Good California Merlots
9 Aug 2005 by JR
Martin Nettleton, Yorkshire: Hi, hope you're not sweltering in the heat over in France.  Here it's a beautiful summer's day, lacking only the Test Match on the radio.  Anyway! I wonder if you could make a suggestion to fill a gap in my Californian selection.  I have tried and enjoyed and bought, Ramey Chardonnay, Walter Hansel Pinot Noir and Chardonnay and I love Spottswoode Cab Sauv.  I'd like to find a Merlot at around the £30 a bottle mark that offers as much quality and enjoyment.  I've had a Phelps and a Marilyn Merlot (complete with her picture on the label) but nothing that's hooked me like the others.  Someone...

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