Geoff Merrill Reserve Shiraz 2017
- 96
- $65
- Drink by: 2026-2038
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Merrill is in a fortunate position to be able to hold back quite a few of his reserve wines. And so here’s a ten-year-old Shiraz that really is starting to move into its drinking zone, albeit with many years ahead of it. There’s just the faintest hint of wet leather on the nose that balances with the plummy, dark chocolatey fruit characters. Palate is rich with a cedary influence and plenty of deep, lingering fruit power supported by ample oak. It’s a wine that really captures much about McLaren Vale and, to that extent, the Merrill style. A complete, well-rounded, and poised Shiraz.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
