![Avignonesi Cortona Merlot Desiderio 1997 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/37/37370e32e415885a6f506e9d52326168.jpg)
![Avignonesi Cortona Merlot Desiderio 1998 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/37/37370e32e415885a6f506e9d52326168.jpg)
![Barone Ricasoli Toscana Merlot Casalferro 2015 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/6c/6c15a82a2615c966ab257114486eec44.jpg)
![Bertinga Volta Di Bertinga 2016 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/fb/fbe782ca7271765e33281f2feadeb795.jpg)
![Castello Dei Rampolla Merlot Liu' 2020 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/94/94943ec3da5e5ade520499630640d523.jpg)
![Castello Di Ama Vigna L'apparita 2008 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/c9/c9f7b93ed22a7424d7061eb7897fceb7.jpg)
![Castello Di Ama Vigna L'apparita 2010 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/ea/eaa82e33f394a389eedad21954e3c3e5.jpg)
![Castello Di Ama Vigna L'apparita 2011 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/c9/c9f7b93ed22a7424d7061eb7897fceb7.jpg)
![Castello Di Ama Vigna L'apparita 2013 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/c9/c9f7b93ed22a7424d7061eb7897fceb7.jpg)
![Castello Di Ama Vigna L'apparita 2015 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/c9/c9f7b93ed22a7424d7061eb7897fceb7.jpg)
![Castello Di Ama Vigna L'apparita 2016 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/c9/c9f7b93ed22a7424d7061eb7897fceb7.jpg)
![Castello Di Ama Vigna L'apparita 2017 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/c9/c9f7b93ed22a7424d7061eb7897fceb7.jpg)
![Castello Di Ama Vigna L'apparita 2018 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/ea/eaa82e33f394a389eedad21954e3c3e5.jpg)
![Castello Di Ama Vigna L'apparita 2020 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/ea/eaa82e33f394a389eedad21954e3c3e5.jpg)
![Chateau Laroque Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2016 1.5Ltr](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/f5/f58aa2cb28933a8ed3f84ad5a4a26934.jpg)
![Chateau Laroque Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2017 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/f5/f58aa2cb28933a8ed3f84ad5a4a26934.jpg)
Gelber Muskateller Merlot Negroamaro Saperavi Teroldego Pre-Arrival Wine
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.
One of the key grapes of the ever-growing Puglia wine industry is the Negroamaro, a native grape of this southern Italian region, famed for its deep, bloody red color and excellent set of flavors Indeed, many of the finest and most highly esteemed full bodied red wines of Puglia are made using the Negroamaro varietal grape, and it is grown most notably in the Salento area of the region, where it makes several types of red wine enjoyed locally and sold overseas. The name 'Negroamaro' means 'black-bitter', giving some clue as to one of the key features of the grape. Wines made with Negroamaro do indeed hold quite a lot of earthy bitterness, but generally are celebrated for their 'rustic' taste and extremely aromatic qualities.