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The Dutton Ranch Pinot Noir leads with a beautiful combination of sweet berries and woodsy spice, with black cherry,...
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$66.80
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The nose is enveloping with its blueberry and blackberry jam notes, highlighted by touches of violets and wisteria,...
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$83.51
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Pretty notes of violet and bay leaf add layers of complexity. The energetic mouth leads with red raspberry,...
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$52.08
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Juicy and friendly, with tasty, up-front plum and black cherry fruit lined with hints of potpourri and rose petal...
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$44.08
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This 2019 vintage from Hallberg Ranch is characterized by a fruit outburst and mild acidity. The wine is extroverted,...
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$51.60
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A fragrant dried rose petal and berry potpourri flows a lush, juicy entry. Darker raspberry preserve and blackberry...
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The 2022 Pinot Noir Lola is laced with hints of orange peel, mint, sage, tobacco, cedar and kirsch. Intense floral...
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The 2021 Pinot Noir Olivet Ranch is laced with crushed red berry fruit, spice, cedar, tobacco, incense and dried...
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This Pinot Noir exudes intoxicating aromas of dried rose petals, baking spices, mocha, sandalwood and cherry liqueur....
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Our Pinot Noir grapes were destemmed, but not crushed, to retain a significant portion of whole berries for...
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$53.84
Handsome oak spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and maple dress up this well-concentrated wine, adding complexity to its...
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$57.60
Sleek and refined, with understated blood orange and raspberry coulis notes dusted with incense and savory accents....
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$46.80
Fresh and open-knit in feel, offering a mix of black cherry and pomegranate notes backed by judicious toast and a...
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$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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Merlot can have a reputation for being soft and wimpy, but the Merlot from Rhinefarm takes on a robust personality....
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$84.00
Reduced, robust and succulent, this earthy red estate wine is energetic and focused, with delicately structured waves...
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Showing aromas of cherry, cranberry, wild blueberry, and red plum with hints of pink peppercorn and bergamot, the...
Merlot Mencia Pinot Noir United States California Sonoma Valley
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.
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.
California's beautiful and remarkably fertile Sonoma Valley has grown over the decades to become one of the United States' most respected and profitable wine regions, with wineries within the region benefiting from the superb Californian sunshine, low rainfall and wonderfully rich soils. Because of this vital combination of excellent conditions, the region is able to grow a wide range of grape varietals for use in the production of an impressive array of wines, with many different red and white wine grapes flourishing each year and producing excellent and characterful results. The soils have been enriched by volcanic activity, and the presence of geothermal springs, which make this region a unique one, and very much the beating heart of California's ever growing wine industry.