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With a deep red color, Carmenet Merlot starts with hints of rich bursting blackberries and currants. Gentle tannins...
750ml
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$14.30
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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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Color: Ruby red with cherry edge.
Nose: Red fruit aromas such as cherries and strawberry with fresh herbs aromas and...
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Color: Clean burgundy color with cherry hues.
Nose: Expressive nose of red and black fruit such as blackberry along...
750ml
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$98.89
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A pretty red with aromas of blueberries, plums, incense and tea leaves. Full-bodied and structured with a creamy...
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$69.94
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The 2019 Merlot Liu' is another outrageously beautiful wine from Rampolla. Deep, inky and explosive, the 2019...
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$13.93
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Our Castle Rock Merlot is produced from grapes grown on hillside vineyards in Washington State’s prestigious...
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$30.36
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With its ruby red color and round notes of plum, red cherry and a hint of chocolate, it’s a varietal that thrives...
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$15.91
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With its ruby red color and round notes of plum, red cherry and a hint of chocolate, it’s a varietal that thrives...
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$35.28
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Dark and red berry fruit, cardamon spice, fennel and generous vanilla. Black tea, ripe raspberry and cherry, very...
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$18.43
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Primary red and black berry fruit on the nose. Medium-bodied but very ripe, with bright acidity and a long, spicy...
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Shows depth and complexity while staying light on its feet. A salty brioche note infuses this white's base of crunchy...
750ml
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$26.94
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Shows depth and complexity while staying light on its feet. A salty brioche note infuses this white's base of crunchy...
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In 2015, chateau owner Bertrand Gourdou was searching through an old desk when he came across a label that his...
White Rhone Blends Merlot Moschofilero Verdejo
Viognier, an exotic, elusive varietal, originally comes from the Northern Rhone Valley of France, and has captured the fascination of the U.S. wine-drinking public. At its finest, it is full-bodied and nearly golden in color, with a haunting bouquet of peaches, apricots and pears, and a floral quality like no other wine in the world. Many vintners are trying their hand at this varietal, spreading from its American beginnings in Napa Valley and Santa Barbara County to wineries as far away as Virginia. Marsanne and Rousanne, two other important varieties from the Rhone Valley are making waves in the U.S., particularly on the Central Coast of 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.
Greece has many AOC regions, each with their own signature grape varietal which is cultivated and processed to an exceptionally high degree of excellence. The AOC of Mantinia on the beautiful expansive plateau of the Peloponnese has the Moschofilero varietal, a gray colored white variety which produces exceptional Blanc de Gris wines. A delicate grape, highly sensitive to adverse weather conditions, it is nonetheless prized by wine makers for its unique attributes and the quality of the wine which can be made from it. Although commonly compared to western European Muscat wines, the Moschofilero grapes produce wine which is in a league of its own – full of floral aromas containing heavy, almost soporific notes of rose petals and violets. The flavor of the wine tends to be spicy, and leans more towards earthy mineral flavors rather than fruit ones, making it perfect as an aperitif or coupled with salty olives and cheeses.
Moschofilero wines tend to be elegant and subtle, with their strength being in their crispness, and the bouquet of floral aromas rising from the glass. The finest Moschofilero wines to come out of Greece in recent decades have included the Tselopos, whose high altitude vineyards have seemingly mastered the potential and complexity of this gray grape to international acclaim.
Additional Information on Greek Wines
Greek Wines
Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
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