Merlot

Free for all Bordeaux's surprising 2022 vintage ‘Vines, speak to us, please!’ might be the clarion call of the Bordeaux wine establishment at the moment. See our... Read more

Tasting articles Bordeaux 2022 – right-bank reds Our reviews of the nascent wines tasted last month in Bordeaux continue … left-bank reds to follow on Monday. See... Read more

Inside information Bordeaux's 2022s assessed An overview based on tasting cask samples of well over 250 of the most important wines. See our guide to... Read more

Tasting articles Value on the right bank Members of a new club, Castillon Caractères, deserve your attention. Knowing this, James asked them to lay on a tasting... Read more

Tasting articles Bordeaux 2012 ten years on – right-bank reds and sweet whites The second part of a survey of the most important wines just reaching their tenth birthday. See tasting notes on... Read more

Tasting articles Southwold 2018s – right-bank reds The first of our three reports on this year's blind-tasting marathon. See also this overview, tasting notes for left-bank reds... Read more

Tasting articles Bordeaux 2019s at some top right-bank addresses Continuing our look at this exciting vintage, we provide tasting notes on another 36 wines, some of them very famous... Read more

Tasting articles Bordeaux 2011 – left-bank reds 10 years on The second of three articles reassessing the 2011 vintage. Right-bank reds were published yesterday and sweet wines are still to... Read more

Tasting articles Bordeaux 2011 – right-bank reds 10 years on The first of three articles reassessing the 2011 vintage. Left-bank reds and sweet wines to follow; see also the guide... Read more

Tasting articles Southwold 2017s – right-bank reds The first of three reports on this year's Southwold-on-Thames blind tasting of 2017 bordeaux, more socially distanced than usual as... Read more

Tasting articles Siepi – marrying Sangiovese and Merlot A complete vertical of a Tuscan classic. The Chianti Classico of the Mazzei family’s estate, nay village (see above), Fonterutoli... Read more

Free for all Southwold confirms quality of 2016 The annual Southwold-on-Thames tastings were exceptional this year. Here we all are, hard at work, overlooked by François Mitjavile of... Read more

Wines of the week Riccitelli, Patagonian Old Vines Merlot 2015 Rio Negro From £32.99, 58 Swiss francs Find this wine This is a wine I would love to serve blind in Bordeaux... Read more

Tasting articles Trinoro embraces Merlot again 8 August 2017 I have just received this report from Franchetti on this year's exceptionally dry growing season in Tuscany... Read more

Tasting articles Napa Merlot – the Cinderella grape See also Napa Valley Cabernets – depressing? and Napa Valley sub-appellations – heartening? With its diversity of soils and mesoclimates... Read more

Tasting articles Australian Merlots, and a prototype Australia is not exactly famous for Merlot. Shiraz is of course its signature red wine grape and Cabernet Sauvignon its... Read more

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