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$14.64
$15.41
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Brilliant garnet red color. The nose reveals nice aromas of ripe fruits (strawberry, blackberry) with delicate coffee...
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$25.20
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The Saint Emilion is bright red with purple highlights. The very fruity aroma of cherries and raspberries is also...
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$14.30
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100% Merlot from 18-year-old vines. The vineyards are sustainably farmed and indigeonous yeasts are used for...
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$11.94
$12.57
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The wine is a blend of 85% Merlot with its fresh fruit floral character and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon to give the wine...
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Malt-forward on the nose, but with nice, bright aromatics like lemon oil, heather honey, green apple skin, and hints...
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Soft melodies of warm cereal, almond biscotti, maple honey, backed bramble fruit sing from the glass. The palate is...
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$108.29
$113.99
COLOUR: Bronze. NOSE: Baked apple and creamy hazelnut malt with overtones of ginger-spiced apricot and honey. TASTE:...
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A wonderfully complex nose expressing caramel apples, toffee cake, and old cedar, all wrapped up in subtle nuances of...
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Toffee and cocoa aromas nestle with mild peat on the nose. The palate mingles toffee and dark chocolate with dried...
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Small batch made with heavily peated barley. Benromach Peat Smoke is matured in first-fill bourbon barrels. It offers...
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$14.34
$15.10
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$12.37
The Beringer Founders’ Estate Merlot is immediately approachable with lush flavors of blueberry, blackberry and...
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$12.43
$13.08
The Basics Ripe plum and currant flavors are immediately evident in its aromas and flavors. The Taste A sweet,...
750ml - Case of 6
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Notes of fresh apple, sweet floral grass and hints of chocolate and pepper. Matured in a combination of Sherry and...
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The Block & Row Merlot leads with impressions of ripe cherries and fresh raspberries accented by seductive aromas of...
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$11.99
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Notes of cassis and red fruit on the nose. In the mouth the wine is silky with structured tannins, light spice, and...
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This full-bodied, hardy red maintains an element of freshness throughout. An underlying herbaceous and earthy tone...
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Deep ruby red color. Vibrant, complex aromas with typical fragrant hints of hay. On the palate, stylish spice...
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$16.24
$17.09
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Bollini Merlot comes from Trentino, where the clay soils in the cool, dry highland vineyards are ideally suited to...
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A brilliant crimson hue in the glass hints at this Merlot’s generous palate of rich, ripe red fruit. Notes of...
Coda Di Volpe Merlot Primitivo Single Malt Scotch 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.
As with many European grape varietals, there is some debate regarding the precise origins of the Primitivo grape. Most people now agree that it probably came from Croatia, where it is still used widely in the production of red wine, and it known as Tribidrag. However, today it is a grape most commonly associated with the powerful red wines of Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, where the intense sunshine and brisk Mediterranean breezes produce grapes of remarkable character and balance. Primitivo is a dark grape, known for producing intense, inky, highly tannic wines, most notably the naturally sweet Dolce Naturale and the heavy and complex Primitivo di Manduria wines. Primitivo tends to be naturally very high in both tannin and alcohol, making it ideal for both barrel and cellar ageing, which brings out its more rounded and interesting features.
Primitivo is not the easiest grape to grow or manage, and it has had something of a difficult century. Indeed, by the 1990s, there was little interest in Puglian wines in general, and winemakers were neglecting their Primitivo vineyards and looking to other, more commercially viable varietals. However, the last decade has seen this grape come well and truly back into fashion, with new techniques and a heightened interest in native Italian grape varietals bringing Primitivo back into the spotlight. It is now widely loved for its intensity and ability to be paired with strongly flavored foods.