Merlot Archives

A South Australian blend which is bottled under cork. Garnet hue, the nose exhibits a rather alluring hint of funk,...

Rosily Merlot 2022

If I may, I am always delighted when I open a box of samples and see wine from these guys....

Mount Langi Ghiran Cliff Edge Cabernet Merlot 2021

This is a Cab Merlot blend offering structure and power within its medium body. The old vines deliver fruit of...

Pepper Tree Carillion Cabernet Merlot Petit Verdot 2021

Red Wine - Cabernet - Merlot - Petit Verdot

A fine Bordeaux blend here, exhibiting a maroon hue. The nose has black fruits to the fore with tobacco leaves,...

Petaluma Coonawarra Evans Vineyard Cabernet Merlot 2019

Everything about this wine screams the traditional character of Coonawarra, the name of course, and the front label’s subtitled Evans...

Dowie Doole Estate Merlot McLaren Vale 2022

Deep garnet hue here, this is beautifully aromatic. There are notes of chocolate, violets, deftly handled oak, black cherries and...

Dowie Doole Estate Merlot 2022

Merlot in all of its pretty floral and spice aromatics, which is saying a lot. Lifted violet, anise, sage, plum...

Wirra Wirra Church Block Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Merlot 2022

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot - Shiraz

A wine that marks 50 years since Greg Trott produced the first Church Block back in 1972. Smooth dark chocolate...

Reschke Merlot 2024

An appealing Merlot from the Limestone Coast, there is a hint of oak here, but it is understated and well...

Harewood Estate Great Southern Cabernet Merlot 2021

Great value buying here, for a fine Cabernet Merlot from the Great Southern. This blend spent sixteen months in French...

Petaluma Coonawarra Evans Vineyard Cabernet Merlot 2019

Five years bottle age has undoubtedly enhanced and smoothed the edges of Coonawarra’s premier red grapes. Cabernet Sauvignon (89%) takes...

Norfolk Rise Vineyard Merlot 2022

The fruit here came from four discrete blocks situated at the vineyard at Mt Benson. Each block was fermented individually....

Reschke R-Series Merlot 2024

Merlot from the Limestone Coast, which is fermented, over eight days, in 35-tonne static fermenters. Maturation is in a mix...

Redman Coonawarra Cabernet Merlot 2021

This open knit and approachable 2021 Cabernet Merlot blend delivers generous aromas of mulberry and dark earth with a dusting...

Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Merlot Cabernet Franc 2019

Everything about this wine suggests it is one for the long haul. Both the Merlot and Cabernet Franc come from...

Chateau Yaldara Charley Cabernet Merlot 2022

A balanced and poised blend bringing the linear characters of Cabernet together with the fleshier Merlot. It’s a medium bodied...

Omrah Cabernet Merlot 2020

A smooth and easy drinking medium bodied blend from the Great Southern. Lots of ripe red fruits on the nose...

Gioiello Estate Old House Merlot 2019

Displays more fruit purity and vibrancy than the 2018. It’s a fragrant wine of spices and plums with a little...

Gioiello Old House Merlot 2019

Always encouraging to see a straight Merlot stand up and reveal just what the grape can do on its own,...

Chain of Ponds The Cachet Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Merlot 2021

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot - Shiraz

An eye-catching blend from the Adelaide Hills capturing an excellent vintage and expressing it for cooler climate finesse and style....

Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Merlot Cabernet Franc 2019

This broody and densely packed 2019 Merlot Cabernet Franc is exceptional and offers up muscular aromas of meat stock, blackberry...

Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Merlot Cabernet Franc 2019

Question: do you plan to drink this Wrattonbully red soon? If yes, then some advice. It needs air – a...

Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Merlot Cabernet Franc 2019