Leveret Estate Reserve Hawke’s Bay Merlot Cabernet 2021 $29 
Things I want: to be cosy at home but also socialise and travel. To buy everything I want but also save money and to get super fit, but also eat what I like and not exercise. That’s not too much to ask for, right? Things I also want: More of this dark, concentrated, robust red stitched that’s stitched together with softly chewy tannins and notes of cocoa, seasoned leather, graphite, and iodine. Soothing, smooth, cosy and characterful. Yep, I’m much more likely to be able to achieve this level of satisfaction. Add puttanesca pasta, and I’m settling.
