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Red
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $18.94
TASTING NOTES Bota Box Merlot offers aromas of cherry, blackberry and sweet herbs complemented by flavors of black...
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Red
500ml
Bottle: $5.99
TASTING NOTES Bota Box Merlot offers aromas of cherry, blackberry and sweet herbs complemented by flavors of black...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.38 $17.09
12 bottles: $15.05
Vivid ruby. Cherry, cassis and succulent herbs on the fragrant nose, joined by a slowly building tobacco nuance....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.87 $12.50
12 bottles: $7.60
Our Merlot displays rich notes of smoky oak and mesquite, which are perfectly balanced with soft, ripe tannins and...
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Red
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...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $18.44 $20.49
6 bottles: $16.66
Our Merlot is a very stylish and fruit-driven red wine. Rich and complex flavors of plum and berry are complemented...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $6.99
With a soft and elegant mouthfeel, this wine has deep flavors of rich cherries and jammy blackberries, followed by...
Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $20.49
6 bottles: $16.66
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $10.45 $11.00
12 bottles: $9.51
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $18.68
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Red
4.0Ltr
Bottle: $32.10 $33.79
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.41 $15.17
12 bottles: $12.36
With a deep red color, Carmenet Merlot starts with hints of rich bursting blackberries and currants. Gentle tannins...
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Red
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...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.32 $34.80
12 bottles: $25.08
Captivating violet and rose petal aromas lead to fresh, light blackberry and black cherry flavors on a texture of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $10.45 $11.00
Chateau Souverain Merlot opens with dark red fruit aromas reminiscent of black cherry, plum, and fresh blueberries...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.88 $18.82
12 bottles: $11.95
Our Chloe Merlot is a full-bodied, elegant wine with a rich burgundy color palette, soft tannins and smooth acidity....
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $9.99
Our Merlot is silky and rich with aromas of plum, blackberry jam and dark chocolate. With flavors of cherries and...
Red
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...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.41 $15.17
12 bottles: $12.36
The color of this Merlot is dense black cherry red. It has aromas of raspberry and black cherry, with a touch of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.94 $24.40
12 bottles: $21.50

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.