Best Red Wine Wine Rated 90+ Points For Every Budget

"This is bright, precise and beautifully delineated throughout. Freshly cut flowers, sweet red berries, mint and crushed rocks are some of the many notes that open up in this super-attractive, mid-weight Pinot from Greg LaFollette."

"This new sister label from Elk Cove offers 100% Willamette Valley Pinot Noir at an everyday price. Fresh cranberry and raspberry fruit is framed by herb-tinged tannins. The immaculate craftsmanship and clean direct flavors are light years beyond budget Pinot Noir from most other regions. This is your perfect salmon wine."

"This is wonderfully generous and fleshy in the glass. Dark red cherry, plum, smoke, licorice and tobacco meld together in an extroverted, powerful wine built on raciness and density. Hints of mocha and chocolate add the final shades of nuance. This is a gorgeous Cambon La Pelouse. Best of all, the 2014 should be a fabulous value."

 "Wonderful precision and balance. Fresh, intense cherry fruit on the nose, complemented by well-integrated oak notes. Delicious mocha tones mingle with the clean cherry fruit on the palate. Complex wine, with a great length of flavour."

"Aromas of blackberry, iron and spice. Mushroom too. Full-bodied, juicy and rich with a long finish. Soft and flavorful. Drink or hold."

"Has an inky color to go with lots of upfront black raspberry, cassis, licorice, wilder herbs and violet-like aromas and flavors. Coming all from the black schist soils of the newly created Maury Sec AOC, this full-bodied, sexy, supple and yet still fresh and lively and will drink nicely on release and have 4-5 years or evolution."

"Another outstanding vintage of this cuvee and it has full-bodied richness, beautiful concentration and lots of dark chocolate, plum and smoked herb aromas and flavors. It has more obvious structure than the 2014 did at this stage as well."

"This sensational wine comes from vines planted between 1949 and 1999. An inky/purple color is followed by aromas of camphor, ground pepper, blackberries and cassis. This full-bodied, Northern Rhône Valley-like Spanish red exhibits meaty/lard notes, terrific density and purity, and a finish that lasts nearly 40 seconds."

"Offers an expressive nose of black raspberries, pomegranate and black cherries with nuaces of loam, moss and cumin seeds. Elegantly styled with a medium-body and very fine tannins supporting the red and black berry flavors, it has a long mineral laced finish."

"Offers beautiful purity and suppleness in its black raspberry and chocolate-laced aromas and flavors. Full-bodied, rounded and textured, with sweet tannin and a voluptuous, fruit forward style, it too should drink nicely on release."

"Plenty of briary dark fruits on offer here, a bright and bold expression leading to a supple, even palate with a concentrated core of blackberry fruits and a succulent finish. Excellent example."

"This embodies the delicate and polished side of Sangiovese without the extra distractions that come with over extraction or abundant oak. This wine speaks of the vintage and the grapes. Delicate notes of tar and smoke rise above wild berry and cherry aromas. This is great choice at an amazing low price."

"This well-priced wine shows deep aromas of blackcurrant and kirsch bolstered by soft cola, clove and sassafras notes. The palate is framed by a rocky, volcanic minerality and seductive structure that unveils vanilla, minty herbs and rich rhubarb."

"Strikingly complex, dense and aromatic, with a rich core of vivid, graphite-laced dark berry, loamy earth, underbrush and melted chocolate flavors. Gains depth and nuance on the finish."

"Bright red. The nose of red fruits, dried rose, orange peel, minerals and underbrush has a grapey nuance. Then saline and soil-driven, displaying a firming edge of acidity to the floral red cherry flavors. A lovely wine that neatly combines a rustic chewiness and a plush ripe cherry mouthfeel; very Nerello Mascalese. Finishes with sneaky length."

"A beautiful wine that stands out as one of the best Pinot Noirs I tried from the Finger Lakes. The color is impressive for the region—a deep garnet that diminishes at the rim. The nose evokes Burgundy with its scents of sweet cherries, potting soil, and cedar. The palate displays a touch of the region’s hallmark austerity but balances that with a fair amount of polish. Very nice, very well-made.”

"A full-bodied red with currants, dark chocolate and walnuts. Sexy and fun. A blend of merlot and cabernet sauvignon. Drink or hold."

"Vivid purple. Pungent cherry and blackcurrant aromas are complicated by mocha, tobacco and licorice nuances. On the plate, juicy dark berry and bitter cherry flavors are lifted and sharpened by tangy acidity. The lively, penetrating finish features sappy dark berry and floral pastille notes and smooth, slow-building tannins."

 “Alejandro Vigil’s El Enemigo wines are worth jumping on if you like full-bodied, robust Argentinian reds. This is typically smoky and dark upfront, with molasses, marzipan and blackberry aromas. The palate clamps down with tannic grip, while flavors of oak, blackberry, tobacco, vanilla and spices end briary and with subtlety, which is what makes this powerful wine so good.”

"Ripe, rich and intense, with impressive concentration to the raspberry, dark plum and kirsch flavors. Very svelte, delivering luscious licorice and spice notes, which linger on the finish with baker’s chocolate details."