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- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 2020
- Brand Zilzie
- Cellaring 1-3 Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Zilzie 'Selection 23' Merlot 2020"As with all Zilzie wines, this represents outstanding value and superb qualit..."$9.99 -
- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 1998
- Brand Capel Vale
- Cellaring Drink Now
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 13.5% Alcohol
Capel Vale Merlot 1998"A pioneer of the West Australian wine industry, Capel Vale was first planted ..."$11.99 -
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James Halliday89 points
- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 1997
- Brand Katnook Estate
- Cellaring Drink Now
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Katnook Estate Merlot 1997"Katnook Estate is a well-regarded wine estate located in the South Australian..."$14.99 -
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Wine Enthusiast89 points
- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 1998
- Brand Rosemount Estate
- Cellaring Drink Now
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Rosemount Estate Merlot Orange Vineyard 1998"Rosemount Estate is a wine producer in the Mclaren Vale established in 1971, ..."$11.99 -
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- Variety Merlot
- Vintage 2019
- Brand Zilzie
- Cellaring 1-3 Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Zilzie 'Selection 23' Merlot 2019"As with all Zilzie wines, this represents outstanding value and superb qualit..."$11.99
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.