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375ml
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$13.22
12 bottles:
$12.96
This wine impresses red wine lovers immediately with spicy aromas of cassis, black cherry, plum, vanilla, oak and...
750ml
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$16.94
$18.33
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$16.63
Lively lavender aromas elevate the dark berry and thyme scents on the nose of this bottling. The core of blueberry...
750ml - Case of 12
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$68.93
Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2021 Merlot bursts with notes of baked black plums, boysenberry preserves, and black...
750ml
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$9.94
This full-bodied, hardy red maintains an element of freshness throughout. An underlying herbaceous and earthy tone...
750ml
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$26.90
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$26.36
Passion fruit and Bing cherry come off the nose of this wine with a distinctive, wet gravel minerality. As you look...
750ml
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$15.38
$17.09
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$15.05
Vivid ruby. Cherry, cassis and succulent herbs on the fragrant nose, joined by a slowly building tobacco nuance....
750ml
Bottle:
$28.57
12 bottles:
$28.00
Planting a forest one bottle at a time.
Browne Family Vineyards is honored to partner with One Tree Planted....
750ml
Bottle:
$14.94
$16.25
This is a balanced, drink-me-now Merlot ideal for casual consumption. Find notes of fresh cedar, black cherry, plum...
750ml
Bottle:
$12.87
$14.30
12 bottles:
$11.40
Merlot is like that ol’ pick-up truck of mine. Dependable. A real worker. Just jump in and start it up. It never...
750ml
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$31.75
$35.28
12 bottles:
$25.08
Captivating violet and rose petal aromas lead to fresh, light blackberry and black cherry flavors on a texture of...
750ml
Bottle:
$23.25
12 bottles:
$22.79
This delicious and well-balanced Seven Ranchlands Merlot wine will go great with medium-bodied fare from spaghetti to...
750ml
Bottle:
$16.75
6 bottles:
$16.42
Showcasing the very best of Washington State Merlot, this bold wine has aromas of blueberry and marionberry with a...
750ml
Bottle:
$26.36
$29.29
12 bottles:
$19.02
User-friendly and juicy, with red currant and spiced herb flavors. Drink now through 2026. 140,000 cases made.
750ml
Bottle:
$22.94
$23.60
12 bottles:
$22.48
Very deep purple-red color. Powerful aroma suggesting plums, earth, tobacco and spice. Rich and assertive with...
750ml
Bottle:
$46.87
$50.40
A well-rounded, velvety and flavorful merlot with dark cherries, grilled bell peppers and some baking spices. Supple...
750ml
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$53.35
$59.28
12 bottles:
$39.90
Grapes for this wine are sourced from vineyards in Napa Valley, including land which has been in my family for...
750ml
Bottle:
$13.87
$15.41
12 bottles:
$11.52
Our Merlot showcases Central Coast California. Fruit from cooler Monterey County lends exquisite texture and...
750ml
Bottle:
$26.72
$29.69
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:
$56.08
6 bottles:
$54.96
There is a milk chocolate nuance with integrated spicy oak. Coupled with the rich dark fruit, there is a hint of...
Muscat Champagne Blend Merlot 2021 United States
Known as Moscato in Italy, and Moscatel in Portugal and Spain, Muscat is one of the oldest continually cultivated grape varietals in the world. It originally came out of the Middle East, and was picked up by the ancient Greeks, who brought it to Italy and elsewhere in their empire. Because of its astounding age and continuous use, it has long since been mutated and crossbred to produce dozens of subspecies, and it is known by lots of synonyms and regional names. Because of this, it is fair to say that there is no ‘true’ Muscat grape. The most popular - and oldest - varietal within this group, however, is Muscat Blanc au Petit Grains, which is grown with great results most notably in France and South Africa.
Known for its light and fruity character, Muscat of Alexandria is the second oldest of the Muscat grapes, and is found in several countries around the Mediterranean. The grape is prized for its versatility - indeed, almost every imaginable type of wine style, from dry to medium to sweet and sparkling, can be made from this varietal. Generally speaking, though, Muscat grapes have a relatively low acidity which make them unsuitable for ageing, meaning the vast majority of Muscat wines are drank very young, wherein they can express their best features.
The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.
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.