Light bodied & Fruity
If you’re new to red wines, this is a great place to start. These easy-drinking wines are fresh and fruity, with bright berry flavors. They’re great anytime sippers.
Lighter red styles can be chilled for 20 minutes in the fridge to bring out their soft fruitiness.
Medium-bodied & Fruity
Not too heavy, not too light, this is a very popular style of red. These versatile crowd-pleasers are deliciously balanced, with bold fruit flavors and a casual, go-with-anything style.
A “balanced” wine refers to the harmony of fruit, sweetness, acidity and tannin – no single element overpowers another.
Full-bodied & Smooth
Ready to explore? Try these velvety smooth, mouth-filling reds, with intense, dark-fruit flavors. Often aged in oak barrels, they can have soft tannins, spice and vanilla. This style includes some of the most popular varietals in the world.
Tannin is often found in red wine and creates that dry, puckering sensation in your mouth. Tannin will soften over time.
Full-bodied & Firm
If you’re an adventurous red-fan, they’re captivating and powerful with complex flavors of black fruit, spice and vanilla. Get ready for big wines with firm tannins. Robust wines like these are best paired with food.
Big wines like these shine with intensely flavored red meats. The rich protein helps mellow the wine’s tannin.
