RED BLEND
Blending is winemaking's oldest wisdom: let each grape bring what the other lacks. This collection gathers nearly six hundred red blends — Rhone-style GSM where grenache brings perfume, shiraz muscle and mourvedre spine; Bordeaux blends balancing cabernet's frame with merlot's flesh; and Australia's own invention, cabernet-shiraz, the great claret-of-the-south.
Landmarks include Yalumba's The Signature, Glaetzer's Anaperenna, Torbreck's Cuvee Juveniles and Brokenwood's Cricket Pitch at the friendly end, with Chateauneuf-du-Pape and Super Tuscans representing the blend's aristocratic wing.
A blend also tells you how a winemaker thinks. Single varieties showcase a grape; blends showcase a judgement — which barrel needs lifting, which parcel brings the spice, what the year gave and what it withheld. Some of the most storied wines on earth, from Chateauneuf to Grange's spiritual cousins, are arguments settled in the blending room.
These are the most forgiving fine wines to pair — casseroles, pies, barbecue, pizza night — because balance is literally built in. Free shipping over $199, or ask the team at Chadstone for a blend to match tonight.
