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- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 1996
- Brand Brian Barry
- Cellaring Drink Now
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Brian Barry Juds Hill Vineyard Merlot 1996"Brian Barry is an industry veteran with a wealth of winemaking and show judgi..."$20.00 -
- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 2014
- Brand Capercaillie
- Cellaring 5-10 Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 13.0% Alcohol
Capercaillie Merlot 2014"Excellent colour; a wine that speaks of the vintage and the place, but not th..."$35.00 -
- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 1997
- Brand Coldstream Hills
- Cellaring Ready, but will Keep
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 13.5% Alcohol
Coldstream Hills Reserve Yarra Valley Merlot 1997"Winemaker Notes The colour of the Coldstream Hills Merlot is bright and heal..."$34.99 -
- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 1996
- Brand Haan Wines
- Cellaring 1-3 Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.5% Alcohol
Haan Prestige Merlot 1996"Abundant soft tannins give the wine length and persistence, while the plum an..."$60.01 -
- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 1992
- Brand James Irvine
- Cellaring 15 Plus Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 15.0% Alcohol
James Irvine Grand Merlot 1992"The Grand Merlot was previously judged World’s Best Merlot in Switzerland, ag..."$100.00 -
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James Halliday90 points
- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 1996
- Brand James Irvine
- Cellaring 15 Plus Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 15.0% Alcohol
James Irvine Grand Merlot 1996"The Grand Merlot was previously judged World’s Best Merlot in Switzerland, ag..."$100.00 -
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- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 2003
- Brand Leconfield
- Cellaring 15 Plus Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Leconfield Merlot 2003"Sydney Hamilton purchased Leconfield in 1974, having worked in the family win..."$29.99 -
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Gary Walsh95 points
- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 1998
- Brand Petaluma
- Cellaring Drink Now
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Petaluma Coonawarra Merlot 1998"Brian Croser reports that the “ 1998 vintage was significantly cooler at 1401..."$64.99 -
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James Halliday95 points
- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 2005
- Brand Tapanappa Wines
- Cellaring Drink Now
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Merlot 2005"Tapanappa was founded by Brian Croser AO in 2002 following his success with P..."$63.99 -
Merlot in Australia is not a variety you will often see unblended, until recently. It is most often used to add suppleness and mid-palate to Cabernet’s stern, serious structure. In Australia, Merlot is now achieving considerable recognition as a varietal wine. Merlot blended wines are available from the warmer inland regions, such as Riverina, Riverland and Murray Darling. Single varietal Merlot from the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale produces a softer dry plummy wine. Whereas the cooler climates such as the Yarra Valley and Margaret River tends to take on more savoury characters with firmer tannins.
It is the most widely planted grape in Bordeaux, France where planting has rapidly expanded throughout the world in the last decade. Merlot is adaptable to most soils, is relatively simple to cultivate and is a naturally high yielding. In St Emilion and Pomerol, it withstands the moist clay-rich soils far better than Cabernet, producing opulently rich, plummy wines. Le Pin, Pétrus and Clinet are examples of some of the best (and most expensive) Merlot based wines.
Merlot is now grown in virtually all wine growing countries and is particularly successful in New Zealand, California, Chile and Northern Italy. New Zealand's Hawkes Bay is producing outstanding Merlot-based blends, especially from the Gimblett Gravels.