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This is a complex and delicious wine. It beckons with aromas of dark purple plum and anise. Bright fruit flavors...
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Rated 92 - Ripe blackberries, plum skins, sandalwood, anisette and hints of chocolate on the nose. Spicy and racy on...
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Rated 93 - Somerston's 2014 Merlot Stornoway is gorgeous. The interplay of intense fruit and brightness is quite...
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A medium-bodied red with chocolate, hazelnut and berry character. Medium to full body, round tannins and a juicy finish.
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Superb sites in the renown Napa Valley AVA highlight the world-class pedigree of this Merlot. Classic Bordelaise...
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A deep ruby red color introduces a wine with layered aromas of black cherry, blackberry and baking spice. The palate...
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Rated 89 - Juicy, with good cut to the savory-inflected dried red berry and cherry tart flavors. The sleek finish is...
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Rated 93 - A juicy and fruity merlot blend with plum, chocolate and hazelnut aromas and flavors. Full and layered...
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Rated 96 - Powerful, rich and complex, with a refined mix of currant, dark cherry and plum tart flavors backed by...
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Rated 96 - Opened for 45 minutes before tasting. From the iconic Three Palms Vineyard, which delivers structured,...
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Rated 95 - I like the savory nose here, with notes of coffee, spiced plum, overturned earth and bark. Full-bodied...
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Rated 91 - Black olives with some fresh basil and lemongrass aromas that follow through to a medium body with a juicy...
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Aromas of tomato leaf, cedar and cherry lead to firm, modest flavors of red currant and lead pencil. Drink now...
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Aromas of tomato leaf, cedar and cherry lead to firm, modest flavors of red currant and lead pencil. Drink now...

Merlot United States California Napa Valley 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.

Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.

California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.

When it comes to New World wines, and especially wines from the United States of America, Napa Valley is something of a standard bearer. Over its relatively short history, it has managed to transform itself from being a fairly insignificant region, to becoming one of the most important and highly regarding wine locations on earth. With an ideal climate for viticulture, blazing sunshine and a low level of rainfall, this valley is shielded on many sides by mountain ranges which help it maintain a consistent level of heat, light and moisture throughout the year. Today, Napa Valley is a home of innovation and quality, with dozens of grape varietals thriving in the fertile soils. However, the main varietals grown there have always been Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot and Zinfandel, and the wines they produce are constantly lauded by critics and competitions across the globe.