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Campbell Mattin93 points
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Gary Walsh93 points
- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 2014
- Brand Hickinbotham
- Cellaring 10-15 Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard 'the Revivalist' Merlot 2014"Great Merlot is as elusive as it is seductive and when selecting parcels for ..."$79.99 -
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James Halliday95 points
- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 2015
- Brand Hickinbotham
- Cellaring 10-15 Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard 'The Revivalist' Merlot 2015"100% Merlot matured in French oak for 15 months."$75.00 -
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Huon Hooke94 points
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James Halliday'95 points
- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 2016
- Brand Hickinbotham
- Cellaring 10-15 Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard 'The Revivalist' Merlot 2016"100% Merlot matured in French oak for 15 months."$74.99 -
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Huon Hooke95 points
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James Halliday'95 points
- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 2017
- Brand Hickinbotham
- Cellaring 10-15 Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard 'The Revivalist' Merlot 2017"It smells comforting at first, but as the drinker delves, the bouquet unveils..."$69.99 -
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James Halliday'97 points
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Gary Walsh93 points
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Nick Stock92 points
- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 2018
- Brand Hickinbotham
- Cellaring 5-10 Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.5% Alcohol
Hickinbotham The Revivalist Merlot 2018"The Revivalist has a powerful bouquet of black cherry, milk chocolate and a t..."$72.99 -
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James Halliday'93 points
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Campbell Mattin94+ points
- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 2020
- Brand Hickinbotham
- Cellaring 5-10 Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.5% Alcohol
Hickinbotham The Revivalist Merlot 2020"Great Merlot is as elusive as it is seductive and when selecting parcels for ..."$77.99 -
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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 -
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- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 1998
- Brand Tatachilla
- Cellaring Drink Now
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.5% Alcohol
Tatachilla Clarendon Vineyard Merlot 1998"Winemaker Notes Situated 215 metres above sea level, Clarendons cooler vitic..."$59.99 -
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James Halliday93 points
- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 1999
- Brand Tatachilla
- Cellaring Drink Now
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Tatachilla Clarendon Vineyard Merlot 1999"Gold medal at both Melbourne and Adelaide 2000. Sourced from the now stand-al..."$59.99 -
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.