2018 Hickinbotham Clarendon The Revivalist Merlot, McLaren Vale
A$73.50
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HIKBOTRV18
The perfume, the nuance, the power. This takes the merlot grape and knocks it out of the park. It's ripped with both fruit flavour and tannin, it's smoked with an appropriate level of oak, and it feels authoritative through the finish. In short, it's a pearler.
97 points James Haliday winecompanion.com.au 1 August 2020
Very deep, dense purple colour, with a thoroughly oak-dominated aroma. The palate is very firm and tannic, with youthful, almost callow flavour and a solid tannin finish. This is a wine that grows on you. At first glance, too much oak. But it has impressive concentration, volume of flavour and palate length, and I suspect time will vindicate it thoroughly. It's an outstanding wine, and quite extraordinary within the rather ordinary gamut of Australian merlot. (From vines planted in 1976 and 1989 at 220-245m altitude. Aged 15 months in 50% new Bordeaux coopered oak. 4% petit verdot.)
96 points Huon Hooke therealreview.com 30 August 2020
| Product/Service Sold Out | No |
|---|---|
| En Primeur | No |
| New Arrivals | No |
| Wine Type | Red Wine |
| Wine Style | Traditional |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | McLaren Vale |
| Varietals | Merlot |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
| Wine Points | 97-98 |
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