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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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2021 Château les Carmes Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux
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£111.00
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2021 Berry Bros. & Rudd St Emilion by Château Simard, Bordeaux
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£29.95
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2021 Lacoste Borie, Pauillac, Bordeaux
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2021 Château l'Evangile, Pomerol, Bordeaux
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£226.00
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2021 Château Montrose, St Estèphe, Bordeaux
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£140.00
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2021 Château Mouton Rothschild, Pauillac, Bordeaux
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£3,204.00
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2021 Château Angludet, Margaux, Bordeaux
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2021 Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux, Margaux, Bordeaux
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2021 Château Pontet-Canet, Pauillac, Bordeaux
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2021 Château Haut-Bailly, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux
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£119.00
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2021 Vieux Château Certan, Pomerol, Bordeaux
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£277.00
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2021 Château Clerc Milon, Pauillac, Bordeaux
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£72.00
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2021 Château Pavie, St Emilion, Bordeaux
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£282.00
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2021 Château Canon, St Emilion, Bordeaux
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2021 Château Ausone, St Emilion, Bordeaux
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£604.00
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2021 Château Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux
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£1,542.00
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2021 Château Smith Haut Lafitte, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux
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£497.00
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2020 Berry Bros. & Rudd Good Ordinary Claret by Dourthe, Bordeaux
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£13.50
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2020 Château les Carmes Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux
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£178.50
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2020 Château Anthonic, Moulis-En-Médoc, Bordeaux
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£24.95
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2020 Château Duhart-Milon, Pauillac, Bordeaux
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£72.50
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2020 Château Quintus, St Emilion, Bordeaux
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£93.50
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2020 Lacoste Borie, Pauillac, Bordeaux
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£26.95
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2020 Chapelle d'Ausone, St Emilion, Bordeaux
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£148.00
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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.