Red wines you should try this summer

Summer is here and the weather is ideal for having a drink and enjoying with friends. Although the idea – especially in Spain – that red wine gets along better with the winter is quite established, at Gourmet Hunters we break with this myth.

There are several red wines that can be a great summer option. However, in hot weather, it is always preferable to look for more fragrant and lighter wines, ideally without much intervention and with a low alcohol content. In short, they should not be cloying and should give us a sensation of freshness. Or as our expert sommelier, Claudio Comella, says for summer, “The ideal is a red wine with a white wine soul“.

Here you can find our most recommended bottles of red wine to try this summer.

1. Roig Boig 2019

This young red wine from the Celler La Salada winery in Catalonia is one of our natural wines, bottled without any sulphites or additives. With only 10.5% alcohol content, it is ideal to combine with Iberian sausages or blue fish in an aperitif or summer dinner with friends. With a combination of the native grape varieties Xarel-lo, Turbat, Monica, Mandó, Sumoll and Cannanao, it offers a wide range of flavours.

2. Candea Red 2016

With only 12.0% alcohol by volume, the Quinta da Muradella winery in the region of Galicia offers this soft, light, organic young wine with 91 Parker Points, which combines the varieties of Mencia, Bastardo, Garnacha Tintorera, Mouratón, Gran Negro and Tempranillo.

3. 7 Fuentes 2018

This young red wine with ecological aging from the Surtes del Marqués de Canarias winery has the quality seal of 92+ Parker Points and 91 Peñín Points. With an alcohol content of 13.0%, it combines the varieties of Listán Negro, Listán Blanco and Tintilla.

4. Ginglinger Pinot Noir 2018

The Jean Ginglinger winery offers this captivating natural young red wine made from Pinot Noir with an alcoholic volume of 12.5%, an ideal choice to show off at a romantic dinner. Its elaboration process involves a minimum intervention, through a spontaneous alcoholic maceration with native yeasts and a bottling without filtering or adding sulphites.

5. Jean Foillard Morgan 2018

This young natural red wine from the Jean Foillard winery comes from the Burgundy region in France and has an alcohol content of 13.0%. Its elaboration process includes a spontaneous carbonic maceration with native yeasts of the Gamay variety and the whole harvest without de-stemming, as well as bottling without added sulphur.