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750ml
Bottle:
$144.95
6 bottles:
$142.05
This is a pure merlot with violets, blueberries and hints of minerals and black truffles. Black olives, too....
750ml
Bottle:
$49.88
12 bottles:
$48.88
The 2016 Taillefer is a straightforward, easygoing Pomerol endowed with quite a bit of near and medium-term appeal....
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$74.89
One of the best Merlots I've tasted from Australia, Hickinbotham's 2016 The Revivalist Merlot does hint at cherry...
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Bertinga Volta Di Bertinga 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$86.45
This is a pure merlot with violets, blueberries and hints of minerals and black truffles. Black olives, too....
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Castello Di Ama Vigna L'apparita 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$221.29
The 2016 L'Apparita, 100% Merlot, is a breathtaking, riveting wine that captures all the potential of the vintage. In...
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Chateau Laroque Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2016
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$80.26
The 2016 Laroque is blended of 95% Merlot, 4.5% Cabernet Franc and 0.5% Cabernet Sauvignon from vines more than 50...
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Chateau Laroque Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$41.75
The 2016 Laroque is blended of 95% Merlot, 4.5% Cabernet Franc and 0.5% Cabernet Sauvignon from vines more than 50...
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Masseto Toscana 2016
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$1189.96
Masseto has pulled off back-to-back home runs. This is the first time that an Italian wine has earned 100 points in...
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Petrolo Toscana Galatrona IGT 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$100.95
The aromas of dried flowers, stones, dark tea leaves, hot tile, and dark berries. Full-bodied, yet tight and linear....
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San Giusto A Rentennano Merlot La Ricolma 2016
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$853.95
$907.30
It is my job to come up with words to describe a wine, but the 2016 La Ricolma left me speechless. "Wow" is all I...
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Tua Rita Redigaffi 2016
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$593.95
$606.90
2016 was an exceptional vintage in Tuscany and, according to Stefano, the best in 20 years. The cool night...
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Tua Rita Redigaffi 2016
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$229.93
2016 was an exceptional vintage in Tuscany and, according to Stefano, the best in 20 years. The cool night...
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Tua Rita Redigaffi 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$214.39
2016 was an exceptional vintage in Tuscany and, according to Stefano, the best in 20 years. The cool night...
Melon de Bourgogne Merlot
One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.
Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.
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.