Merlot Red Wine
Merlot is among the most versatile of red grapes and one easily cultivated, which accounts for it being the most widely grown of international varietals. It is vinified for everything from the most prestigious Pomerol to young, fruity, easy-drinking house pouring wines, and is a supreme grape for blending. On Bordeaux's Right and Left Banks, for example, merlot plays a leading and secondary role respectively and is a vital component to most Super Tuscan cuvées. The flavours commonly attributed to the grape range from plum, black cherry and cocoa to blackberry, herbs and graphite, often with notes of clove, cedar and vanilla when oak aged. As such, it makes an ideal pairing with all manner of red meat grilled or roasted, pizza, and tomato-based pasta dishes.
A beautifully aged, merlot-driven cuvée from the St. Emilion environs and one of Bordeaux’s best vintages, no less. We love >
"2016 is an epic vintage" - Antonio Galloni, vinous.com
The 2016 Petite Laurence is one of my favourite finds in recent years. >
"Lively, fresh, red berry fruit nose, with a lifted earthiness typical of Pomerol. Good, rich extraction but not over-extracted. >
Classically merlot on the nose, with warm plum and damson aromas. The palate is ripe and rounded with the sweet berry fruit >
A fruit-laden, easy drinking merlot, and a great example of the quality and value found in Chile. Vibrant plum and damson >
Bursting with intense plum aromas on the nose with juicy fruit flavours on the palate. A beautiful Merlot ready to enjoy >
Vigour constraining site provides a complex, full bodied, yet classy Merlot that shows a restrained brooding dark fruit >
Rutherford Hills is an estate owned by the Terlato family, with the famous Michel Rolland (who worked with the highest level >
These two grapes dovetail very nicely here – corvina brings freshness, and luscious, crunchy morello cherry fruit, whilst >
La Baume is a favourite producer of ours from France's deep south, where the heat gives the reds a bigger and richer character >
A third growth that would be a second if the 1855 classification were to be updated. A glorious mature claret from a very >
This walled vineyard within the mythical Léoville estate in St Julien delivers amazing value for money, and this 2004 magnum >
St-Julien 4ème Cru Château Branaire-Ducru is situated in the extreme south of the appellation just opposite an equally renowned >
This Merlot dominated blend offers dried plums on the nose with jammy, cassis fruit on the palate. 18 months in French oak >
Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec harvested and matured independently and skillfully brought together in this harmonious >
First created in 1972, Henschke’s Keyneton cuvée remains for us the supreme-value option for accessing Barossa Valley shiraz/cabernet >
This is crunchy, bold and mouthfilling Pomerol which displays impressive maturity and composure in the glass. Drinking well >
Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec harvested and matured independently and skillfully brought together in this harmonious >
A blend of 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot and 20% Petit Verdot, this is a very showy claret. Big, concentrated and expressive; >
The top wine of this estate, there is an exuberance of dark fruit aromas, juicy black cherry, currants and blackberry flavours >
Tempting jammy fruit aromas with candied cherries and a tempting layer of vanilla. Mediterranean herbs are present before >
This is merlot a class apart. Think Pomerol from a warm vintage, or a very top Napa Valley merlot - from a 100-year old >
This fruity Merlot from the Thracian Lowlands, shows blackberry flavours and notes of fresh, wild herbs with a smooth f >
