If you have a soft spot for a good cabernet blend, this will scratch it. A seamless entity, each grape...

The classic red blend for Western Australia, the fruit is sourced from Margaret River and the Great Southern. It is...

From the stellar California-based Robert Mondavi winery comes the curiously labelled vinous offering. Rum Barrel Aged merlot you say? You...

As I swirled the glass, plum jam and toasty oak filled the air. There’s black cherries and blackberries with the rum...

The classic Margaret River blend and done very well here. This is a deep red in appearance. There are some...

With Merlot, one can either take the Petrus/Masseto route, extraordinary wines with even more extraordinary prices, or one can use...

Rum and merlot may not seem to be an immediate pairing, but the oak here delivers coconut and sweet vanilla...

I have to admit that I rarely buy Merlot. I taste many, but this was the first one I can...

If you are ever in McLaren Vale it is always worth dropping into the old Kay Brothers winery, much of...

Beechworth is one of the great wine regions to explore. While the town is only small it seriously over-delivers on...

The question here is, what do we expect from a $22 merlot? The answer has to be, fruit, fruit, fruit....

Merlot – it is the grape variety that Australia struggles to get right. Often the local wines are too big...

The other half of Elderton’s founding duo was Lorraine Ashmead and this is a worthy recognition of her significant contribution....

There are some wines that just deliver from the moment you pop the cork, and this is one of those...

The decision to go with a merlot dominant blend was made based on the quality of the fruit, which was...

A vintage that produced some spellbinding wines and this is right up there with some of the best. This is...

Moss Wood’s Ribbon Vale vineyard is planted close to the original estate in Wilyabrup although always creates more elegant wines...

This is always one of the country’s better Merlots and this latest vintage is no exception. Opens with lovely soft...

Another member of the Coonawarra Trio of wines. This is predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon with a combined contribution of 20% Merlot...

One of the long-standing Lindeman’s Coonawarra Trio, this blend measures in at 80:15:5 respectively according to the label. It’s the...

A very interesting vintage for this wine that, thanks to the cooler year, has taken on a real Bordeaux feel....

Great merlot is all about balance. It is not well suited to bold wine styles – it’s more your comfy...

Cabernet sauvignon and merlot make great friends – the bold Cabernet blackcurrant flavours softened by fleshy, easy to drink Merlot....

Blue Pyrenees has over fifty years of winemaking history in Central Victoria. And in that time it has built a...