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Home : Geoff Merrill Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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Geoff Merrill Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 1997

Winery: Geoff Merrill

Region: McLaren Vale

Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon

Best Drinking: 2001 to 2006

Best Vintages: '96

Drink with: Rack of lamb

Winepros' Notes

Wine background
Effectively takes over from the wine previously simply labelled Cabernet Sauvignon, sharing with it the multi-regional source and the occasional dash of Cabernet Franc or Merlot. Those sources span Coonawarra, McLaren Vale and the Goulburn Valley. Matured in French and American oak hogsheads for 29 months.

James Halliday Oct 16 2001 Rating: 87 out of 100

Light to medium red, starting to move to brick red on the rim; the savoury/leafy bouquet is quite elegant in a Merrill-way; the palate is very savoury, long and intense, but I cannot work out why it was considered necessary to leave the wine for 29 months in a mix of French and American oak.

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