Price-Drop: Geoff Merrill Wines Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

This is what you call next level: where the quality of fruit, winemaking, oak, and ageing is all a rung (or two) above most others. Geoff and Scott of Geoff Merrill select the best barrels coming off McLaren Vale and Coonawarra vineyards 14 months after vintage. These are then blended and returned to a mix of new and seasoned American and French barrels. Yep, that’s 200% oak, with 30 months in it before bottling. You can probably imagine the intensity you could expect right off the bottling line, but nearly a decade out from vintage and this wine still looks superb. Abundance of anise, black fruits, leather, tar and smoke in a generous hug of tannins. Like sinking into a velvet couch, this wine will make you feel luxurious.