Merlot Cabernet Franc Wines

It is elegant and finely structured, almost European in style, and will cellar well in appropriate conditions for 8-10 years. 30 Months in French and American oak barriques and hogsheads, 20% first use, 40% second use, 40% older. Full bodied dr...

This wine steps up a notch from the Bordeaux Rouge, and with it comes a generous lick of oak. Scents of black berries and cherries, smoky oak and a touch of mint entice the senses. On the palate, tastes of cassis and mint come through, together wi...

Chateau Belloy has been producing wines since 1735. They make merlot-dominant wines on Bordeaux's 'right bank', but this little puppy has a good whack of cab franc in it too. It's quite complex for a Bordeaux Rouge, and shows aromas of red and bla...

Made from 80% merlot and 20% cab sav, this wine from Bordeaux in France is going to be very approachable right now. Scents of earth, leather, flaked tobacco and red berried fruits run around the glass, whilst the palate is smooth and bright with m...

Widely regarded as NZ’s greatest red wine. Exceptionally long lived it shows concentrated dark berry characters, a firm, finely textured palate with a sustained finish. A powerful full-bodied wine that rewards cellaring, Coleraine will evolve over...

While famed for their cracking Merlot the decision for the Irvines to make a blend of Cabernet Franc and Merlot based on the great wines of Bordeaux. It’s a 50/50 blend that’s perfumed with violets from the Cabernet Franc and complimented by the c...

In great condition, in no way showing its 51 years, and remarkably Medoc-like for a Pomerol, which fooled most of the tasters into thinking it was left bank. Full-bodied, rich, profound wine of fabulous character and vitality. This bottle at least...

In great nick and wearing its 60 years lightly, this is a great wine in its prime. Profound bouquet with earthy, sousbois notes, still showing great fruit albeit mellow and fully mature. Almost unbelievably complex, multi-faceted wine which defies...

We've been following this label from the start because the wines can be fascinating. Their excellent form continues. Allouran is a blend of merlot and cabernet franc. Stylish and individual. It tastes of plum and raspberry, blackberry and chocol...

Deep red colour, purple rim. Complex, spicy black fruit aromas with elements of vanilla, spices and violets, without any leafiness or herbal notes. The palate is soft and smooth, medium-bodied and a little too easygoing. It seems a touch flat and ...

Highly fragrant blend of cabernet franc and merlot. Love it. The perfumed violet and mint with red and black fruits circling on the nose makes for a wonderful enticing opening. The palate captures these two varieties perfectly in a seamless smooth...

Clear, light red-purple; a blend of 55% cabernet sauvignon, 40% merlot and 5% cabernet franc grown in several subregions in Great Southern. The bouquet has fragrant cassis and red berry aromas that are also foremost on the palate, albeit joined by...

Dense colour typical of Fernfield; matured for 25 months in new and used French oak, and - improbably Ê shakes off its yoke of alcohol. Picked a bit earlier, could have made a great wine; as it is, the opulent red fruits have an unexpected clarity...

Deep garnet; a concentrated and essency blackcurrant bouquet with cedar and black olive on display; rich, dense and full-bodied, finishing with a lifted accent of eucalypt, providing freshness and contrast to the dark fruit on offer.