Watkins Langhorne Creek Wavemaker Merlot 2021

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We make a lot of sh1t Merlot here in Australia, so it such a pleasure to have a really good one on board! There’s an opulence of Plums here shot through with Cabernet-like greenery. Fruit flavours, intensity and the length of this one are all excellent.

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Wine Specs

Variety

Merlot

Region

Langhorne Creek, SA

Vintage

2021

Winery

Watkins

Winemaker

Sam Watkins

Body

Medium

Sweetness

Dry

Drinking Window

Now - 2028

Bling

Gold Medal, 92pts Melbourne International Wine Competition

Alcohol %

14.5

Closure

Screwcap

Size

750 mL

Biodynamic

Watkins wines began in Langhorne Creek in the 90’s. It retains those vineyard holdings and has augmented them by purchasing the Normans vineyards in the Adelaide Hills. The first releases under their own labels were good, and the new releases are excellent. Definitely a brand with a big future.

Region

Langhorne Creek, SA

Around 50km southeast of Adelaide, and just north of Lake Alexandrina, Langhorne Creek is ...

Around 50km southeast of Adelaide, and just north of Lake Alexandrina, Langhorne Creek is one of the oldest vineyard regions in South Australia. With vines first planted in 1860's, it is predominately a producer of full-bodied reds. Cabernet sauvignon and shiraz do well in the cool climate, and benefit from the unique soils along the riverbanks. The climate is often cool, with southerly winds coming in from the ocean and blowing straight across Lake Alexandrina. Like most South Australian regions, the heat will kick in when the wind comes down from the north in summer, but there are intermittent and not as constant as they are up north in the Barossa ... Read Full Article

Variety

Merlot – the ducks nuts or just plain old bollocks?

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#html-body [data-pb-style=WAXEAE1]{justify-content:flex-start;display:flex;flex-direction:column;background-position:left top;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-attachment:scroll;border-style:none;border-width:1px;border-radius:0;margin:0 0 10px;padding:10px}#html-body [data-pb-style=EMO1VNY]{border-style:none;border-width:1px;border-radius:0;margin:0;padding:0}Quite unlike like Miles Raymond in the awesome film ‘Sideways’ … if anyone orders Merlot, I’m staying. I am very happy to drink f%^&ing Merlot! Merlot doesn’t get much love here in Australia – variously accused of being thin ... Read Full Article

The Passata

The key is to keep the flavours in the passata basic … onion and garlic and to reduce a lot so that the sauce is concentrated. Keep the heat to a simmer so as to retain flavour. No need to scoop the seeds out- but get rid of the skins. For the last half hour. Get the simmer as slow as possible and add as much fresh rosemary as you can (on the wood for easy removal) Bottle and freeze

The Spuds

Choose a spud that crisps up well with roasting but keeps the internal flesh nice and fluffy Cut into cubes of anywhere between 1 and 1.5 cm Put the cubes into a roasting tray, season with salt and white pepper, add plenty of olive oil and roast fairly hot until all sides are crispy Given I have a genuine 1970’s non fanforced oven I can’t really tell

Proscuitto Pizza

So simple, a good pizza lets the ingredients sing. Superb prosciutto is a must for this dish.

Merlot – the ducks nuts or just plain old bollocks?

Quite unlike like Miles Raymond in the awesome film ‘Sideways’ … if anyone orders Merlot, I’m staying. I am very happy to drink f%^&ing Merlot!

Merlot doesn’t get much love here in Australia – variously accused of being thin and reedy (region too cold) or soft and fat (region too warm) but rarely awesome, refined, structured or fruit intense. Much of the blame for Aussie Merlot being ‘crap’ has been ascribed to our clonal selections of Merlot – the most widely planted being D3V14, sourced from UC Davis in California in the mid 60s. It can make superb wine but it needs to be planted in the right sites and requires a lot of work in the vineyard to produce quality fruit. Historically most Aussie producers simply haven’t treated Merlot with that level of care. ‘Proper’ varieties, like Pinot, Shiraz, Cabernet etc have more time and money spent on them in the vineyard and winery because they yield a better return

Langhorne Creek, SA

The climate is often cool, with southerly winds coming in from the ocean and blowing straight across Lake Alexandrina. Like most South Australian regions, the heat will kick in when the wind comes down from the north in summer, but there are intermittent and not as constant as they are up north in the Barossa. Soils are deep, sandy loams, regularly flooded in winter by diverting the nearby Bremer River into the vineyards. This all adds up to vigorous vines with generous canopies,

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