Geoff Merrill Charley Grenache Rosé 2025
- 92
- $25
- Drink by: 2026-2028
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This is Grenache showing off its versatility yet again. Named after Geoff Merrill’s youngest daughter, the team avoided the use of oak throughout its making. The colour is a pale pink/orange. The nose offers aromas of rose petals, strawberries, hints of citrus and spices. This is fresh, very attractive, showing zesty acidity and decent length with a lingering finish. Well balanced, this is a great advertisement for the joy of Grenache. Enjoy it over the next couple of years.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
