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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.44 $21.60
12 bottles: $17.10
Beautiful, broad and plush, this structured but charming wine overflows with red fruits and baking spices, with a...
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750ml
Bottle: $31.93 $33.60
12 bottles: $31.29
Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.93
12 bottles: $13.65
Our Castle Rock Merlot is produced from grapes grown on hillside vineyards in Washington State’s prestigious...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.94 $15.17
12 bottles: $13.66
Lots of blackberry and tar character with medium body, firm tannins and a tangy finish. Drink after 2023.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $33.54 $36.00
The 2020 Laroque is even better than the en primeur sample. Dark and enveloping, with tons of class, Laroque is a...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $38.93
Another brilliant Pomerol in the vintage, the 2020 Château Montviel has a pure, medium to full-bodied, vibrant...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.07 $20.08
12 bottles: $15.04
The aromas of mocha and spice in this classic Merlot mingle with the richness of black cherry perfect for hearty...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.79 $20.88
12 bottles: $16.63
Sourced from warm vineyard sites, Indian Wells wines showcase a signature fruit-forward, mouth-filling style....
Red
750ml
Bottle: $36.20
12 bottles: $35.48
Fresh, spiced plums, cassis and a hint of mushroom and graphite to the nose. The medium-bodied palate shows good...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $92.00
Dark ruby red, strong, tannin-containing wine, aromas of dark fruits and strong tannin structure, you can still...
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750ml
Bottle: $97.27 $108.08
Black olives with some fresh basil and lemongrass aromas that follow through to a medium body with a juicy center...
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White
500ml
Bottle: $43.64
6 bottles: $36.80
DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS 2018 - PLATINUM: Deliciously complex notes of fresh apple, chamomile, lemon and baked...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $8.40 $12.00
COLOR: Bright purple with little to no meniscus. Clear. Opaque. NOSE: Bing cherries with a hint of eucalyptus and...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $69.20
12 bottles: $67.82
Spiced and meaty character here with dried cherries, blackberries, vanilla, licorice and moist earth. Medium- to...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.06 $18.34
Delivers dried cherry and red currant flavors, which are framed by sinewy tannins on the firm finish. Best after...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.83
12 bottles: $21.39
Our Estate Vineyards provide the backbone to our Napa Valley Merlot. Black raspberry and plum fruit greet you in the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.00
12 bottles: $14.70
Mocha, black cherries, tea leaves and dried spices on the nose. Chewy, rich and flavorful, with a full body and tasty...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.26 $15.84
12 bottles: $14.25
The fruit is more concentrated here with ripe raspberries, blueberries, blue flowers and hints of cocoa. Textural and...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $22.00

Merlot Sherry 2020

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.

Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.

Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.

Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.