Wines of Merritt Malbec 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Wines of Merritt Malbec 2024.

Wines of Merritt Malbec 2024
$36, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Margaret River.

This is a dry, meaty red wine with boysenberry, plum and redcurrant flavours as the main drivers. There’s a keen violet-like character in play too, along with a smoky/leathery/licoricey note. This is a wine that really benefits from being given some air, so decanting is a good idea. It also benefits from being served alongside food; its tannic, chewy, dusty dryness really comes into its own at the dining table. 91 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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