Merite Caves Cabernet Malbec 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Merite Caves Cabernet Malbec 2024.

Merite Caves Cabernet Malbec 2024
$40, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Wrattonbully.

Merite is a master of merlot but this cabernet malbec blend proves that Merite is a master of many things. This is an excellent wine. It’s rich, dry, well balanced and well flavoured but what impresses most is the overall shape of the wine, the length of the tannin framework, and then the length of the finish. This wine tastes of blackcurrant, boysenberry, gum leaf, chocolate and roses, and while there’s good flavour throughout it really builds towards the finish – as the best wines do. Given the balance of this wine it can certainly be enjoyed now, but with structure and balance like this some time in the cellar will be rewarded. 95 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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