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Merlot

Merlot

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.

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2005 Château Montrose, St Estèphe, Bordeaux
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2009 Château Lynch-Bages, Pauillac, Bordeaux
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2018 Château Laroque, St Emilion, Bordeaux
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2017 Château Laroque, St Emilion, Bordeaux
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2015 Château Latour, Pauillac, Bordeaux
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£1,267.00
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2005 Château Mouton Rothschild, Pauillac, Bordeaux
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2021 Château Mouton Rothschild, Pauillac, Bordeaux
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£534.00
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2005 Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux, Margaux, Bordeaux
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2010 Château Cantenac Brown, Margaux, Bordeaux
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2021 Château Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux
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£514.00
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2015 Château Lynch-Bages, Pauillac, Bordeaux
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2021 Château Langoa Barton, St Julien, Bordeaux
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2021 Château Ausone, St Emilion, Bordeaux
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£604.00
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2007 Château Pontet-Canet, Pauillac, Bordeaux
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2015 Château Palmer, Margaux, Bordeaux
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2020 Château Beychevelle, St Julien, Bordeaux
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2021 Château Canon, St Emilion, Bordeaux
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£112.00
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2020 Château Cantemerle, Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux
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2006 Château Lafite Rothschild, Pauillac, Bordeaux
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2008 Château Lafite Rothschild, Pauillac, Bordeaux
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£802.00
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2011 Château Branaire-Ducru, St Julien, Bordeaux
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2012 Château du Tertre, Margaux, Bordeaux
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2012 Château Batailley, Pauillac, Bordeaux
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2018 Château Canon, St Emilion, Bordeaux
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Learn more about Merlot

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.