Squawking Magpie The Chatterer Merlot Cabernet Malbec 2023

Squawking Magpie The Chatterer Merlot Cabernet Malbec 2023

$26.99

A STAR OF THE GIMBLETT GRAVELS

BIG NEWS: The Squawking Magpie The Chatterer Merlot Cabernet Malbec 2023 has recently been named in Andrew Caillard MW’s prestigious 2023 Gimblett Gravels Annual Vintage Selection - one of the most coveted accolades in New Zealand wine. Only six wines made the cut, and as Andrew himself declared, "it is extremely moving to taste wines of this quality and impact". That’s high praise from one of the world’s top wine critics, and a huge achievement for this Hawke’s Bay gem. STOCK IS LIMITED. GET YOUR SHARE.

92/100 | Matthew Juke

Squawking Magpie's 'The Chatterer' range consistently delivers value-for-money, and this 2023 rich, textural charmer is no exception. Vinted from a blend of 64% merlot, 22% cabernet sauvignon and 14% malbec, this is an out and out winner with flavours in the dark plums and blackcurrant spectrum. On the palate it's plush and velvety, supported by fine tannins, and finishes long and satisfying. An absolute winner!

Volume 750ML
Vintage 2023
Region HAWKES BAY
Alcohol 13.50%

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Tasting Notes

Matthew Juke writes "Winemaker Jenny Dobson has calmed all of the threads in this garment such that they hang together with uncommon grace. Once again, there is mineral tension, but, by comparison with the other wines in the set, it is heightened, along with the pristine fruit, and not dampened by ponderous oak or extraction. There are only a handful of Merlots in the Southern Hemisphere with this wine’s timbre."
Andrew Caillard MW writes"Medium deep crimson. Red cherry, red plum, cassis aromas with marzipan, roasted walnut notes. Supple and well concentarted with ample red and dark berry fruits, attractive mid-palate volume and sinuous grainy/ cedar tannins. Builds up claret firm with black olive, dark chocolate notes."
The winery writes "This wine is deep in colour with a layered, fragrant nose of ripe plum and cassis with lifted vanilla, cedar and tobacco notes. The palate has a rich velvet texture with excellent structure, ripe black fruits and cassis flavours with a long full finish. Barrel aged for 18 months."

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