Australian Sparkling Merlot can have many finishes in vastly different styles ranging from light, very soft, juicy reds with little tannin to full black, fairly astringent wines which will take a while to mature.

Sparkling Merlot's flavour components are often described as plum, plum skin or stewed plum and velvety soft in the month.The Kies Family Sparkling Monkey Nut Merlot 2002 from the  Barossa Valley Region of South Australia was a very interesting Australian Sparkling Wine