants a full hour in the decanter to unwind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere to Drink It\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe River Cafe, Hammersmith - Italian cooking with the weight to match it.\u003cbr\u003eScott's, Mayfair - if you are treating the bottle as the occasion.\u003cbr\u003eBocca di Lupo, Soho - regional Italian plates that give it room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood Pairings\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePair it with a slow-braised beef shin, the depth of the reduction meeting the wine's dark, spiced core.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Decant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55289167905092,"sku":"HO0101B16","price":75.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0858\/2551\/9940\/files\/109509820160100750_b49212d9-a557-4e68-b21a-e33c31753a35.png?v=1759088501"},{"product_id":"quintarelli-giuseppe-amarone-della-valpolicella-classico-superiore-2015-75cl","title":"Quintarelli Giuseppe, Amarone della Valpolicella, Classico Superiore 2015 - 75cl","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo name in Valpolicella carries the weight of Quintarelli. Giuseppe Quintarelli — the maestro, who died in 2012 and whose family carries on exactly as he did — made Amarone the slow, patient, uncompromising way, and this 2015 is the result. The grapes, chiefly Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella, are dried on racks for months until they're half raisin, fermented slowly, then aged around seven years in large Slavonian oak casks. It arrives at 16.5%.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor all that concentration, it's astonishingly graceful. Woodland herbs and underbrush give way to wild berries, cinnamon, shaved cedar and crushed rock. There's dried plum, brandied cherry and sweet cigar, dried flowers and citrus peel — and beneath it all an electric acidity that stops the richness ever turning heavy. The tannins are fine and web-like. The finish stains the glass with raspberry and violet. Off-dry in feel, warming, and impossibly long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrinking beautifully now, but built to age for decades — comfortably to 2040 and well beyond. Open it for something that matters. It's among the most expensive Amarones in the world, and one of the very few that justifies it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow to Serve\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe at 18°C in a large glass. It's mature and precious, so decant gently and only shortly before pouring — enough to wake it, not tire it. Stand old bottles upright a day ahead and handle them with care.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere to Drink It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocanda Locatelli, Marylebone — the setting a bottle like this deserves.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWiltons, Jermyn Street — old-world dining for an old-world great.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBocca di Lupo, Soho — northern Italian plates to match a Veneto legend.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFood Pairings\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBraised short rib or osso buco — something rich and slow-cooked to meet its warmth. 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The Clergets have made wine here since the thirteenth century; today it is Thibaud Clerget in charge, back home after time at Domaine de la Romanee-Conti and Meo-Camuzet, and the wines have found a new clarity under him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolnay is the most perfumed red in the Cote de Beaune, and 2021 — a frost-hit, low-yielding year — has given wines of real freshness and lift rather than weight. Expect Pinot Noir in its silkiest register: crushed raspberry and red cherry, a note of violet, a twist of pepper, and the faint savoury edge Volnay develops with a few years in bottle. The tannins are fine and cool, the acidity bright, and in magnum it will hold and improve for a decade or more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bottle for the table and for keeping — one that rewards patience and a proper glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to Serve\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 15–16°C in a broad Burgundy bowl. Decant gently just before serving, or pull the cork an hour ahead — young Volnay opens fast with a little air.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere to Drink It\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoble Rot for its Burgundy list. The River Cafe for the cooking that suits it. Scott's in Mayfair for the occasion a magnum deserves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood Pairings\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoast duck or guinea fowl is the classic reach — the perfume lifts the bird, the acidity cuts the fat. Coq au vin works too, and so does a plate of wild mushrooms on toast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Decant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55289201819972,"sku":"HO5907C21","price":188.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0858\/2551\/9940\/files\/122762820220101500_92806aea-0b5f-4edc-9cee-d2d3e643365d.png?v=1773222537"},{"product_id":"don-melchor-2021","title":"Don Melchor 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eDon Melchor is Chile's original icon wine, and after four decades it remains the benchmark for Chilean Cabernet. Every bottle comes from a single vineyard — Puente Alto, in the Alto Maipo, at the foot of the Andes — whose gravelly soils and cool mountain nights give Cabernet Sauvignon a structure and freshness that rivals the great names of Bordeaux.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2021 is 93% Cabernet Sauvignon with dashes of Cabernet Franc and Merlot, fermented in stainless steel and aged fifteen months in French oak, most of it new. It is a notably elegant, precise vintage. The nose sets graphite and cassis against dried rosemary, white pepper and violet; the palate is richly textured yet fresh, with a raspberry and plum core, cocoa touches and well-integrated tannins running to a long finish. Wine Spectator named the 2021 its Wine of the Year for 2024, and you can taste why — this is polish and precision in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuperb now with a decant, it will reward a decade or more in the cellar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to Serve\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 17–18°C in a large Bordeaux glass. Decant a young Don Melchor a good hour ahead to let the structure settle and the perfume open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere to Drink It\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eScott's in Mayfair, where an icon Cabernet earns its place. Or Hide on Piccadilly for a cellar that treats New World greats properly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood Pairings\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dry-aged ribeye, simply grilled, is all it asks for. 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Tinto Fino with a touch of Cabernet Sauvignon, it spends the best part of a decade in cask and bottle before it ever reaches you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe estate at Valbuena de Duero has been making Único since 1864, ageing it far longer than almost any other fine wine on earth, often ten years across large and small oak before release. Each bottling is a blend built for balance, and 2013's fresher character has drawn comparisons to the estate's more delicate historic vintages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe glass reveals a wine of extraordinary detail: red and black cherry, dried rose, sandalwood, leather, truffle and a fine dusting of sweet baking spice. The tannins are silk over iron, the acidity bright, the finish seemingly endless. This is complexity you taste in layers rather than all at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt £382.99 this is a connoisseur's bottle, and one of the great cellar wines of Europe. It is drinking gorgeously now with generous decanting, yet has decades left in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to Serve\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 17-18°C in large Burgundy or Bordeaux stems. Decant two to three hours ahead; older Único rewards patience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere to Drink It\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLurra for its wood-fired Basque beef. Sabor for regional Spanish cooking of real ambition. Barrafina for a celebratory counter seat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood Pairings\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoast rib of beef or slow-braised oxtail suits its depth. 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It is aged in French oak barriques for around a year, which rounds the fruit and adds a fine-grained structure without burying the variety's natural softness. The 2022 was a warm, dry vintage, giving concentration and ripe tannins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nose leads with ripe black cherry and plum, layered with cocoa, sweet spice and a hint of dried herbs. On the palate it is smooth and mouth-filling, with velvety tannins and a warming, fruit-forward core that carries through to a lightly savoury finish. This is Merlot in its charming, approachable register rather than its brooding one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt drinks well now and will hold comfortably for another five or six years. At around £46 it sits below the estate's flagship reds while still delivering real Bolgheri polish, making it a smart way into the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to Serve\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 16-18°C in a large glass. A short decant of half an hour lifts the aromatics nicely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere to Drink It\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBocca di Lupo in Soho, for Italian cooking with weight. Trullo in Islington, whose grill suits it. Manteca in Shoreditch, for house-made pasta and salumi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood Pairings\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRare roast beef, or a rich mushroom and beef ragu over pappardelle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Decant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56963770614084,"sku":"HO35302B22","price":45.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0858\/2551\/9940\/files\/Cont_Ugo_GuadoalTasso202275cl.png?v=1784196232"},{"product_id":"barbaresco-paje-vecchie-viti-roagna-2018-75cl","title":"Barbaresco Pajé Vecchie Viti, Roagna 2018 75cl","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoagna's Barbaresco Pajé Vecchie Viti is one of the most revered wines in all of Piedmont — old-vine Nebbiolo from a legendary cru, made by a family who farm and vinify as if it were still the 1960s. The 2018 is a wine of extraordinary depth and one for serious collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuca Roagna and his father Alfredo work their Pajé holding in Barbaresco with old, low-yielding vines, extended macerations of a month or more, and long ageing in large old oak — a deliberately traditional, uncompromising approach. Vecchie Viti means old vines, and this cuvée draws on the oldest parcels, farmed with fierce attention to the soil. Production is tiny and demand is intense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the glass it is a luminous pale garnet, with a nose that unfurls slowly: dried rose, wild strawberry, tar, orange peel, liquorice, mint and a savoury note of leather and earth. The palate is at once ethereal and powerful — fine, chalky tannins, vivid acidity and a mineral, almost saline depth that carries an exceptionally long finish. It is a wine of nuance rather than force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis will drink beautifully for two to three decades and needs years to show its best; if you open it young, give it a long, careful decant. At around £530 it is a collector's wine — rare, benchmark traditional Barbaresco to buy for the cellar and reward with patience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to Serve\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 16-18°C in a large Burgundy glass. Decant several hours ahead when young; older bottles need gentler handling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere to Drink It\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLocanda Locatelli in Marylebone for a landmark Italian dinner. Sartoria on Savile Row for refined Piedmontese cooking. 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Made at Tenuta San Guido in Bolgheri from Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, it remains one of Italy's most collected reds and the only single estate to hold its own DOC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story began in the 1940s when the Incisa della Rocchetta family planted Bordeaux varieties near the Tuscan coast, inspired by the wines of the Medoc. What was once a private experiment became a global icon. The maritime climate of Bolgheri gives ripeness with freshness, and the wine ages in French oak barriques.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2020 shows a deep ruby colour and a nose of cassis, black cherry, cedar, pencil shavings and a Mediterranean lift of bay and dried herbs. The palate is elegant and finely structured, with cool blackcurrant fruit, silky tannins and a long, savoury, graphite-tinged finish. It has the polish of fine Bordeaux with an unmistakably Tuscan warmth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt around £278 this is an investment-grade wine and a special-occasion pour. Approachable now with a decant, but built to age gracefully for 15 years or more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to Serve\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 16-18C in a large Bordeaux glass. Decant at least an hour, ideally two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere to Drink It\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLocanda Locatelli in Marylebone for refined Italian. Harry's Bar in Mayfair for occasion dining. Noble Rot Soho for a knowing cellar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood Pairings\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBistecca alla Fiorentina, or roast rib of beef with rosemary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Decant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56963946578244,"sku":"HO36801B20","price":277.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0858\/2551\/9940\/files\/16-193_be19a171-9829-4b12-a5de-2d15f9c1f37c.jpg?v=1785769093"},{"product_id":"sassicaia-tenuta-san-guido-2023-75cl","title":"Sassicaia, Tenuta San Guido 2023 75cl","description":"\u003cp\u003eA brand-new release of Italy's most famous red, the 2023 Sassicaia continues the run of the Bolgheri estate that started it all. Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc from Tenuta San Guido, the only single vineyard in Italy to carry its own DOC, matured in French oak barriques.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe estate's origins lie in the 1940s, when the Incisa della Rocchetta family planted Bordeaux varieties on the Tuscan coast in tribute to the Medoc. That experiment became the template for the entire Super Tuscan movement. Bolgheri's sea breezes and stony soils lend Cabernet a cool, cedary poise that sets Sassicaia apart from richer Tuscan reds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an early release from a promising vintage, expect the estate's classic profile: blackcurrant and dark cherry fruit, cedar and pencil-shaving oak, and that signature note of Mediterranean herbs and graphite minerality. The palate should show fine, firm tannins, cool-fruited freshness and a long savoury finish. This is structural youth that wants time in the cellar to open fully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt around £260 it is a wine to buy on release and lay down. Best from 2028 and holding for well over a decade beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to Serve\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 16-18C in a large Bordeaux glass. Decant at least two hours if opening young.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere to Drink It\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLocanda Locatelli in Marylebone for classic Italian. Harry's Bar in Mayfair for occasion. 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