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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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Tuscany
2023 Le Serre Nuove dell'Ornellaia, Bolgheri, Tuscany, Italy
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£80.50
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Bordeaux
2022 Château Feytit-Clinet, Pomerol, Bordeaux
Ready - youthful
£71.00
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Bordeaux
2022 Berry Bros. & Rudd Pomerol by Château Feytit-Clinet, Bordeaux
Ready - at best
£33.00
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2022 Berry Bros. & Rudd Extra Ordinary Claret by Château Villa Bel-Air, Bordeaux
Ready - mature
£19.50
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2022 Berry Bros. & Rudd Good Ordinary Claret by Dourthe, Bordeaux
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£29.95
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2022 Orma, Sette Ponti, Tuscany, Italy
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£70.00
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2022 La Mondotte, St Emilion, Bordeaux
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£177.00
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Bordeaux
2022 Château Nenin, Pomerol, Bordeaux
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£70.00
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2022 Château Quintus, St Emilion, Bordeaux
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£120.00
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2022 Grattamacco, Bolgheri Superiore, Tuscany, Italy
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£75.00
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2022 Guidalberto, Tenuta San Guido, Tuscany, Italy
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£44.00
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Bordeaux
2022 Le Clarence de Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux
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£978.00
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Bordeaux
2022 Château de Fieuzal, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux
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£38.00
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Bordeaux
2022 Pichon Comtesse Réserve, Pauillac, Bordeaux
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£47.00
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Bordeaux
2022 Château Beauséjour Duffau-Lagarrosse, St Emilion, Bordeaux
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£148.00
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2022 Château Pichon Baron, Pauillac, Bordeaux
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£167.00
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2022 Château Calon Ségur, St Estèphe, Bordeaux
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£127.00
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2022 Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux, Margaux, Bordeaux
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£1,110.00
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2022 Le Petit Lion du Marquis de Las Cases, St Julien, Bordeaux
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£69.00
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2022 Château Beychevelle, St Julien, Bordeaux
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£89.00
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2022 Château Pontet-Canet, Pauillac, Bordeaux
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£112.00
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2022 Château Lynch-Bages, Pauillac, Bordeaux
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£132.00
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2022 Cos d'Estournel, St Estèphe, Bordeaux
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£227.00
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Bordeaux
2022 Alter Ego de Palmer, Margaux, Bordeaux
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£85.00
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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.