Merlot
Merlot is a variety of wine grape used to create a popular red wine. Merlot-based wines usually have medium body with hints of berry, plum, and currant.
Most connoisseurs consider it ``easy to drink`` when compared to other red wines, particularly its traditional blending partner Cabernet Sauvignon. Its softness and ``fleshiness``, combined with its earlier ripening, makes Merlot an ideal grape to blend with the sterner, later-ripening Cabernet. Many Merlots are made in a style popular with newer red wine drinkers (though good Merlots accompanying appropriate food are popular with many more experienced wine drinkers as well).
Merlot is produced primarily in France, Italy and California, and on a lesser scale in Australia, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia, and other parts of the United States. Most wines from Bordeaux contain at least some Merlot, and in the regions of Pomerol and Saint-Emilion it is not unusual for Merlot to comprise the majority of the blend. One of the most famous and rare wines in the world, Château Pétrus is almost all Merlot.
White Merlot is made the same way as its more famous cousin, White Zinfandel. The grapes are crushed, and after very brief or even no skin contact, the resulting pink ``must`` ferments. Some producers of White Merlot include Sutter Home, Forest Glen, and Beringer. It normally has a hint of raspberry flavor. White Merlot was reputedly first marketed in the late 1990s.
Until 1993, the Chilean wine industry mistakenly sold a large quantity of wine made from the Carmenere grape as Merlot. In that year, genetic studies discovered that much of what had been grown as Merlot was actually Carmenere, an old French variety that had gone largely extinct in France due to its poor resistance to phylloxera, which as of 2006 does not exist in Chile.
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In this categoryBradgate Cab. Sauv./Merlot 2008
Alc 14% Screw Cap A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (43%) Merlot (41%) and Shiraz (16%). The ripe blackberry Cabernet Sauvignon flavours blend easily with the velvety rich plummy fruit of the Merlot. Shiraz adds a spicy, red berry complexity. Maturation in new and used French oak barrels (expensive!) results in an harmonious integration of soft tannins and fruit. [read on...]
A B V: 14% Vintage: 2008 Color: red Country: South Africa Region: Western Cape Code: 75621
Buitenverwachting Christine 2006
Christine is iconic in South Africa. It has been at the forefront of "Bordeaux Blends" for many years and consists of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot Petit Verdot and Malbec, offering rich red fruit characters of ripe cherry and blackcurrant with dark chocolate and tobacco undertones. Extremely elegant, hugely rich and complex with a sympathetic gentle integration of French Oak. For the connoisseur. [read on...]
A B V: 14.5% Vintage: 2006 Color: red Country: South Africa Region: Western Cape Code: 75022
Buitenverwachting Meifort 2007
Cabernet Sauvignon 60% Cabernet Franc 35% Merlot 5%. Full bodied and complex red 'Bordeaux' blend. Warm and inviting nose and showing elegant plum, red cherries, soft black fruits combined with spicy oak abd tobacco characters. An interesting alternative to Bordeaux. Alc 14% [read on...]
A B V: 14% Vintage: 2007 Color: red Country: South Africa Region: Western Cape Code: 75909
Cederberg Cederberger 2007
A dry red blend of 50% Merlot 30% Pinotage and 20% Shiraz. Beautiful ripe blackberried fruits with smokey roasted aromas and well intergrated juicy tannins. Two years in bottle has brought the wine forward and it is drinking extremely well and will continue to do so until at least 2012. A great partner with red meats and game. Perfect with BBQ. [read on...]
A B V: 14.5% Vintage: 2007 Color: red Country: South Africa Code: 74831
Cederberg Cerderberger 2008
A fruit driven blend of 50% Merlot 30% Pinotage and 20% Shiraz of bottled sunshine. Expect a wine filled with ripe plums, raspberries and hints of dark chocolate. With juicy tannins and three years ageing in bottle makes it an outstanding choice for wine enthusiasts regular 'house wine'. Great value. [read on...]
A B V: 14.5% Vintage: 2008 Color: red Country: France Code: 75830
Château de Marchesseau 2006
Classic Bordeaux blend of 70% Merlot 15% Cabernet Franc and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon has produced an elegant wine, with a deep mahogany colour, fresh bouquet with ripe dark fruits and tobacco notes following onto the palate. Silky and round in the mouth it has a long fruity farewell. [read on...]
A B V: 13% Vintage: 2006 Color: red Country: France Code: 72894
Cuvée Orelie Rouge 2010
Made up from 80% Merlot and 20% Gamay this attractive easy drinking red has plenty of black fruits on the nose with soft well integrated tannins. [read on...]
A B V: 13.5% Vintage: 2010 Color: red Country: France Region: Ardeche Code: 76143
Devon Crest Cabernet/Merlot 2005
Devon Crest is Martin Meinert's classically styled blend. It has ripe red and dark berry and rich black cherry flavours, with underlaying mint and spicy notes. The mid palate is velvety and the finish very long. [read on...]
A B V: 14.5% Vintage: 2005 Color: red Country: South Africa Region: Western Cape Code: 74484
Domaine du Grand Ormeau 2006
This Merlot dominated red Bordeaux received a Gold Medal Vinalies Internationales for excellence. A harmonious wine with a soft supple, velvety texture thanks to the Merlot red brick colour with tawny tints, an open bouquet with fine dark fruit notes and fascinating complex flavour with hints of blueberries, mulberries, mocha and chocolate. [read on...]
A B V: 13% Vintage: 2006 Color: red Code: 72902
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