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Merlot
								
								
								
									        
            
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        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
92
									A great Merlot from Heathcote, a grape and wine that is the subject of much debate in this country.  This is a very good example of what the variety...
								
							
						
								
								
								
									        
            
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        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
93
									The 2008 Merlot is the current release from Grey Sands and they have released it at a great point in it's maturity, a veritable  bouquet garni on the nose...
								
							
						
								
								
								
									        
            
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        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
92
									It is always interesting to taste Merlot from some of Australia's best producers, the variety is much maligned in this country with a limited number of top class wineries producing...
								
							
						
								
								
								
									        
            
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        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
94
									This wine was tasted as part of a mini-vertical of the Terra Rossa Merlot, and despite the general consensus that the vintage of 2000 was nowhere near the quality of...
								
							
						
								
								
								
									        
            
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        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
94
									Merlot is not the first variety you think of when you consider the great varieties in Australia, and it was with an element of apprehension i approached a Merlot that...
								
							
						
								
								
								
									        
            
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        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
90
									Merlot is a much maligned variety in Australia when compared to the wines of Bordeaux and Hawkes Bay to name a few benchmark regions, this release from Logan presents Merlot...
								
							
						
								
								
								
									        
            
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        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
88
									This wine has an attractive nose with liquorice and spiced raspberry, on the palate the wine is somewhat flat and lacks depth of fruit , the tannins are firm and...
								
							
						
								
								
								
									        
            
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        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
88
									This wine is one of the 12 single variety wines produced under the Diamond Label, in what is an extensive number of wines produced by this high profile maker. ...
								
							
						
								
								
								
									        
            
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        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
89
									A medium red in colour, the nose shows sweet fruited plum and raspberry with lifted spice and oak playing their part.    The palate has depth of bright...
								
							
						
								
								
								
									        
            
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        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
85
									A lovely, yet somewhat developed red in colour, given the wine is only a few years old.    The nose lacks varietal richness, with stalky plum and a...