Merlot Blend Wines

Impressive deep red colour and intense aroma of red fruit, dominated by strawberry, blackberry and sweet spices, such as vanilla and cinnamon. Very good structure, balance, fatty and excellent aftertaste.

Made from 85% merlot, 10% petit verdot and 5% cabernet sauvignon, the fruit for this wine comes from vines situated on the limestone plateau surrounding the Chateau that were picked in late September and early October in perfect sunny condition...

From another epic Bordeaux vintage comes this lovely wine from Laroque that is only just starting to show itself. Scents of dark berries and cherries full the senses, along with appealing sniffs of dried tobacco leaf, cedar and leathery notes. The...

2005 was an epic vintage in France producing wines of good ripeness and richness. This offering from Laroque is just that, with lush aromas of spiced blackcurrant jam, crushed leaves and leather on the nose. The palate is full-bodied and action-pa...

For those new to Bordeaux it can be a minefield of classifications and classed growths and lots of other gobbledy-gook that only the French landed gentry seem to comprehend. Here’s what you need to know about this wine, it’s from St.Emilion, so it...

A dark purple color is followed by lifted aromas of blackberries, currants, dried spice and incense. The palate is still elemental but shows excellent fruit purity matched to tightly grained and ripe tannins. Walking a fine line between varieta...

If you wanted to go off piste in search of vinous adventure, a good place to start would be unclassed Bordeaux. It would certainly give you a clear indication to what the Cabernet dominant blends of the region are like. This has red and black frui...

In Bordeaux there’s the left bank, the right bank and the bank you need to pay for all the wine as you have expensive tastes. Actually that’s not quite true because you can pick up this Grand Cru from the right side of the bank at a price to ple...

A 50/35/15% blend of merlot, cabernet sauvignon and petit verdot with very good crimson colour; all of Peter Stark's skills come to the fore as he balances blackcurrant, blackberry and redcurrant fruit with savoury tannins and a dab of French oak;...

A blend of merlot, cabernet franc, shiraz and cabernet sauvignon, the fresh colour with none of the uncertainty of the other Billy Pye wines; the aromas and flavours are complex, ranging through juicy cassis, red cherry, plum, blackberry and black...

60% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc, 10% Malbec Handpicked at only 500g per vine from the warm, sandy, gravely soil of our single vineyard, the grapes benefitted from a very long ripening period and warm summer – both ideal c...

A Cabernet-dominant wine with Merlot and petit verdot. Very stylish with a silky smooth palate. Excellent structural core of fine ripe tannins, integrated oak and supple intense fruit. Plenty there to support some medium-term cellaring. Classy wine.

Slightly more purple than Margaret; the medium-bodied palate has supple mouthfeel, with cedary fine-grained tannins on the long finish.