Wines of Merritt Syrah 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Wines of Merritt Syrah 2023.

Wines of Merritt Syrah 2023
$42, 13.9% alcohol, screwcap, Margaret River.

This Margaret River syrah offers a good combination of fruit ripeness, savoury inputs and mineral-like inflections. It’s both satisfying and interesting. Red and black cherry flavours come infused with twiggy herb notes, rust, sweet spice and floral characters. Tannin builds appreciably as the wine breathes, in a positive way. This is a medium-bodied wine with a bit of extra insistence. It works. 92 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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