{"id":696,"date":"2025-12-14T18:29:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T18:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/14\/3-0-5-reserve-geoff-merrill-2016-mclaren-vale-australia\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T18:29:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T18:29:48","slug":"3-0-5-reserve-geoff-merrill-2016-mclaren-vale-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/14\/3-0-5-reserve-geoff-merrill-2016-mclaren-vale-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"3.0\/5 &#8211; RESERVE &#8211; Geoff Merrill, 2016, McLaren Vale, Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rating: 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This 2016 Geoff Merrill RESERVE from McLaren Vale presents a deep purple hue in the glass with clear clarity. The nose offers a Medium intensity, featuring primary aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry, and leather, alongside secondary notes of vanilla. On the palate, the fine grained tannins show a Medium plus presence, complemented by a pronounced flavour intensity, with primary flavours of blackberry, black cherry, and eucalyptus, alongside a hint of black and white pepper.<\/p>\n<h3>At a glance<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Type:<\/strong> Red<\/li>\n<li><strong>Appearance:<\/strong> clear, deep, purple<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nose:<\/strong> medium; blackcurrant, blackberry, leather \/ vanilla<\/li>\n<li><strong>Palate:<\/strong> Body full body, Tannin medium plus, Acidity medium plus, Alcohol medium plus, Sweetness dry, Feel fine grained, Flavour intensity pronounced<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tastes:<\/strong> blackberry, black cherry, eucalyptus, black\/white pepper \/ nutmeg<\/li>\n<li><strong>Finish:<\/strong> medium plus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Development:<\/strong> Fully Developed<\/li>\n<li><strong>Readiness:<\/strong> drink now but it will age<\/li>\n<li><strong>Balanced:<\/strong> yes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Complex:<\/strong> yes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Food pairings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Grilled lamb chops with rosemary<\/li>\n<li>Pan-seared venison with berry sauce<\/li>\n<li>Roasted game bird with blackberry glaze<\/li>\n<li>Creamy mushroom risotto with black pepper<\/li>\n<li>Spicy beef stir-fry with black bean sauce<\/li>\n<li>Roasted beef short ribs with nutmeg<\/li>\n<li>Smoked paprika beef burgers with cheddar<\/li>\n<li>Pan-seared duck breast with cherry compote<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rating: 3.0\/5 This 2016 Geoff Merrill RESERVE from McLaren Vale presents a deep purple hue in the glass with clear clarity. The nose offers a Medium intensity, featuring primary aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry, and leather, alongside secondary notes of vanilla. On the palate, the fine grained tannins show a Medium plus presence, complemented by a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wineclub"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/16595_20251214182752.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}