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Where's the Beer!?

Wine on a Monday? It's been a while since I've done a wine review. So after getting stuck into a few good reds over the weekend I thought I'd do a review of one of them.

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Geoff Merrill Cabernet Sauvignon - Mclaren Vale / Coonawarra 2011

Geoff Merrill is a well known winery located in Mclaren Vale, South Australia. The winery was established in 1980 and has a long history of producing high quality wines.

This wine is one of the more accessible wines from their range, however Geoff Merrill has a fantastic habit of only releasing their well aged wines to market. Which means you'll tend to only drink wines that have been matured rather than the young wines that you commonly find from most wine makers.

This Cabernet Sauvignon is a great example of a wine that has had plenty of time to mature, and is from the vintage of 2011.

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What's it like?

This Cabernet pours the deep purple you'd come to expect of a wine of this vintage. Light barely passes through it which is what I really want to see from a wine from the Vale. It has a highly fruity aroma of black currents and plum, which seems rare for a wine that has been ageing for this period of time. On the palate you'll detect plum and stone fruits which is followed by strong notes tannin. I was a little surprised by the strength of the tannins which is my only real complaint with this wine. The tannins aren't out of place, and belong in a Cabernet however they appear very suddenly and feel almost harsh on the palate.

But overall, this wine is very enjoyable, and for only $28 is a fantastic buy. I'll be on the hunt for a case of these in the very near future. It's very rare to find a wine from this vintage these days and even more rare to find a wine from this vintage at this price.

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The Data

Wine	Type	Origin	Alc	Rating
Geoff Merrill	Cabernet Sauvignon	Mclaren Vale, SA	14.5%	4.0

_{All ratings are out of 5}

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