Geoff Merrill Reserve Shiraz McLaren Vale 750ml

Geoff Merrill Reserve Shiraz is a benchmark McLaren Vale red — selected blind from the finest barrels of the vintage, then returned to a combination of new and seasoned American and French oak hogsheads for additional maturation before bottling. Dense, complex, and built for the cellar, this is a wine of genuine distinction from one of South Australia’s most respected producers.

“Approx. 14 months after vintage, Geoff and Scott undergo a blind tasting to select the finest barrels from our McLaren Vale vineyards that make the grade for our Reserve Shiraz.”
— Geoff Merrill

• Producer: Geoff Merrill
• Grape: Shiraz
• Region: McLaren Vale, South Australia
• ABV: 14.5%
• Volume: 750ml
• Cellaring: Now–2035+

95 points — Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
“This is totally delicious; showing dark fruit richness with cocoa, spicy oak, charcuterie, and cake spice aromas on the nose, followed by a sumptuous palate that’s velvety and lingering.”

94 points — Huon Hooke, The Real Review
“Powerful, concentrated, deep, and penetrating, with noticeable acidity and liberal oak. The oak has been generously applied and is now starting to mellow happily into the wine.”