Merlot
Max Lalondrelle, Wine Buyer
Bottle
£23.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 156cs
Max Lalondrelle, Wine Buyer
Bottle
£25.00
Bottle 12 x 75cl 6cs
Max Lalondrelle, Wine Buyer
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Oliver Barton,Buyer (autumn 2018)
Bottle
£18.50
Bottle 6 x 75cl 46cs
The southerly aspect of Pavillon’s vines delivered properly ripe grapes – not uniformly the case in 2011 – which account for this wine’s rich bouquet and velvety texture. After six years in bottle (following a year’s barrel-ageing), it remains fresh, but has developed enticing aromas of leather and mushroom. Drink now to 2021.
Bottle
£19.95
Bottle 6 x 75cl 35cs
Gloriously bright and typical Merlot berry fruit characters emerge on the nose, underpinned with wild herbs and a hint of vanilla spice. Smoothly textured with fine, supple tannins supported by fresh acidity and ripe red and black hedgerow fruit. Perfect to drink now.
Bottle
£22.50
Bottle 6 x 75cl 13cs
Bottle
£27.95
Bottle 6 x 75cl 43cs
The wine combines juicy, red plums with red liquorice and cherries. There is a concentrated core of sweet spice here that is supported by refreshing acidity. The tannins are generous and ripe but have a grip and tension that persists on the finish. Subtle cedar, dark chocolate and vanilla notes add in layers of complexity.
Fiona Hayes, Wine Buyer (Spring 2019)
Bottle
£39.00
Bottle 12 x 75cl 3cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Adam Bilbey - Sales Director
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Bottle 6 x 75cl 34cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
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Bottle 12 x 75cl 6cs
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Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
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Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
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Jeroboam 1 x 500cl 1cs
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Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
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Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Blend: 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Precise dark fruits, rich, juicy blackcurrants and blackberries combine with a healthy dollop of cream. Very tasty. The spiciness on the finish is incredibly well received. With a crunchy mouth-feel, the wine’s concentration is certainly attractive.
Blend: 62% Merlot, 38% Cabernet Franc
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
D. Magnum 1 x 300cl 1cs
Drink: 2023-2045
James Lawther MW - decanter.com
Real acidity provides freshness and a lovely texture. It is really polished. An underlying core of some depth, but the wine is very light in its feet. Very clean and precise, it is soft, light and beautifully spicy. There is so much complexity on the palate, yet the flavours are so refined. The wine has real length, but everything is understated and elegant.
Blend: 80% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc, 1% Cabernet Sauvignon
A huge wine, but so elegant, grown-up and heady, this is a genuinely multi-layered wine which offers a lovely cornucopia of flavours throughout the palate and finish. There is such focus here. It's a really successful result: so, so soft and utterly charming.
Blend: 100% Merlot
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 4cs
99/100 James Suckling, Wine Advocate
Masseto, produced by Tenuta dell’Ornellaia, is among the world’s most sought after Merlots. It comes from one of Italy’s most celebrated 7 hectare plots of Merlot in Bolgheri on the Tuscan coast where the vines grow on an outcrop of pliocene clay (ideal for Merlot and not found elsewhere in Bolgheri). Its first full release was 1987, although there was a partial release in 1986, and it quickly became a cult wine revered by collectors. The 2012 vintage is a year that has produced many outstanding wines in the Super Tuscan arena and Masseto looks sure to continue that trend
Made in tiny quantities. Despite having only debuted back in 1986, Masseto has almost taken on the mystique we see with the likes of Ch. Petrus – rare, expensive, ground breaking and much sought after. Total production is circa. 2500 cases
Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs
80% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc, 1% Cabernet Sauvignon
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
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.