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750ml
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$11.94
$12.57
12 bottles:
$9.51
The wine is a blend of 85% Merlot with its fresh fruit floral character and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon to give the wine...
750ml
Bottle:
$16.25
12 bottles:
$15.93
Rich, fruity aromas with flavors of fresh herbs, clove and tobacco on the palate. This medium-bodied wine is a...
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750ml
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$15.94
$16.66
12 bottles:
$15.83
This elegant dry wine has bright fruity aromas with hints of orange peel and sage. Flavors of berry and spice on the...
750ml
Bottle:
$18.40
12 bottles:
$18.03
A delicious Merlot that is bursting with fruit on the nose and has an equally fruit driven palate. Full of red...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$74.89
One of the best Merlots I've tasted from Australia, Hickinbotham's 2016 The Revivalist Merlot does hint at cherry...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$69.94
Saturated garnet. Deep, smoke- and spice-accented red and blue fruit qualities on the nose. Smooth and fleshy in...
750ml
Bottle:
$11.94
$12.57
12 bottles:
$9.51
A soft and elegant, medium-bodied Merlot with delicious red berry aromas, dark red berry fruit, textural oak and...
750ml
Bottle:
$28.88
$32.09
12 bottles:
$26.61
Deep red in colour, the Scooter exudes fresh berries and spice. Layers of redcurrants and fresh plums are laced with...
750ml
Bottle:
$12.02
12 bottles:
$10.48
Light and focused, with balanced green herbal notes, plus tangy berry and cherry flavors and cedar accents. Drink...
750ml
Bottle:
$18.79
$20.88
12 bottles:
$16.63
The wine has the typical Merlot aroma of cherry, plum and Mediterranean spices accompanied by a gentle oak aroma....
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750ml
Bottle:
$88.90
A fragrant blend of aromas featuring ripe red and black fruits, flowers, spice, tobacco, orange zest and chocolate....
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750ml
Bottle:
$30.94
$33.60
Aromas of fresh herbs, tangerine, cedar, earth and French oak. Ripe red and black fruit flavors on the palate. This...
750ml
Bottle:
$12.44
$13.09
12 bottles:
$9.51
This [yellow tail] Merlot is everything a great wine should be – soft, velvety and easy to drink. Soft and smooth,...
Merlot Australia Israel Puerto Rico 750ml
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.
Whilst most of Australia consists of arid deserts and dense bushland, the oceanic coasts to the south of the country have a terrain and climate ideal for vine cultivation and wine production. It took several decades of failed attempts at the end of the 18th century in order to produce vines of a decent enough quality for making wine, but since those first false starts, the Australian wine industry has continued to grow and grow. Today, wine production makes up for a considerable part of the Australian economy, with exports in recent years reaching unprecedented levels and even overtaking France for the first time ever. Whilst the greatest successes in regards to quality have been the result of the Syrah grape varietal (known locally as Shiraz), Australia utilizes several Old World grapes, and has had fantastic results from Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Riesling, Chardonnay and more. As the Australian passion for locally produced wine continues to develop, wineries have begun experimenting with a wider range of grape varietals, meaning that nowadays it isn't uncommon to find high quality Australian wines made from Petit Verdot, Sangiovese, Tempranillo and Viognier, amongst many others.
Since biblical times, Israel has been an important production center for wine, and continues to be so to this day. All over Israel, the Mediterranean climate the country enjoys ensures that grapes grow to full ripeness, and the vineyards are helped considerably by the mineral rich limestone soils which typify the geology of the wine regions. Interestingly, in Israel, up to fifteen percent of all wine production today is used for sacramental purposes, and the vast majority of the wines produced there are made in accordance to Jewish kosher laws. Israel is split into five major wine producing regions; Galil, The Judean Hills, Shimshon, The Negev, and the Sharon Plain, and in recent years the wine industry of Israel has brought over twenty five million dollars per annum to the Israeli economy.