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Merlot

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Merlot is a red wine grape that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. Merlot-based wines usually have medium body with hints of berry, plum, and currant. Its softness and fleshiness, combined with its earlier ripening, makes Merlot an ideal grape to blend with the sterner, later-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon. This flexibility has helped to make it one of the most popular red wine varietals in the United States and Chile.
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Food Pairing: Pairs well with Mexican foods and Indian coconut curries, as well as duck, rabbit and seafood. Try served with a barbecue picnic of hot dogs or hamburgers. Also great with Spaghetti Bolognese.
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Witch Creek Winery
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2005 Merlot
San Diego County

Light, Fruity & Smooth. A nice Merlot for summer drinking. A Gold Medal Winner! Nice with your light summer meals.

$15.00  
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MacRostie Winery & Vineyards
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2003 Keltie Brook Merlot
North Coast

Soft and easygoing, yet full of flavor interest, this Merlot shows classic cassis and anise aromas, which give way to ripe black currant and chocolate covered cherry flavors. There ...more is a crisp herbal note on the finish that invites another sip.

$15.00  
Whitehall Lane Winery
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2004 Merlot
Napa Valley

With the exceptional fruit of the 2004 growing season, this Merlot is enticing. It has appealing aromas of blackberry, toasty oak and a hint of spice. The wine is inherently soft a ...morend delivers silky flavors of berry, fig, cocoa and plum. With ample fruit, good weight in the mid-palate and velvety tannins, this beautifully balanced wine is ready to enjoy now, but with aging potential to 2010.

$15.00  
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Foppiano Vineyards
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2004 Merlot
Russian River Valley

The 2004 Foppiano Vineyards Merlot Estate Russian River Valley was made entirely from grapes harvested from fully mature, 15-year old vines grown on the family’s Russian River Va ...morelley Estate. The wine is full-bodied and deeply colored. In the aroma, hints of mint and anise give way to pronounced blackberry and currant. A cedar and vanilla bouquet are matched with comparable character in the flavors from one year in oak.

$15.00  
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Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard
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2004 Merlot
Santa Cruz Mountains

This wine is 100% Merlot from two different vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Zayante Vineyard above Felton and Regan Vineyard in Corralitos. These two different micro-climate ...mores made wines with distinctly different characteristics that when blended together made for a product that is more complex than the sum of its parts. This is a Cabernet lover’s Merlot full of rich berry fruit and smoky, spicy complexities.

$15.00  
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Winery By The Creek
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2005 Merlot
El Dorado County

This lovely soft merlot is produced from 100% El Dorado fruit. Aging 14 months in French and American oak barrels results in and elegant, deep flavored wine that pours well by it s ...moreelf or pairs with many red meats or even a barbecue.

$15.00  
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Chevalier Winery
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2005 Estate Merlot
El Dorado



$15.00  
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Pretty-Smith Winery
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2000 Merlot

*vintage closeout!*

This medium-bodied Merlot has black cherry & sage aromas, with an elegant fishish that offers moderate tannins and tart acidity.

$15.00  
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Pinder Winery
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2003 Merlot
Lodi

Mad for Merlot! Our 100% Merlot is aged in American oak and then blended to produce a wine that is soft with a berry jam nose and lightly flavored with herb and cherry.

$15.00  
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Grey Fox Vineyards
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2003 Merlot

Soft and smooth is the best way to describe this young but very delightful Merlot. The grapes came from a premium vineyard in Mendocino where the climate is perfect for producing u ...moreltra-premium Merlot.

$16.00  
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Elliston Vineyards
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1999 Merlot
Elliston Vineyrads

Juicy blackberry and cherry flavors are balanced by crisp tannins while toasty oak adds smokey overtones. BBQ ribs, grilled lamb, cassoulet and smoked sausage make wonderful dinner ...more compantions for this wine.

$16.00  
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Arbios Cellars
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2005 Praxis Merlot
Alexander Valley

Winner of Food & Wine Magazine's Best Merlot under $20

$16.00  
Indian Rock Vineyards
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2005 Merlot
Calaveras County

Once an American favorite, Merlot has lost some of its appeal in recent years due to over cropping and slipshod winemaking. However, it's past popularity and continued use througho ...moreut the world attests to its potential to make outstanding, well balanced wine. In our vineyard we have planted Merlot on the rockiest, best drained section of the property, where the vines work hard to produce small berries with thick skins and very low yields. Our 2005 Merlot is a rich, potent wine, loaded with ripe cherry and black olive aromas and extremely broad and velvety on the palate. It's a great companion to casual fare, including pizza, lamb stew, hamburgers and chops

$16.00  
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Boeger Winery
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2005 Merlot
El Dorado

Appearance: Ruby red Aromas: Blackberry, pepper, black cherry, oak, vanilla Flavors: Raspberry, tart cherry, oak, vanilla Palate: Crisp fore-palate with soft middle and tapering fi ...morenish Aging Potential: Seven years

$16.00  
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Ursa Vineyards
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2004 Merlot
El Dorado



$16.00  
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Colibri Ridge Winery & Vineyard
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2004 Merlot
Fair Play

This mountain grown Fair Play Merlot is deep in color with delicate fruit flavors reminiscent of black cherries, currants. and blackberries. On the palate it is rich and opulent, b ...moreursting with flavors of black fruits backed by toasty vanillin oak notes and round, chewy tannins. Savor the lingering, velvet finish. Good mid weight red, to partner with any red meat, fowl, or pasta dish.

$17.00  
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Solune Winery
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2004 Merlot
Monterey

Merlot used to be a favorite of Jacques' before its overwhelming popularity resulted in the over-production of generic & bland wines which lacked the personality that Merlots were ...moreonce famous for. Our Merlot is intended to set the record straight and show that this wine can indeed have a distinct, appealing, and interesting personality. On the intense nose, classical plum pudding aromas share the stage with toasty vanilla and nutmeg notes. In the balanced mouth, a medium but friendly tannin structure leads to a long spicy finish. This smooth wine can be enjoyed on its own but has enough oomph to hold its own with any red meat dish.

$18.00  
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Oak Mountain Winery
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2003 Merlot
Temecula

Soft nose with nice berry, raspberry, blackberry, plum and some smoky oak . The finish is long complete with ripe, velvety tannins, coated with ripe skin character.Enjoyable now an ...mored over the next two to six years.
Silver Medal - Riverside International Wine Competition
Silver Medal - Temecula Wine Comp.


$18.00  
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Blackjack Ranch Winery
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2002 Merlot Cotes de Los Olivos

A vibrant, well structured, delicious merlot for everyday drinking. A dollop of cab franc to boost the bouquet. Deep rich saturated color. A mouthful of fruit accented by tasteful ...moreFrench oak. Black fruit. Tannic but sweet. Extraordinary value plus! This is a very muscular, concentrated wine not for wimps that is built to last many, many years.

$18.00  
Twenty Rows
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2005 Napa Valley Merlot
Napa Valley

Seamless integration of flavors from start to finish. The Merlot is a big, dense wine with layers of blackberry and chocolate. Well balanced with exceptional length on the finish.

$18.00  
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2005 Los Osos Merlot
J. Lohr Estates
CAW Rating: 100
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1 reviews
The 2005 J. Lohr Estates Los Osos Merlot has a dark red color with purple hues and good density. The aroma is dominated by fresh blueberry and boysenberry fruit and layered with lifted spicy oak. The palate is greeted by an array of red fruits similar to those on the nose, with some cherry fruit thr ...

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