Tag: Merlot

Types Of Wine

Types of red wine : Merlot

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Merlot (Mare-lo) Easy to drink. The softness of Merlot has made it an “introducing” wine for new red-wine drinkers. Food pairings: any will do. Districts: a key player in the Bordeaux blend, merlot is now also grown in Italy, Romania, California, Washington State, Chile, Australia, etc. Typical taste in varietal wine: the Merlot type of [...]

Red Wine

Tenuta dell’Ornellaia – Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia 2004

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Tenuta dell’Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia 2004 97 points / $150 11,710 cases made Italy Ornellaia—a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot from a 225-acre estate overseen by Lamberto Frescobaldi—remains among the flagship wines from the rapidly developing Bolgheri area on the Tuscan coast. The warm Mediterranean coastal climate tends to favor [...]