Six more wines made from Bordeaux varieties to try

As detailed here, red Bordeaux blends are not necessarily, as the name implies, red blends from Bordeaux. Rather, it’s a term used for wines that (regardless of their origin) are modelled on the traditional style of this French region and made from its five key varieties: cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, malbec and petit verdot. 

Like their inspiration, these wines are usually either cabernet or merlot dominant, with malbec and petit verdot – and very occasionally, carménère – used sparingly to add colour and spice.

Most Bordeaux wines are blends; however, it’s not a requirement of the appellation, with the highly revered Pétrus, made from 100 per cent merlot in Pomerol on the Right Bank, a notable exception to the practice. But even though it’s much more common for these grapes to be used in straight varietal wines (and labelled as such) in Australia, the strength of association between these varieties and their native region still puts them, consciously or not, in similar categories. 

Below, you'll find six more wines made with either a blend of Bordeaux varieties or as single varietals, from Tapanappa, Stone Bridge Wines, Forest Hill, Forester Estate, Flowstone Wines and Curly Flat.