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Bottle: $40.89
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Pretty and inviting, the medium-bodied 2021 Pinot Noir Breaking Ground pours a ripe ruby color and has a perfume of...
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750ml
Bottle: $44.58 $48.00
This handsome, brooding Pinot offers multilayered raspberry and cherry flavors highlighted by spiced cinnamon and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $37.20 $40.00
Offers notes of plum preserves and cherry clafoutis that glide through, with sweet toast around the edges. The soft,...
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750ml
Bottle: $37.20 $40.00
Frankly ripe, with a wave of jammy plum and blackberry preserves flowing through, laced with sweet toast and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $9.94
This full-bodied, hardy red maintains an element of freshness throughout. An underlying herbaceous and earthy tone...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $9.99
Dusty tannins paired with voluptuously ripe fruit notes of red plum, boysenberry and mixed-berry bramble make this a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.94
Winemaker-sommelier Chris Miller uses this sub-brand to test out new vineyards, and this one is a winner. Crisp...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.89
12 bottles: $23.41
This expressive red is dynamic, yet retains a sense of elegance and refinement, showing pomegranate and blueberry...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $33.84 $36.25
A wine of depth and presence, this Pinot slowly unfolds with an elegant intensity that highlights blueberry and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $61.94
This wine from one of Kosta Browne's founders shows just-ripe black cherry and blackberry flavors that are compelling...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.93
Cooper & Thief Pinot Noir offers bright red fruit aromas with jammy, cherry flavors blended with spiced notes from...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $46.87 $50.40
A well-rounded, velvety and flavorful merlot with dark cherries, grilled bell peppers and some baking spices. Supple...
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750ml
Bottle: $13.93 $15.00
Rich, dark, and intense fruit flavors take top billing in this 2021 Elouan Pinot Noir, a wine that beautifully...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $40.92 $44.00
Juicy and inviting, with tasty raspberry and mulberry notes infused with pine forest, red tea and wet earth accents....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.85 $20.40
A vibrant Merlot that's a pleasure to drink, featuring snappy red currant and cherry flavors accented by grilled...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $28.75 $30.00
12 bottles: $28.50
A youthful and saturated ruby hue, the 2021 Pinot Noir Russian River Valley is ripe and spicy, with aromas of fresh...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $50.22 $54.00
Lovely energy to this with lavender and rose petal with strawberries and raspberries. Slate and stone undertones....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $48.90
This red wine opens with aromas of wild strawberry, blackberry, and cardamom. Flavors of boysenberry, raspberry, and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $32.93 $34.12
12 bottles: $32.41
This approachable wine is bright and fresh, with wonderful aromas of plum, red apple and hibiscus tea. Flavors...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $62.94
Seduction meets elegant structure in this Pinot, which offers graceful raspberry and cherry flavors accented by rose...
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Merlot Pinot Noir 2012 2021 United States 750ml Rapid Ship

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.

Regularly described as being the grape varietal responsible for producing the world's most romantic wines, Pinot Noir has long been associated with elegance and a broad range of flavors The name means 'black pine' in French, and this is due to the fact that the fruit of this particular varietal is especially dark in color, and hangs in a conical shape, like that of a pine cone. Despite being grown today in almost every wine producing country, Pinot Noir is a notoriously difficult grape variety to cultivate. This is because it is especially susceptible to various forms of mold and mildew, and thrives best in steady, cooler climates. However, the quality of the fruit has ensured that wineries and vintners have persevered with the varietal, and new technologies and methods have overcome many of the problems it presents. Alongside this, the wide popularity and enthusiasm for this grape has ensured it will remain a firm favorite amongst wine drinkers for many years to come.

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.