Wine Rack Store Blog

Banrock Station cares about our planet. A visit to their website shows a variety of efforts and endeavors designed to reduce the company’s environmental impact. Built from sustained Australian forests, designed with multiple energy saving aspects, powered by solar panels, and lit by natural daylight, the tasting room and restaurant welcome guests to experience Australian wetland preservation first hand. Visitors don’t need to travel all the way to Australia (but who wouldn’t WANT to), because Banrock Station’s website allows anyone to enjoy the wetlands through the web cam, and encourages conservation with a handy water calculator. Banrock Station’s website is approved by OffsetCarbonFootprint.org.

I have to put in a word of disclaimer here: Banrock Station’s wine label uses to “red flag” tactics which I have previously warned against in choosing wine. The origin of the wine is a vague “south eastern Australia”, and the bottle is stuck with a “Wine Enthusiast 10 Best Buys since 2005” gold sticker. I did find some mention of the 2005 Merlot in an article in an online magazine, Wine Enthusiast, “84 Banrock Station 2005 Merlot (South Eastern Australia); $5. Just the thing you need if there are dozens of people on your deck, and burgers are on the grill. Cherry and red plum flavors have earthy, oaky accents. It’s medium-bodied and easy to drink. Best Buy.
—Daryna Tobey”.

Jenn’s Tasting notes:

This wine smells of tart berry and earthy stuff. The merlot’s color is a pretty red, although perhaps a bit thin. It’s also rather thin in the mouth feel, but ironically pack’s a punch in flavor. The taste mirrors the berry flavors, and the earthiness comes across as sharp leather and tobacco. Banrock Station 2007 Merlot is not a velvety smooth wine, like many merlots aim to be, but the earth friendly attitude and recession friendly price make it worth a place in your wine rack. Cheers!

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