This has a satin texture and beautiful plum and black cherry fruit.
It's also delicious, with ample amounts of attractive cherry fruit to go along with the trademark Beaucastel garrigue.
Sweet black cherry fruit and velvety tannins, neither of which mask the sense of place in this impressive wine.
Made without oak for maximum vibrancy of dark cherry fruit and plum-skin tang, in texture it's suave and soft.
This one is pure and simple barbera, with sparkling acidity and glistening cherry fruit unimpeded by oak flavors.
Tasting the 2009 Macán in Paris, I was struck by the purity of the plum and black cherry fruit, which is so characteristic of tempranillo.
£13.99-14.99, OddbiNorthorth & South, ozwines.co.uk, Red Squirrel Splash out 2007 Bodegas Roda Rioja Reserva An ultra-modern style of Rioja with glossy, dark cherry fruit.
£12 –12.49, Woodwinters, Noel Young 2012 Aloxe Corton, Domaine du Pavillon, Albert Bichot Sumptuous, moreish red Burgundy, with a veneer of smoky oak enveloping ripe, juicy cherry fruit.
A deep, elegant red from mostly syrah, some of which has spent time in new oak barrels — but not enough to hide the cherry fruit and violet notes.
For a wine more redolent of cherry fruit, try a Montepulciano d'Abruzzo from a producer like Valle Reale, Ciavolich or Dino Illuminati, all $20 or less.
