Merlot

Its softness and "fleshiness", combined with its earlier ripening, makes Merlot a popular grape for blending with the sterner, later-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon, which tends to be higher in tannin. winesbycase.comMerlot is a darkly blue-coloured wine grape, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines.

 

The name Merlot is thought to derive from the Old French word for young blackbird, merlot, a diminutive of merle, the blackbird, probably from the color of the grape.

 

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 a popular grape for blending with the sterner, later-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon, which tends to be higher in tannin.



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