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£28.50
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2020 Berry Bros. & Rudd St Emilion by Château Simard, Bordeaux
Red
2020
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13.5% Alcohol
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£16.50
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£18.95
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2017 Château Marsau, Francs-Côtes de Bordeaux
Red
2017
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Medium Bodied
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14.0% Alcohol
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£19.00
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2014 Château Teyssier, Montagne-St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2014
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Medium Bodied
Dry
13.0% Alcohol
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£22.00
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2016 Domaine de Valmengaux, Bordeaux
Red
2016
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Full Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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£22.95
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2021 Tzingarella, Monte Bernardi, Tuscany, Italy
Red
2021
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Full Bodied
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14.0% Alcohol
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£28.50
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2019 Château Anthonic, Moulis-En-Médoc, Bordeaux
Red
2019
Drink, youthful
Medium Bodied
Dry
13.0% Alcohol
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£32.00
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2013 Château Lafleur-Gazin, Pomerol, Bordeaux
Red
2013
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Full Bodied
Dry
13.0% Alcohol
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£32.50
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2019 La Dame de Onze Heures, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2019
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Full Bodied
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13.5% Alcohol
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£34.50
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2018 La Dame de Onze Heures, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2018
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Full Bodied
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12.5% Alcohol
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£35.50
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2018 Croix Canon, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2018
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Full Bodied
Dry
14.5% Alcohol
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£44.00
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2020 Tzingana, Monte Bernardi, Tuscany, Italy
Red
2020
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Full Bodied
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13.5% Alcohol
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£62.50
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2020 La Gravette de Certan, Pomerol, Bordeaux
Red
2020
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14.5% Alcohol
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£73.00
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2020 Château La Gaffelière, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2020
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Dry
14.0% Alcohol
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£75.50
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2019 Galatrona, Val d’Arno di Sopra, Petrolo, Tuscany, Italy
Red
2019
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Full Bodied
Dry
14.0% Alcohol
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£82.50
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2019 Château Quintus, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2019
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Full Bodied
Dry
15.5% Alcohol
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£86.50
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2020 Galatrona, Val d’Arno di Sopra, Petrolo, Tuscany, Italy
Red
2020
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14.0% Alcohol
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£90.50
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2011 Château Troplong Mondot, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2011
Drink, youthful
Full Bodied
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14.5% Alcohol
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£93.00
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2017 Château Canon, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2017
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Dry
14.0% Alcohol
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£93.50
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2020 Château Quintus, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2020
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15.5% Alcohol
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£95.50
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2011 Château Canon, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2011
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Full Bodied
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13.5% Alcohol
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£98.50
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2017 Château Beauséjour Duffau-Lagarrosse, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2017
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Full Bodied
Dry
14.5% Alcohol
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£135.50
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2019 Château Séraphine, Pomerol, Bordeaux
Red
2019
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14.0% Alcohol
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£136.50
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2018 Château Canon, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2018
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Dry
14.5% Alcohol
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£201.50
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2017 Vieux Château Certan, Pomerol, Bordeaux
Red
2017
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14.5% Alcohol
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£213.50
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2014 Vieux Château Certan, Pomerol, Bordeaux
Red
2014
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Full Bodied
Dry
14.0% Alcohol
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£219.00
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2018 Château l'Evangile, Pomerol, Bordeaux
Red
2018
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14.5% Alcohol
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£315.00
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2018 Vieux Château Certan, Pomerol, Bordeaux
Red
2018
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14.5% Alcohol
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£391.00
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2018 Château la Conseillante, Pomerol, Bordeaux
Red
2018
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14.5% Alcohol
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£441.50
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2002 Château Angélus, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2002
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Full Bodied
Dry
14.0% 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.