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Grand Vin is a wine of finesse and elegance that maintains fresh red and blue fruit flavors while exalting secondary...
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"We don't have anything in mind about what the final blend will be each year," winemaker Andy Erickson said about...
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Lots of red and black fruits, spring flowers, candied orange, and violet notes emerge from the 2018 Red Blend High...
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This is very four-square with a dense center palate and very fine tannins. Full-bodied and bright. Mineral and stone...
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Juicy, with good cut to the savory-inflected dried red berry and cherry tart flavors. The sleek finish is crisp and...
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Our proprietary blend varies a bit from vintage to vintage as we source fruit from some of the best vineyards in Napa...
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An effortless mix of blackberries and baking spice, the Merlot is complex and elegant, offering smooth layers of...
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Savory aromas of dried mushroom and oyster shell on the nose, layered with dried blackcurrant and tobacco. It’s...
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#87 in Top 100 Wines from USA, 2021. Subtle and complex red with blackberry, black truffle, sweet tobacco and...
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A BOLD AND RUSTIC BLEND SHOWCASING THREE BRAWNY VARIETALS IN A POLISHED NAPA STYLE. PETIT VERDOT IS SOURCED FROM TWO...
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The 2018 Inspirado is terrific. Plump and juicy, with silky contours, the 2018 is a real joy to taste today. All the...
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Crafted predominantly with estate-grown fruit, this “right bank” Bordeaux-style red blend allows the velvety...
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A pretty nose, showing dusted plums, preserved red cherries, licorice and cloves. Medium to full body, rounded by...
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Aromas of spices, such as cloves, dark berries and some herbs. Full-bodied and layered with chewy tannins and a...
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Behind many brilliant flagship wines is another bottling from the producer—often (but not always) a larger...
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Gorgeous blackcurrant bramble fruit tones on the nose. A hint of plum, juniper, allspice, cinnamon, pepper and...
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COLOR: Crimson red with plum highlights.
AROMA: Expressive aromas of blackberry, dark chocolate, and lightly toasted...
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This is an incredible wine with such depth and energy and ethereal, mind-blowing sensibility. It sent shivers down my...
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The 2018 The Ultimate Debate is released only in magnums and is a mix of the single vineyards. The final blend is 62%...
Merlot Red Blend 2018 United States California Napa Valley 1.5Ltr 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.