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2018 Berry Bros. & Rudd St Emilion by Château Simard, Bordeaux
Red
2018
Ready, but will improve
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13.5% Alcohol
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£24.95
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2019 Berry Bros. & Rudd Pomerol by Château Feytit-Clinet, Bordeaux
Red
2019
Ready, but will keep
Medium Bodied
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15.0% Alcohol
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£13.95
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2015 Ronan by Clinet, Bordeaux
Red
2015
Ready, but will keep
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14.0% Alcohol
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£14.59
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2017 Château Marsau, Francs - Côtes de Bordeaux
Red
2017
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13.5% Alcohol
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£18.95
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2016 Château Marsau, Francs - Côtes de Bordeaux
Red
2016
Ready, but will improve
Medium Bodied
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14.5% Alcohol
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£21.50
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2016 Domaine de Valmengaux, Bordeaux
Red
2016
Ready, but will keep
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13.0% Alcohol
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£22.95
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2019 Tzingarella, Monte Bernardi, Tuscany, Italy
Red
2019
Ready, but will improve
Full Bodied
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14.0% Alcohol
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£24.95
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2018 Domaine de Valmengaux, En Jarre, Bordeaux
Red
2018
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13.0% Alcohol
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£25.95
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2012 Château Anthonic, Moulis-En-Médoc, Bordeaux
Red
2012
Ready, but will keep
Medium Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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£26.00
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2015 Château de Fonbel, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2015
Ready, but will improve
Full Bodied
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14.0% Alcohol
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£27.00
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2018 Château Marsau, Francs, Côtes de Bordeaux
Red
2018
Ready, but will improve
Medium Bodied
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13.5% Alcohol
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£29.95
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2018 Château Marsau, Ronan Bouroullec Label, Côtes de Francs, Bordeaux
Red
2018
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14.5% Alcohol
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£39.00
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2017 Frog's Leap, Merlot, Rutherford, Napa Valley, California, USA
Red
2017
Ready, but will improve
Full Bodied
Dry
13.0% Alcohol
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£48.00
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2018 Dame d'Onze Heures, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2018
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12.5% Alcohol
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£48.50
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2016 Dame d'Onze Heures, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2016
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15.0% Alcohol
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£57.88
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2018 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot, St Émilion, Bordeaux
Red
2018
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14.5% Alcohol
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£67.48
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2018 Galatrona, Valdarno di Sopra, Petrolo, Tuscany, Italy
Red
2018
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14.0% Alcohol
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£95.00
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2011 Château Canon, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2011
Ready, but will improve
Full Bodied
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13.5% Alcohol
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£117.50
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2018 Château Quintus, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2018
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12.5% Alcohol
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£150.19
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2017 Château la Conseillante, Pomerol, Bordeaux
Red
2017
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12.5% Alcohol
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£155.00
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2015 Château Beauséjour Duffau-Lagarrosse, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2015
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14.5% Alcohol
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£191.35
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2018 Château Troplong Mondot, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2018
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15.0% Alcohol
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£201.00
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2017 Vieux Château Certan, Pomerol, Bordeaux
Red
2017
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14.5% Alcohol
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£204.28
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2018 Château la Conseillante, Pomerol, Bordeaux
Red
2018
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£218.68
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2018 Château l'Evangile, Pomerol, Bordeaux
Red
2018
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14.0% Alcohol
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£233.08
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Historical XIX Century Wine, Château Palmer (L20.14)
Red
Ready, but will keep
Full Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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£356.68
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2018 Château Angélus, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2018
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14.5% Alcohol
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£361.39
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2016 Château Angélus, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2016
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14.5% Alcohol
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£381.00
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2012 Ch. L'Eglise Clinet, Pomerol
Red
2012
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14.5% Alcohol
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£566.59
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2017 Château Ausone, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2017
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12.5% Alcohol
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The most widely planted grape in Bordeaux and a grape that has been on a relentless expansion drive throughout the world in the last decade. Merlot is adaptable to most soils and is relatively simple to cultivate. It is a vigorous naturally high yielding grape that requires savage pruning - over-cropped Merlot-based wines are dilute and bland. It is also vital to pick at optimum ripeness as Merlot can quickly lose its varietal characteristics if harvested overripe.
In St.Emilion and Pomerol it withstands the moist clay rich soils far better than Cabernet grapes, and at it best produces opulently rich, plummy clarets with succulent fruitcake-like nuances. Le Pin, Pétrus and Clinet are examples of hedonistically rich Merlot wines at their very best. It also plays a key supporting role in filling out the middle palate of the Cabernet-dominated wines of the Médoc and Graves.
Merlot is now grown in virtually all wine growing countries and is particularly successful in California, Chile and Northern Italy.