Merlot
£24.50
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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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£9.95
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2018 Chacotero Merlot, Central Valley, Chile
Red
2018
Ready, but will keep
Medium Bodied
Dry
13.0% Alcohol
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£9.95
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2018 De Martino, Estate Merlot, Maipo Valley, Chile
Red
2018
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Medium Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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£10.95
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2018 Domaine de Montmarin, Merlot, Côtes de Thongue, Languedoc-Roussillon
Red
2018
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Medium Bodied
Dry
13.5% Alcohol
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2017 Château Marsau, Francs - Côtes de Bordeaux
Red
2017
Ready, but will improve
Medium Bodied
Dry
13.5% Alcohol
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£18.50
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2016 Château Teyssier, Montagne-St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2016
Ready, but will keep
Medium Bodied
Dry
14.5% 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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£22.95
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2019 Tzingarella, Monte Bernardi, Tuscany, Italy
Red
2019
Ready, but will improve
Full Bodied
Dry
14.0% Alcohol
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£23.95
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2016 Constantia Glen, Three, Constantia, South Africa
Red
2016
Ready, but will keep
Full Bodied
Dry
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
Ready, but will improve
Full Bodied
Dry
12.5% Alcohol
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£48.50
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2016 Dame d'Onze Heures, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2016
Ready, but will improve
Full Bodied
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15.0% Alcohol
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£65.00
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2018 Château Marsau, Ronan Bouroullec Label, Côtes de Francs, Bordeaux
Red
2018
Ready, but will improve
Medium Bodied
Dry
14.5% Alcohol
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£68.68
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2016 Château Larcis Ducasse, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2016
Ready, but will improve
Full Bodied
Dry
14.5% Alcohol
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£85.48
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2017 Château Troplong Mondot, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2017
Ready, but will improve
Full Bodied
Dry
14.5% 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
Dry
13.5% Alcohol
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£117.50
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2018 Château Quintus, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2018
Ready, but will improve
Full Bodied
Dry
12.5% Alcohol
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2017 Château la Conseillante, Pomerol, Bordeaux
Red
2017
Ready, but will improve
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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
Ready, but will improve
Full Bodied
Dry
14.0% Alcohol
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£184.00
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(150cl)
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2017 Clos Fourtet, St Emilion
Red
2017
Ready, but will improve
Medium Bodied
Dry
14.0% Alcohol
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£208.99
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2017 Vieux Château Certan, Pomerol, Bordeaux
Red
2017
Ready, but will improve
Full Bodied
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14.5% Alcohol
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£218.68
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2018 Château l'Evangile, Pomerol, Bordeaux
Red
2018
Ready, but will improve
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Dry
14.0% Alcohol
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£228.20
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2014 Ch. Pavie, St Emilion
Red
2014
Ready, but will improve
Full Bodied
Dry
13.5% Alcohol
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£305.00
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2015 Vieux Château Certan, Pomerol
Red
2015
Ready, but will improve
Full Bodied
Dry
15.0% Alcohol
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2016 Château Angélus, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2016
Ready, but will improve
Full Bodied
Dry
14.5% Alcohol
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2018 Massetino, Masseto, Tuscany, Italy
Red
2018
Ready, but will improve
Full Bodied
Dry
14.5% Alcohol
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£558.67
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2012 Masseto, Tuscany, Italy
Red
2012
Ready, but will improve
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Dry
15.0% Alcohol
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£566.59
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2017 Château Ausone, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2017
Ready, but will improve
Full Bodied
Dry
12.5% Alcohol
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£638.68
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2010 Masseto, Tuscany, Italy
Red
2010
Ready, but will keep
Full Bodied
Dry
14.5% 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.