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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$35.64
This varietal Merlot aged in 100% stainless steel has a fairly good layering of flavors with notes of blackberry,...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$42.75
Warm and plush, with ample red fruit and classic spice aromas and flavors. Gentle notes of tobacco, clove, and black...
750ml
Bottle:
$26.29
$29.21
12 bottles:
$22.05
This is a velvety Merlot with a complex nose of plum, cherry, cedar, black peppercorn and pomegranate followed by an...
750ml
Bottle:
$19.08
$21.20
12 bottles:
$16.61
A delicious merlot with dark-fruit, chocolate and walnut aromas and flavors. Medium to full body, round tannins and a...
750ml
Bottle:
$13.58
$14.30
12 bottles:
$11.40
“This bright magenta colored White Merlot delivers vibrant strawberry jam and lavender flavors. The wine is well...
750ml
Bottle:
$34.88
$38.40
12 bottles:
$34.18
An effortless mix of blackberries and baking spice, the Merlot is complex and elegant, offering smooth layers of...
3.0Ltr
Bottle:
$22.99
$24.20
6 bottles:
$15.17
A pleasing dry red wine with blackberry and raspberry aromas.
750ml
Bottle:
$50.04
$55.60
There is a milk chocolate nuance with integrated spicy oak. Coupled with the rich dark fruit, there is a hint of...
1.5Ltr
Bottle:
$20.33
$21.40
6 bottles:
$12.13
Throwing a party? Invite our Merlot. It's rich with dark fruits and carries just a whisper of oak. Full-bodied,...
Merlot United States California
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.