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Red
750ml
Bottle: $44.90
12 bottles: $44.00
Merlot can have a reputation for being soft and wimpy, but the Merlot from Rhinefarm takes on a robust personality....
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750ml
Bottle: $16.12 $17.91
12 bottles: $13.99
Full bodied, approachable and absolutely appetizing, Hahn's Merlot, which integrates 22% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3%...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $42.94
12 bottles: $42.08
Our 2019 Napa Valley Merlot opens with lively bright red fruits and a soft, lush texture. Delicate floral aromas...
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750ml
Bottle: $13.94
12 bottles: $13.66
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.64 $12.25
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $8.40 $12.00
COLOR: Bright purple with little to no meniscus. Clear. Opaque. NOSE: Bing cherries with a hint of eucalyptus and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.30 $17.00
This wine is a mouthful crafted from grapes grown on the Serres Ranch in Sonoma Valley. Warm weather and rich soils...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.94
12 bottles: $16.60
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.41 $15.17
12 bottles: $12.36
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $10.94 $12.35
Clean lines of black cherry and warm baking spices draw the nose into this widely available bottling, perfect for...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.64 $19.60
12 bottles: $15.83
Clean lines of black cherry and warm baking spices draw the nose into this widely available bottling, perfect for...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.94
Our Merlot, created in a Bordeaux style blend, offers rich plum and black cherry flavors, accented by savory spices...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $36.34
12 bottles: $35.62
A polished, elegant Merlot, with good structure framing deep flavors of currants, carob, violets, and anise. The...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.94 $18.34
Delivers dried cherry and red currant flavors, which are framed by sinewy tannins on the firm finish. Best after...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.96 $24.40
12 bottles: $17.48
Intricate layers of black cherry, plum, currant, and wild berry mingle with a hint of spice. The soft, delicate,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.94 $19.60
12 bottles: $16.65
The silky and velvety textured Merlot delivers strawberry, black tea and star anise aromas with a complex core of...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $89.92
Lots of black olives with some conifer and mushrooms. Raspberries, too. Full-bodied with soft and round tannins....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.94
12 bottles: $20.52
• Practicing Organic. • 93% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot. • Sourced from Happy Canyon AVA of Santa Ynez Valley. •...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.94 $20.40
• Practicing Organic. • 93% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot. • Sourced from Happy Canyon AVA of Santa Ynez Valley. •...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.24 $17.09
12 bottles: $12.35

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.