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Made from very low-yielding old vines in McLaren Vale. This wine has a great aroma of tobacco leaves, blueberry, cassis and iron. Full-bodied and concentrated on the palate, with notes of liquorice, black fruit and slate. Complex and with incredible potential for ageing.

2018 was a fantastic Australia vintage, with excellent growing conditions across the country, which is something of a rarity in a country with great distances between regions. Lovely attractive ruby colour with hints of maroon at the rim, the nose offers notes of chocolate, dry earth, black fruit, bark and blackcurrant. The palate is full and firm but with a silky tannin quality and well balanced tannin and acidity. The fruits on the nose continue generous and full. It's very full-bodied but elegant and represents very smart, accomplished winemaking. Sweet spice shows through a little on the long, fine finish.

Made exclusively for The Society for our 150th anniversary range by Bodega Weinert, this comes from Finca Huarachi which is situated at Perdriel, Mendoza. Its malbec vines were approximately 60 years of age at harvest. It was matured in Tonel number 141, an old oak barrel, for 15 years until bottling in 2022. Oak maturation has mellowed the tannins and concentrated the wine. This is opulently flavoured and the palate shows dark black fruit and notes of leather, with excellent potential for further ageing. For more on the story of this wine, please scroll down.

This field blend is 90% zinfandel, 5% petite sirah, 5% Alicante Bouschet from mostly pre-prohibition vines planted and managed by the same family at Pagani Ranch, in California's Sonoma Valley. The positioning of this vineyard means that it sits in an enclave that benefits from the cooling fogs that slip in from the coast for longer each morning. Pure and intense this wine has a bramble, damson and blueberry core that has well balanced but delicious fine oak notes, spice and balance with a long finish. It's a wine that is enjoyable in its youth, but with time will develop layers of forest fruits, baking spice and undergrowth. Exclusive to The Wine Society in the UK thanks to our long relationship with the team at Ridge.

South African red that earned Platter's Guide 5-star recognition for its richness – though not without elegance – and ageing potential. A classically-honed, gravelly cabernet early in its drinking window. Low stock: Limited to three bottles per member.

2021 is the 35th release of Meerlust's flagship Cape Bordeaux red blend, Rubicon. Classical notes of cigar-box and graphite, smoke and tobacco are complemented by plush blackberry, cassis, plum and fresh red fruits. On the palate, the wine is elegantly muscular, savoury and persistent, With notes of cigar box and graphite, it is lifted by marked freshness and supported by fine, polished tannins.