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

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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