YOUR RESULTS for "Food Pairing: Tomato Sauce"

Aromas of sour red cherry and mixed wild berry are joined by light baking spices. The wine is nicely tart on the attack, before its dried black fruit takes over. Good acid, silky tannin, and a savory peppery component add interest.

Pretty aromatics with medium to medium plus viscosity. Quite red fruited for a Cabernet with red cherry and red currant, plums and cranberries. It is medium in body with firm tannins and a long finish with hints of spice, herbs and tobacco leaves.

Aromas of brambly blackberry, cassis, licorice and black plum. The palate is smooth, with ripe and well-integrated tannins that provide a well-balanced structure. Stewed red and black fruits, plum and a touch of toast on the palate.

Aromas are predominantly red fruited–cherry, raspberry, plum and spice box. There’s some fresh fig as well as spiced sweet cherry. This is a seamlessly textured wine with fine tannins. It’s medium-plus in weight with raspberry and raspberry coulis along with bramble; juicy acidity keeps it balanced.

Medium aromas of cherry, mulberry, vanilla, and light spice introduce this wine. There is a touch of smoke and spice on the medium weight palate along with dark fruits, especially black cherry and black currant.

Borgo del Mandorlo shows the exuberant, lush side of Primitivo with dark currants, dried fruits, ripe cherries and plums, along with notes of fruit cake spice and dark chocolate. It is full bodied with dense fruit, young tannins and balancing acidity.

This is a beautiful, classic expression of Barbera, with fine acidity balanced by ripe fruit. Aromas of black currant and dried plum with hints of licorice and earth lead to more of the same on the palate. It is medium-bodied with a long finish, this is a wine made for the table.

This red blend is quite dark in color. It displays fruit of cassis, tart currants, and some bright wild black rapsberries and cherries. There are dusty cedar notes along with woodiness, fresh and dried herbs and a smoky-graphite finish. The fruit is pure and although it starts out with some oaky notes, those integrate quite well with air.

This wine offers complex, lightly cedary aromas along with Frappato’s classsic red berries (raspberries, cherries, and strawberries) as well as a touch of blueberry. Flowers are part of the nose and palate. This has a wonderful texture, its smooth tannins dancing with fruit--and its not clear which is leading in this lively, fresh, fruity, smooth wine. It is medium in body and length.

Aromas are of pure, fresh plums and raspberries and light minerality. This is red fruited with red cherry, plum and raspberry notes, along with touches of bramble and violets This medium weight beauty is supported by soft well-integrated tannins and there is a certain stony minerality which keeps it fresh.

Blackberry, black plum and wood spice are aromatic on the nose. This dry, fuller-bodied wine has notes of black fruit, mocha, and vanilla on the palate.

Intense nose of strawberries, cherries, blackberries and cassis, with spiced black pepper notes on the back. Fresh on the palate, with excellent acidity.

Wine Spectator, 94 Points: A bright yet firmly structured Chianti Classico, with iron, leather, almond and floral accents surrounding a core of cherry fruit. Sleek and intense, with a lingering finish echoing cherry, red berry and mineral notes. Best from 2024 through 2040. 4,500 cases imported.

Rose, liquorice, iodine, pepper

On the nose this wine has Moroccan spices, wet stone, smoke and black fruit like plum and blackberry. On the palate, there are rich blackcurrants and black cherries with dried herbs and garrigue along with notes of spice, kirsch, black licorice and bitter chocolate. This red is dense, with beautiful structure, velvety tannins and good length.

This wine has exceptional balance to it! It is dark fruited with black currant and blackberry mingling perfectly with a stony earthiness. There are some dried rose petals and enticing wild side. The palate delivers a great balance; supple texture and harmony between the just ripe fruit and the earthy minerality. The finish is long with some tobacco, black pepper and ripe black cherry. 

This is essentially the Chateau Maris Les Planels (Syrah-based wine) without any sulfites added. (it says "sans souffre" on the neck of the capsule). The name means "to know how to age." In actuality, it is a wine that one should probably drink within 3 years of vintage since it has no sulfite protection, but boy, is it drinking beautifully. Medium plus body, rich and ripe, velvety, meaty, with savory undertones. There's nothing overripe here, yet it's seamlessly saturated. If you're into "natural wine," here's a superior example. 

Medium aromatics offering fresh and dried herbs, cigar box, dates and dried cherries. The palate is medium bodied with very rounded but quite there tannins. Fruits are purple to black --cherries, plums, and black raspberry with light toast, earth and dark chocolate.

Aromas of mulling spices, ripe red fruits and underbrush. On the palate this medium body wine has flavors of black cherry, black caps, and some herbed raspberry jam. It has nice round tannins, as well as integrated acidity. This wine is complex with light notes of underbrush and bramble on the finish.

This classic Italian wine is an ideal pairing with food. The nose is quite berry forward with Italian herbs. This medium bodied wine has tart berry fruit with balanced tannins, touches of rustic herbs and some forest floor and tobacco notes. 

Medium aromatics with black cherry, blackberry, and an herbaceous quality. Both red and black cherry greet you on the palate with some cooked berry, black pepper, and spice. The fruit is present and balanced with a light amount of savory bark. Medium-bodied with medium-plus acid, excellent with food.

There are aromas of black raspberry and its leaf, as well as blackberries in this Loire red. The palate is medium weight with black raspberry, blackberry, soil and mineral notes (stone and iron). It has integrated acidity and fine tannins; this is tasty, juicy and crushable!

Lightly smoky plums and blackberries combine with sandalwood in the aromas of this wine. The palate is medium weight with excellent fruit concentration and juicy, mouthwatering structure. This Cabernet Franc is redolent of plums, black cherries and blackberries with light pepper and baking spice, earth, mineral and smoke notes. The wine has lively acidity, moderate tannins and a long, satisfying finish

Appealing aromas of red and black fruits, licorice and black pepper are your introduction to this unique Mediterranean grape. The wine is medium weight with red and purple fruits, plums, blueberries and rose petals. It is fresh, unique, appealing, fragrant, food-friendly, soft and accessible. The tannins are light to medium weight with crisp acidity.

Finca Decero Remolinos Vineyard Malbec 2018 (Agrelo, Mendoza, Argentina) Just over medium in weight with juicy, lifting acidity and rounded tannins, this Malbec offers a combination of savory flavors (sassafras, tree bark) and ripe fruits (dried cherries, figs). It is easy to drink alone and also an excellent food partner.

Spicy, fruity aromas of red cherry and currant with a bit of darker fruit. While fleshy and red-fruited, the palate offers the acidity and bitterness typical of many Italian reds as well as some pepper and figs.

Spicy, fruity aromas of red cherry and currant with a bit of darker fruit. While fleshy and red-fruited, the palate offers the acidity and bitterness typical of many Italian reds as well as some pepper and figs.

Complex and interesting aromas of plums, cooked currant and berries, black cherry and toasty wood. Thorough-going but soft tannins support lively, spicy dark fruits. All the components of this wine are well integrated and harmonious. It is easy to drink, just a bit over medium in body with a long finish.

"Blueberry, plum, tobacco and citrus-zest aromas. It’s medium-bodied with firm, tight-grained tannins. Fresh and juicy with good structure. Drink or hold." - James Suckling 92

Interesting aromas of purple fruits, plums & cherries, with brambly, minerally notes. The palate is dry & youthful with crunchy red fruits, black raspberries, leather and distinctive notes of red licorice as well as bittersweet cocoa powder. This wine can be drunk now or enjoy over the next 3 years.

Medium aromas of red cherry, high toned fruit and some tart pomegranate. The palate is clean and medium bodied with red cherry, plum, and cranberry. It has medium plus acidity with light tannin structure. 

Cool-climate Cabernet Franc that is unoaked. It was originally produced in a stainless steel tank #23 (T23) and remained in the Lamoreaux line-up as a classic expression of the region without the interplay of oak or oak tannins.

Lightly floral aromas with baking spice and cherry. The palate on this medium weight red is silky, with black pepper, plum and cherry notes.

Blackberry, black cherry and vanilla notes on the nose. This medium bodied wine is well integrated and true to the grape: blackberry notes, black cherry, and a hint of oak spice. It is ripe and refreshing without being jammy.

The aromas to this wine are darker in profile with dark cherry, black currant, prune, black olive, licorice and cassis. The palate echoes the nose and delivers medium plus body, medium acidity with finely textured tannins that became more integrated as it breathed and delivering a generous mouthfeel.

Bursting with dried red cherry and brambly fruits, this Primitivo (Zinfandel) offers aromas of coffee beans, dark chocolate, prunes, fruit cake and spices. The palate is rich and juicy with integrated tannins and flavors that echo the rich aromas.

This wine is both structured and jammy with red fruits of raspberry and strawberry candy along with a touch of raisin joining woodsy, cocoa, coffee and licorice flavors. It is medium plus in body with moderate acid and tannin.

Juniper, violet and pepper notes mingle out front before the core of kirsch and plum fruit arrives, turning this into a juicy ball of anise-tinged deliciousness, with an echo of garrigue through the finish. Drink now through 2025. Wine Spectator, 91 Points

This wine opens with aromas of morello cherry, plum, dried roses, coffee and light earth. It is medium weight with flavors of red cherries and raspberries mixing with hints of cinnamon, dried porcini mushroom and cranberry tea -- a good balance of fruit and savory notes. This has perky acidity and fine tannins.

This is a medium aromatic wine, with a balanced palate. Extracted darker berry fruit, with some spice, kirsch, blackberry jam, and mulberry. It is medium in body, fresh acidity and rich concentration.

Rich inky black berries dominate the aromas of this wine with hints of earthy bramble mulberry, plum and licorice root.  The palate continues with more concentrated dark, earthy tree bark, and integrated structuring slightly grippy tannins. The finish is long with spicy cinnamon and licorice flavors.

Aromas of red fruits, dried herbs, and a hint of spice introduce this red blend. The palate is medium weight with a long finish and detectable acidity. The flavors are red and black cherry, red licorice, and some mulling spices. This is very smooth and easy to drink.

This is an aromatically old world italian. This is classic rustic barn and earth but with some tart red fruit like cranberries and currants coming through. There is fresh red cherries, light floral notes of red roses and red raspberries. The palate matches its aromas with an almost orange zest note.  The tannins here are persistent, lingering and round. The acid is refreshing and balances nicely with the higher alcohol content. This wine could age an additional 20 years but it showing some complex notes already.  

Stewed black and red fruits are accompanied by light tobacco and spice, and a touch of smoke. Soft and supple in texture with velvety tannins on a medium frame. Notes of blackberry, black cherries, and dates follow through to spices and dried herbs on the finish. This is an excellent partner with lamb, steaks, short ribs, venison, or mushroom pâté.

This red blend features a complex nose of black fruits, smoke, older wood, and a touch of minerality. The aromas are well integrated and flow together. The palate offers juicy, dark, balanced fruit, some fresh dark berry jam/jelly, crushed stone, and a certain meatiness. Round but present tannins do a great job.

From the Producer: A quintessential expression of Nebbiolo from the Alto Piemonte, with brisk acidity, gripping tannins, and notes of red cherry and raspberry. While delicious in its youth, this wine gains gravitas and profundity with a few years of bottle age.

Châteauneuf-du-Pape is famously the strongest, most powerful, and longest-lived wine of the southern Rhône. Louis Barruol’s Châteauneuf-du-Pape from contracted growers is a classic expression of the region with aromas and flavors of cherry, thyme, lavender, truffle, and olives.

Smoked ham, violets, graphite, cold ashes, liquorice.

Good richness in the glass with aromatics of dark berries, toast, and chocolate. The palate is concentrated but refined in quality and texture with classy oak use and moderate – albeit appropriately – grippy tannin structure. This wine is polished with plum fruit, smoky bacon, and vanilla notes lingering through the finish.

Aromas are of cooked red cherries and dried herbs. On the palate, you'll find this wine medium in weight, just a little heavier than a Pinot Noir. There is some fresh red cherry fruit and macerated cherry combined with savory herbs, stone and minerality. This wine isn't oaky or spicy; it is fresh with supple tannins and medium acidity.

With air, this wine reveals aromas of raspberry, cherry and sweet spices.  Then flavors of blackberries, plums and black cherries are joined by spice, warm earth and winter notes of pine and mulling spice. The medium tannins are thorough and the acid is juicy in this medium weight, food-friendly red.

This has aromatics of red fruits and earth. It is medium weight with a melange of red fruits, especially raspberry, as well as cinnamon and pepper. This complex wine offers crisp acidity, medium tannins and a long, ripe finish. 

Macerated dark cherry, leather, licorice, sweet tobacco, cedar all flesh out in the glass. The 2016 is powerful, rich and tannic. ~ Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media, September 2020 (93 points). A beautiful, pure Sangiovese that competes nicely with Brunello, showing depth and tension. A solid line of fine tannins runs through the center of the wine, providing backbone and beauty to the cherry and berry fruit. Drink or hold. ~ James Suckling, James Suckling Magazine, June 2021 (94 points).

Aromas of raspberry, strawberry with bramble.  On the palate this is a full body wine, ripe, with mulling spices and baking spice, structuring acidity with a soft and round mouthfeel.  This wine is not rich although it has Christmas spices, it is fresh style. 

Aromas reminiscent of the Old World with black fruit, minerality, forest floor, wood spice and a savory character. On the palate it has more New World flavors: blackberry, vanilla, and bittersweet cocoa. It is complex, supple, and tasty.

An affordable Valpolicella with balance and character! Lovely aromas of cherries and dried cherries lead to more red fruits on the palate, along with spice, leather, even notes of salami. Balanced acidity with a touch of grippy tannin.

Grapes from this wine are dried for 15 days before pressing in order to concentrate their flavors, then fermented in stainless steel. Aromas of figs, dates and grilled plums lead to surprisingly refreshing flavors of dried strawberries, macerated cherries and cooked cranberries with a dab of baking spices and chocolate-covered figs.

Appealing aromas of red cherry and plum greet the nose accompanied by light bramble and floral notes and a touch of tree bark. Red cherry fruit feature prominently up front on the palate, becoming progressively darker through the finish and picking up some plum flavor. The wine is medium-bodied with rounded tannins and juicy acidity. It is clean and ripe and presents an interesting mineral character in addition to its pure unadulterated fruit. Enjoyable with or without food.

This deeply colored wine offers powerful aromas of mulberry, mocha, sweet wood, and damson plum. In the mouth, it is juicy with moderate plus acidity. The aromas are echoed in the flavors—plum, dark chocolate, smoke, mulberry, and sweet wood. Tannins are fine-grained and nearly invisible, but they provide just enough structure. It is medium plus in body and length.

Ruby red color with mineral and vanilla notes. Medium-bodied, dry wine with crisp acidity (perfect for the whole meal) and soft tannins. Flavors of blackberry, red cherry, pencil lead/graphite and rose are well balanced and complex.

Aromatics of red fruits and rose petal are classic for this grape. On the palate, there are red cherries and red currants along with spices. This is medium weight and has a mix of rounder tannins on the attack and some youthful, drying tannins on the finish.

Aromas of fresh and smoky blackberries and plums. On the palate, this is medium weight or slightly less in body, with flavors of black currants, blackberry seeds, cherries, earth and smoke. It is medium in acid with fine tannins. This red is silky and fresh… the ultimate picnic wine! Note: This is a liter bottle.

This bold red features rich, smoky black fruits such as currants and blackberries along with graphite, dark chocolate, toast, black pepper and singed herbs. It is full-bodied with velvety tannins and integrated acidity.

Appealing floral scents along with plum, blueberry, black cherry, cherry candy, red licorice and leather will entice you to this Tuscan red. It is medium weight with red and black fruits, florality, black olive and woodsy flavors. This has fine tannins that grow slightly drying on the finish. The acidity allows it to be an excellent food partner.

Smoky, silky elegance with scents of dark berries, flowers, herbs, pepper and anise. Exotic and textured, this is a deep, complex and rich wine with wild fruit (black and red raspberries and plums) along with black pepper and a long finish with great tannins.