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Tapanappa WhaleboneVineyard MerlotCabFranc

Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Merlot Cabernet Franc 2015

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Franc - Merlot
  • 94
  • $115
  • 2025-2035
The decision to re-release the 2015 red blend is deliberate. The year, a cool vintage, is intended as a comparison...
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Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Blend Bottle Shot

Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Cabernets Merlot Franc 2021

Red Wine - Cabernet - Merlot
  • 95
  • $90
  • 2025-2041
For those with long memories, the rise of the Wrattonbully wine region will come as a sweet postscript to one...
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Parker Estate Terra Rossa Merlot 2023

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 90
  • $34
A Merlot seasoned in French oak – 10% new, for 12 months with a light, yet eye-catching ruby red colour....
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Yering Station Village Merlot 2024

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 92
  • $30
  • 2025-2031
The short, sharp vintage seems to have contributed to the rich concentration in this very appealing Yarra Merlot. The nose...
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Cabernet Merlot

Tenafeate Creek Wines Cabernet Merlot 2022

Red Wine - Cabernet - Merlot
  • 93
  • $35
  • 2025-2035
From a pair of vineyards in the One Tree Hill region, this is a blend of 70% Cabernet and 30%...
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The Virginia PNG

Black & Ginger The Virginia Merlot 2023

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 94
  • $65
  • 2025-2033
The Virginia arrives with a sense of class and purpose. This is not your average Merlot. Violets and black pepper...
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The Virginia PNG

Black & Ginger Great Western Merlot 2023

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 93
  • $65
  • 2025-2030
Merlot still gets a bit of a bad rap but it’s entirely undeserved; in the right hands, it can be...
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Riddoch The Representative Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot

Riddoch Coonawarra The Representative Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2022

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot
  • 89
  • $40
  • 2025-2031
66% Cabernet, 33% Merlot. Savoury and very ripe red fruits with some dried herb and aniseed flower perfume. Sundried tomato,...
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Lenton Brae Cabernet Merlot 2023

Red Wine - Cabernet - Merlot
  • 92
  • $24
  • 2025-2029
Lenton Brae have a consistent style across the reds. From entry to the top. Plummy and generous. That’s the common...
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Richard Hamilton Lot Merlot NV Low Res

Richard Hamilton Lot 148 Merlot 2022

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 92
  • $26
  • 2025-2033
Lot 148 was the family’s first vineyard way back in the day. From what was a very good year, this...
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Richard Hamilton Lot Merlot NV Low Res

Richard Hamilton Lot 148 McLaren Vale Merlot 2022

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 92
  • $26
  • 2025-2031
The Merlot here comes from two McLaren Vale blocks, one planted in 1998 and the other back in 1985. Oak...
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Leconfield Merlot NV

Leconfield Merlot 2022

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 92
  • $28
It’s refreshing to discover an enticing bottling of this variety. This wine opens with aromas of ripe plum, tomato bush,...
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The Chateau CV Merlot

Château Tanunda The Château Single Vineyard Merlot 2024

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 94
  • $40
  • 2025-2035
A smooth and almost succulent Merlot from the Barossa. Lots of dark fruit cake and plummy blackberry nuances emerge with...
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The Chateau CV Merlot

Château Tanunda The Château Merlot 2024

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 92
  • $40
  • 2025-2032
Barossa Merlot may not present itself as we would expect from a Right Bank Bordeaux, but that does not mean...
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Old House Merlot HR

Gioiello Old House Merlot 2021

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 93
  • $50
  • 2025-2033
The grapes for the Old House Merlot receive the same treatment as the estate version, with eighteen months maturation in...
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Merlot HR

Gioiello Merlot 2021

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 92
  • $30
  • 2025-2031
Merlot from the Upper Goulburn, which already has the benefit of time in the cellar before release, the grapes are...
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Smith&Hooper Merlot Bottle

Smith & Hooper Merlot 2022

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 92
  • $21
  • 2025-2032
Wow. Here is a Merlot from Wrattonbully that offers so much for this price. The aromas of red currant and...
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Smith&Hooper CabMerlot Bottle

Smith & Hooper Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2022

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot
  • 93
  • $21
  • 2025-2035
Exquisitely balanced and poised medium-bodied blend from Wrattonbully. Highly aromatic with notes of black cherry and dark plum with a...
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One to One Merlot No Vintage

One To One by Oxford Landing Merlot 2022

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 89
  • $20
  • 2025-2028
As with the other wines in this series, this is part of the initiative with GreenFleet, whereby a commitment is...
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Hickinbotham The Revivalist Merlot 2022

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 95
  • $90
  • 2025-2030
Hand picked, destemmed and gently crushed, basket pressed, 16 days on skins and matured in French oak barriques of which...
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Dangerous Type Merlot HIgh Res

Hesketh Wines Dangerous Type Merlot 2022

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 92
  • $16
  • 2025-2028
The fruit here was harvested from vineyards in the southern parts of Coonawarra, which enjoyed a superb vintage in 2022....
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NV MadFish Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot x

MadFish Gold Turtle Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2023

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot
  • 92
  • $22
  • 2025-2032
This is a pretty classy blended red at this price point. Intense aromas of blackcurrant and plum with leafy black...
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NV MadFish Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot x

MadFish Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2021

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot
  • 91
  • $22
  • 2025-2029
It was a vintage that had its challenges requiring tough decisions on when to pick. Get it right and you...
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Gold Turtle Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2023

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot
  • 92
  • $22
  • 2025-2031
Another wine which is simply stonking value. A crimson red hue, the nose exhibits notes of black fruits, tobacco leaves,...
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