Cartels distributing wines (7)

I believe the answer is:

clarets

'wines' is the definition.
(claret is a kind of wine)

'cartels distributing' is the wordplay.
'distributing' indicates an anagram.
'cartels' with letters rearranged gives 'CLARETS'.

(Another definition for clarets that I've seen is " Wines that are dark red".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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