The Winery Meritus of McLaren Vale of Australie du Sud

Winery Meritus
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 624 of the estates of Australie du Sud.
It is located in McLaren Vale in the region of Australie du Sud

The Winery Meritus is one of the best wineries to follow in McLaren Vale.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of McLaren Vale to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Meritus wines

Looking for the best Winery Meritus wines in McLaren Vale among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Meritus wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Meritus wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Meritus

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Meritus

How Winery Meritus wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef pot-au-feu, lamb stew with yoghurt and coriander or chicken colombo (west indies).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Meritus

On the nose the red wine of Winery Meritus. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Meritus

  • 2010With an average score of 3.84/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Meritus.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache

Discovering the wine region of McLaren Vale

The wine region of McLaren Vale is located in the region of Fleurieu of Australie du Sud of Australia. We currently count 599 estates and châteaux in the of McLaren Vale, producing 2626 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of McLaren Vale go well with generally quite well with dishes .

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Meritus

Planning a wine route in the of McLaren Vale? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Meritus.

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Meritus and wines from the region

Which countries drink the most wine? Ask Decanter

The US still comes top on the list of which countries drink the most wine overall, according to to preliminary figures released this week by the International Organisation of Vine & Wine (OIV).  Wine consumption in the US crept up by 0.7% in 2021, to 33.1 million hectolitres (3.31 billion litres), the OIV said in a report on the state of the industry. World wine consumption grew by the same margin, to hit 236 million hectolitres (mhl), or 23.6bn litres, although trends varied by nation. That ...

What the Decanter team is drinking this Christmas

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Jackson Family Wines buys first vineyard in Washington’s Walla Walla Valley

The family-owned company made its first foray into Washington State last year when it began buying grapes from select vineyards throughout the Walla Walla Valley. The winemaking team was impressed by the quality coming out of the region, and it has now pounced on the opportunity to acquire land there. It snapped up 61 acres of an existing 117-acre property in Mill Creek. A local firm called Abeja, founded by Ken and Ginger Roberts, bought the land back in 2000 in a bid to grow world-class Cabern ...

The word of the wine: Great wine

In the Bordeaux vineyards, the grand vin is the main wine of the château, although a "second wine" is usually produced. It is a wine of lesser ageing made from the youngest vines.