Parker Estate Terra Rossa Merlot 2022
- 93
- $34
- Drink by: 2024-2032
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My pick of the 2022 Parker Estate Terra Rossa trio. That lovely, velvety lush mouthfeel and gorgeous florals are exactly what we want, need and expect of Merlot. This is archetypal Merlot from a region that does it better than most. Red plum, cherry, anise, rose petal and florals immediately inform the drinker they are entering Merlot territory. Brings out the cinnamon and baking spices, plum, black cherry on the palate with a touch of spice and a splash of milk chocolate and woodsy oak. [NOTE: new oak is minimal, 10%, and is in the service of the fruit.] Finishes a tad short but, hey, that fruit-fuelled loveliness and plush mouthfeel more than make up for it.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
