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MadFish Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2018

Red Wine - Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot
  • 91
  • $18
  • 2021 - 2025
The classic red blend for Western Australia, the fruit is sourced from Margaret River and the Great Southern. It is...
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Robert Mondavi Private Selection Rum Barrel Aged Merlot 2018

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 91
  • $25
  • 2021 - 2024
From the stellar California-based Robert Mondavi winery comes the curiously labelled vinous offering. Rum Barrel Aged merlot you say? You...
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Robert Mondavi Private Selection Rum Barrel Aged Merlot 2018

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 87
  • $25
  • 2021 - 2024
As I swirled the glass, plum jam and toasty oak filled the air. There’s black cherries and blackberries with the rum...
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Knee Deep Margaret River Cabernet Merlot 2020

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 91
  • $34
  • 2021 - 2025
The classic Margaret River blend and done very well here. This is a deep red in appearance. There are some...
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InReverie Merlot 2020

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 90
  • $21
  • 2021 - 2023
With Merlot, one can either take the Petrus/Masseto route, extraordinary wines with even more extraordinary prices, or one can use...
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Robert Mondavi Private Selection Rum Barrel Merlot 2018

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 92
  • $25
  • 2021 - 2024
Rum and merlot may not seem to be an immediate pairing, but the oak here delivers coconut and sweet vanilla...
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Capital Wines “The Backbencher” Merlot 2016

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 90
  • $27
  • 2021 - 2025
I have to admit that I rarely buy Merlot. I taste many, but this was the first one I can...
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Kay Brothers Basket Pressed Merlot 2019

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 93
  • $30
  • 2023 - 2032
If you are ever in McLaren Vale it is always worth dropping into the old Kay Brothers winery, much of...
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Star Lane Merlot 2019

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 92
  • $55
  • 2021 - 2026
Beechworth is one of the great wine regions to explore. While the town is only small it seriously over-delivers on...
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Taylors Limestone Coast Clare Valley Merlot 2020

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 90
  • $22
  • 2021 - 2025
The question here is, what do we expect from a $22 merlot? The answer has to be, fruit, fruit, fruit....
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Below & Above Merlot 2015

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 93
  • $35
  • 2021 - 2026
Merlot – it is the grape variety that Australia struggles to get right. Often the local wines are too big...
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Elderton Ode to Lorraine Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Merlot 2018

Red Wine - Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot - Shiraz
  • 95
  • $55
  • 2021 - 2033
The other half of Elderton’s founding duo was Lorraine Ashmead and this is a worthy recognition of her significant contribution....
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Church Road TOM Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

Red Wine - Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot
  • 97
  • $220
  • 2029 - 2040
There are some wines that just deliver from the moment you pop the cork, and this is one of those...
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Church Road TOM Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

Red Wine - Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot
  • 97
  • $220
  • 2025 - 2040
The decision to go with a merlot dominant blend was made based on the quality of the fruit, which was...
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Merlot 2018

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 97
  • $70
  • 2023 - 2030
A vintage that produced some spellbinding wines and this is right up there with some of the best. This is...
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Merlot 2018

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 93
  • $70
  • 2022 - 2028
Moss Wood’s Ribbon Vale vineyard is planted close to the original estate in Wilyabrup although always creates more elegant wines...
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Merlot 2018

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 92
  • $70
  • 2020 - 2026
This is always one of the country’s better Merlots and this latest vintage is no exception. Opens with lovely soft...
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Lindeman’s Pyrus Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Malbec 2018

Red Wine - Cabernet Sauvignon - Malbec - Merlot
  • 96
  • $70
  • 2025 - 2040
Another member of the Coonawarra Trio of wines. This is predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon with a combined contribution of 20% Merlot...
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Lindeman’s Pyrus Cabernet Sauvignon/ Merlot/Malbec 2018

Red Wine - Cabernet Sauvignon - Malbec - Merlot
  • 95
  • $70
  • 2020 - 2030
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...
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Voyager Estate Girt by Sea Cabernet Merlot 2017

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 90
  • $28
  • 2020 - 2023
A very interesting vintage for this wine that, thanks to the cooler year, has taken on a real Bordeaux feel....
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Smith & Hooper Merlot 2018

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 92
  • $20
  • 2020 - 2028
Great merlot is all about balance. It is not well suited to bold wine styles – it’s more your comfy...
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One Road Cabernet Merlot 2019

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 86
  • $7.49
  • 2020 - 2022
Cabernet sauvignon and merlot make great friends – the bold Cabernet blackcurrant flavours softened by fleshy, easy to drink Merlot....
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Blue Pyrenees Estate Merlot 2017

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 91
  • $20
  • 2020 - 2025
Blue Pyrenees has over fifty years of winemaking history in Central Victoria. And in that time it has built a...
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Tapanappa Cabernet Franc Merlot 2016

Red Wine - Cabernet Franc - Merlot
  • 94
  • $90
  • 2024 - 2035
This is a very Australian expression of a classic Bordeaux Right Bank blend. It is bold and big – a...
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