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Red plum, currants and cedar aromas with a touch of earthy goodness. This wine is medium to full-bodied and...
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Aromas of currants, cedar and violets follow through to a medium body and fine tannins with a lovely, light velvety...
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Beautiful, broad and plush, this structured but charming wine overflows with red fruits and baking spices, with a...
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Shows macerated black currant and blackberry notes, with dark charcoal and bay leaf lining the finish. This has good...
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This is sensational, characterized by such purity and beauty and with aromas of blackberries, dark chocolate,...
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This is a delicious and savory wine with beautiful, ripe and creamy tannins, as well as chocolate and plum character....
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Gorgeous perfumes of plums, berries, light chocolate and walnut follow through to a medium body, fine tannins and...
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94-95 Savory black and salted-olive character with oyster shells and black licorice. Fine, almost powdery yet firm...
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91-93 The second wine of this terrific estate, which has been playing with the stars of the appellation for several...
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Lively lavender aromas elevate the dark berry and thyme scents on the nose of this bottling. The core of blueberry...
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Our Apothic Merlot is a silky, approachable red wine grown in California. Notes of blackberry and boysenberry are...
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Intense, deep red in colour, Desiderio 2019 reveals inviting notes of sweet cherries and raspberries, rose petals and...
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Our Merlot is garnet in color with flavors of black cherry on the palate. Soft and smooth.
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Bright cherry, ripe plum, milk chocolate, red apple, and vanilla bean flavors combine for this wine’s decadent...
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• 100% Merlot.
• Sourced from four vineyards in the Yakima Valley, Red Mountain and Columbia Valleys.
• Sees...
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Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2021 Merlot bursts with notes of baked black plums, boysenberry preserves, and black...
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Bright and intensely floral, with a lovely violet aroma and long, rich plum sauce, blackberry and currant notes....
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Firm tannins are holding everything in place right now. There's a tiny dip through the mid-palate before the fruit...
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Love the fruit on the center palate here with its brightness and vivid acidity. Citrus undertones and a fresh finish....
Aglianico Marsala Merlot Red Bordeaux 750ml
Aglianico is a black skinned grape most commonly associated with the exquisite wines of the Campania region of Italy. It thrives most happily in hot and dry climates, and as such, has had plenty of success in the New World, particularly in the United States, where it is used to great effect in many red wines. It was believed to come from Greece several thousand years ago, brought by Pheonician tradesman, and was wildly popular in Roman times, when it was used in the finest wines made by the Roman empire. Aglianico grapes produce full bodied red wines which have a high tannin and acid content. As such, it has excellent ageing potential, and with a standard amount of time in a barrel, it rounds out and mellows to produce beautifully balanced wines.
Marsala is a well known fortified wine from Italy’s largest island, Sicily. A largely misunderstood and undervalued fortified wine, it is most commonly associated with its sweet variety - usually used as a cooking wine - although the finest dry Masalas are able to stand up to more revered, similar wines such as Sherry and Madeira. Marsala has been made in Sicily since the mid 18th century, and it grew wildly popular around Europe as sailors introduced it to port towns across the continent. Marsala wine has a beautiful set of flavors, most typically including apricot, tamarind, vanilla and tobacco, making it a delightfully intense treat when served as a sipping wine.
Marsala wine comes in several different varieties, and most of them are a world away from the sweet wines used in sauces and chicken dishes. Amber, golden and ruby versions of Masala are produced, from a range of different native grape varietals, and many of the finest are aged for over ten years to achieve a fascinating set of complex flavors and a remarkably smooth finish. It is usually made from the Grillo, Inzolia, Damaschino and Catarratto white grapes, although the ruby Masala wines uses typical Sicilian red varietals such as Nero d’Avola and Calabrese, among others.
With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key 'Bordeaux' varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.
There are few regions in the world with stricter regulations in regards to wine production and grape varietals than those found in Bordeaux, France. Here, in the home of the world's finest wines, the type and quality of grapes used is of utmost importance, and the legendary wineries which work on the banks of the Gironde river have mastered the careful art of juice blending to find the perfect balance for their produce. Whilst there are six 'official' Bordeaux grapes, the two key varietals for almost every fine Bordeaux wine are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and with good reason. Whilst Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are renowned for their acidity and astringency, strong fruit and spice flavors and full body, Merlot grapes are notably rounded, soft, fleshy and lighter on tannin. The combination of these two varietals, along with a small percentage of (commonly) Petit Verdot or Cabernet Franc, is the perfect balancing act – the two grape varietals cancel out each others weaker points, and accentuate all that is good about the other.