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Red Blend

Red Blend is a catch-all category for red grape blends that are not based upon a traditional regional composition. Assemblage information can be found either in the wine’s designation, review text or on the producer’s website. You can use Wine Enthusiast’s online Buying Guide to find the top-rated Red Blends among our extensive Red Blend wine reviews and easy-to-use database. Our Red Blend reviews will give you a general idea what to expect from wines made from Red Blends, and will help you find one that best suits your needs.

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Tenuta dell'Ornellaia 2007 Ornellaia Red (Bolgheri Superiore)

  • Cellar Selection
  1. $200
Top 100 Cellar Selections 2011
The 2007 Ornellaia is a masterpiece blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and a tiny element of Petit Verdot. The intensity and purity are outstanding and the wine delivers beautiful notes of chocolate, black cherry, leather, cedar and spice. It’s a big, modern expression that closes long with luscious softness and opulent fruit. Hold 10 years or more.  — M.L.  (12/15/2010)
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Tenuta dell'Ornellaia 2004 Ornellaia Red (Bolgheri Superiore)

  • Cellar Selection
  1. $175
This is a hopelessly gorgeous wine with so much energy, intensity, density and good cheer. The superb ensemble—Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot—delivers chocolate fudge, ripe cherry, rhubarb, cola, tobacco and cedar wood. It’s tight and supple, with seamless harmony and excellent succulence on the finish. But it’s that incredible…  — M.L.  (4/1/2008)
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Alvaro Palacios 2003 L’Ermita Red (Priorat)

  1. $440
Super pricey but this is a knock-your-socks-off wine with a gorgeous bouquet that shows not even a hint of syrup or jam. The palate is like a nova; it bursts with plum, blackberry and cinnamon. No harshness, not too tannic, and splendid on the finish, where toast and chocolate appear and stick around for a long time. It’s 80% old-vines Garnacha and 20% Cabernet…  — M.S.  (10/1/2005)
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Marchesi Antinori 2008 Guado al Tasso Red (Bolgheri Superiore)

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  1. $102
Here’s a “wow” wine on every level, with incredible intensity and supple softness that builds momentum over many long minutes. A sweet cherry note at the core is surrounded by lush layers of tobacco, dark chocolate and spice, which promise to evolve gracefully over years to come.  — M.L.  (2/1/2012)
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Château de Beaucastel 1998 Cuvée Hommage à Jacques Perrin Red (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)

  1. $240
A wine made with a high quantity of Mourvèdre (60%), and produced only in the best years, in memory of François and Jean-Pierre’s father. Superripe, with huge fruit, its’ jammy, gamy and rich. Dusty tannins and excellent black-fruit flavors. The final effect is a wine that epitomizes the potential elegance and the power of Chateauneuf-du-Pape in one glass. A great…  — W.E.  (12/31/2001)
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Marchesi Antinori 2006 Guado al Tasso Red (Bolgheri Superiore)

  • Cellar Selection
  1. $95
Guado al Tasso is finally back. After a string of past vintages that exhibited some rubber-like aromas, the 2006 expression is a study in purity, focus and excellence. This wine is impressive on all levels in terms of intensity, personality and persistency. It’s rich and luscious with smooth tannins and lasting flavors of blackberry and spice. Drink after 2015.  — M.L.  (3/1/2010)
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Leonetti Cellar 2005 Reserve Red Wine (Walla Walla Valley (WA))

  1. $125
The 2005 Leonetti Reserve is all estate vineyard fruit—63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot and 20% Petit Verdot. It is saturated and dense. The fruit is dark, smoky, herbal, tight and loaded with licorice, tea leaf, black olive, hints of tar and graphite. Tannins are in perfect proportion, polished and ripe, with extra texture and weight. The finish is granular and…  — P.G.  (11/1/2008)
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Castello Banfi 2007 Excelsus Red (Toscana)

  1. $81
Enthusiast 100 2011
The 2007 Excelsus is a gorgeous super Tuscan expression (with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot) that shows quality and superior fruit on all levels. Castello Banfi has really hit a home run with this vintage. You’ll encounter persuasive aromas of cassis, blackberry, chocolate, tobacco, curry leaf and deep renderings of exotic spice. The wine’s texture is exceedingly…  — M.L.  (10/1/2011)
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