The cooler climes of Coonawarra suit this variety in good years. This one has turned out rather well. It’s medium...

The Bass Hill Vineyard provides the fruit for many of the team’s top wines, both those which are straight varietals...

Deep blood red in colour, this offers lifted aromatics. This is a good fist of a richly flavoured Merlot, lots...

The fruit used here has been sourced from the Geographe and Great Southern regions. The colour here is a garnet...

The fruit here comes from both the Frankland River and Margaret River regions. The cepage is 82% Cabernet Sauvignon and...

This bold expressive blend made with fruit from Frankland and Margaret Rivers delivers powerful black olive tapenade, blackberry, gravel and...

The cool and challenging vintage is on show in this 2021 Merlot. It delivers subtle and pretty aromas of graphite,...

Cassis, bay leaf and dark chocolate with wild herbs and a salty tang. Layered and long with densely packed fine...

Aussie Merlot has rarely hit the heights that many once hoped, but there have certainly been some very fine examples...

Small batch production for this Margaret River Merlot. A gentle red hue, the nose offers dry herbs, mushrooms, plums, red...

Not often one sees a current release Aussie red that already has almost a decade under its belt, especially from...

A blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot, all from Coonawarra, with considerable age already under its belt and...

A medium bodied blend capturing this style of early drinking red rather well. Blackcurrant and subtle fruit cake and dark...

This is a thoroughly beautiful Merlot from the Upper Goulburn, with spicy plummy notes on the nose with an infusion...

Hand-harvested with 30% whole cluster inclusion and 10 days maceration. Aged in French and Hungarian hogsheads for 9 months. A...

93% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot. There’s no questioning the presence of oak here. It’s hand in hand with the bright...

From the Goulburn region, the grapes were de-stemmed and crushed into open-top fermenters, before a gentle pressing into French oak...

As with the more recent vintage, the grapes were handpicked, de-stemmed and crushed into open top fermenters, before a gentle...

High on the alcohol side – 15% – for a Coonawarra Cabernet-led red but boasting fruit power up to the...

 I loved the 2021 version of this wine, so was keen to see if this latest incarnation could match it....

From the Adelaide region, the wine has a pale garnet hue. Herbs, spices, tomato bush notes, hints of cold tea...

An excellent value for money medium-bodied wine from this classy Geographe producer. It’s elegant and refined yet packs plenty of...

Hunter Merlot may not be a region and variety we see as a regular combo, but this is a fine...

Deeply coloured, and quite a serious Merlot here that carries a lovely vibrancy of fruit – plum and dark cherry...