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$17.64
$19.60
12 bottles:
$15.83
The black-olive, blueberry and blackberry character, combined with stone and orange peel is very attractive. Full to...
750ml
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$13.94
12 bottles:
$13.66
Intense nose of bramble fruits, liquorice, leather and tobacco. Very nice palate, with smooth and elegant tannins,...
1.5Ltr
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$23.80
6 bottles:
$14.73
Mouthfilling flavors of plums, cherries, and wild red berries dominate our Merlot from start to finish. It’s soft,...
1.5Ltr
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$23.37
$24.60
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$15.00
Our Merlot pops with vibrant fresh blueberry flavors with hints of plum and blackberry fruit leading to a luscious,...
750ml
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$11.94
$12.57
12 bottles:
$9.51
Our Merlot pops with vibrant fresh blueberry flavors with hints of plum and blackberry fruit leading to a luscious,...
750ml
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$13.65
$15.17
12 bottles:
$12.36
Bursting with sweet, ripe red fruit flavors, featuring notes of cherry, strawberry and blackberry. The delicate...
500ml
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$22.93
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$22.40
An aromatized wine native to Italy’s Marche region, Visciola blends the syrup of local sour cherries and red wine....
Italian Red Blends Merlot Zinfandel NV
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.
The precise origins of what became known as the Zinfandel grape variety are uncertain, although it has clear genetic equivalents in both Puglia and Croatia. However, when it was brought to the New World in the mid 19th century, it became known as the Zinfandel, and has been consistently popular and widely grown ever since. These very dark and very round grapes have a remarkably high sugar content, resulting in relatively high levels of alcohol in the wines they are made into, with bottles often displaying as much as fifteen percent. What makes the Zinfandel such an interesting grape, though, is the fact that the flavors produced by this varietal vary considerably depending on the climate they are grown in. In cooler valley regions, the Zinfandel grapes result in wines which hold strong flavors of tart and sweet fruits; raspberry, redcurrant and sweet cherry, held in a very smooth and silky liquid. Conversely, warmer regions result in more complex and spicy notes, including anise, pepper and hedgerow berries.