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Wine Details
Price:
$9.99 per bottle
Description:
This wine is young and fruity, with incredible flavors of cherry, peach, papaya, lemon zest, vanilla, and walnuts. We picked Merlot on August 12th, and put the entire grape clusters in a tank, then filled the tank with carbon dioxide. Under these conditions, an enzyme is activated inside of the grape and it ferments itself, bleaching out the color from the skins and creating fantastic fruit flavors inside the berry. The technical name for this process is carbonic maceration, and originated in the Beaujolais region of France. After 8 days, we pressed the wine and fermented it to dryness in stainless steel. Then we aged the Merlot Nouveau in a stainless steel tank for 2 months until bottling it on October 18.
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Varietal Definition
Merlot:
Merlot is known as a Noble Bordeaux varietal. Although it came to France in the first century, it was not named until the 1880s. Merlot was originally used only for blending, as it is soft and compliant, very useful in softening other Bordeaux wines like Cabernets. Recently in California and Chile it became popular as a 100% varietal wine. Merlot tends to be easier to grow in a variety of soil conditions and is harvested earlier in the year than Cabernet. Although most Merlots are made to be drunk earlier, there are many with complexities of a Cabernet. Flavors of plum, black cherry, violet, chocolate and orange pair well with rich, red pasta dishes, hearty chicken dishes, and any beef combination that you fancy. The perfect match of course is chocolate. Not only does the chocolate compliment the wine and vice-versa, but the essence of both flavors linger eternally.
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