MeriteSingle Vineyard Wrattonbully Shiraz Malbec
Dry, Medium Bodied style of Shiraz Malbec
About this product
Dry, Medium Bodied style of Shiraz Malbec
- TypeShiraz Malbec
- Size750mL
- RegionWrattonbully
- Current Vintage2016
- Standard Drinks8.3
- Alcohol Volume14.0%
- CountryAustralia
- StateSouth Australia
- Brand NameMerite
- ClosureScrew Cap
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyMedium Bodied
James Halliday
Australian wine writer, critic and winemaker
Vintage 2016
93 points
Fermented with twice daily pumpovers for a week, before maturation across a melody of oak origins: French, American and Hungarian (20% new). The result is an appetising, full bodied wine of floral scents, anise and red to blue fruits at its core. Eucalyptus, together with oak-derived pines and cedars, guide the fruit to a long finish defined by finely woven tannins and dutiful acidity.
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Campbell Mattinson
Award winning Australian wine reviewer for Wine Companion and winefront.com.au
Vintage 2016
93 points
The influence of American oak here is clear and it’s a positive one. There’s a creamy, toasty, chocolatey aspect to the palate and it works well with the plum/blackberry fruit flavour. It’s a wine looking for an argument in that it has that kind of sternness, but oak helps to soften its face. Mint notes add perfume but the longer you sit with this wine the firmer it seems; its seriousness is undeniable. It’s got places to go. It’s not a big wine but it’s impressive.