JUICY OWNLABEL PINOT

Berry Bros & Rudd Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir by Au Bon Climat 2018 California, USA (13.5%, Berry Bros & Rudd, £25.95)

Au Bon Climat is the name behind this own-label and the wine is as brilliant as you’d expect: fluent, juicy and also structured.

Tenuta di Carleone Chianti Classico 2017

Italy (13.5%, The Winemakers Club in Farringdon, 161 in Forest Hill, Salon in Brixton, Laughing Heart in Hackney, Wayward Wines in Leeds; £25-26)

Sean O’Callaghan made the brilliant Riecine wines for 26 years before going into partnership with an Austrian family. He works with 100% sangiovese – a must-try.

Shaw + Smith Shiraz Adelaide Hills 2016 Australia (14.5%, The Wine

Society, £24.95)

A shiraz that envelops you like a soft, dark cloak, this is a wine with a warm, relaxed base, flavours of soft black liquorice and some of the smoky bacon fat smell we associate with Rhône syrah. A fine creature indeed, made in the relative cool of the Adelaide Hills.