Wines made from Merlot grapes of Brazil
Discover the best wines made with Merlot as a single variety or as a blend of Brazil.
More informations about the variety Merlot
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
More informations about the wines of Brazil
With about 83,000 hectares of Vineyard">Vineyards, it ranks just behind its close neighbours, Argentina and Chile, in terms of cultivated area. Only a small portion (about 10%) of these hectares are planted with Vitis vinifera vines, but this large area does not translate into large volumes of quality wine. Concerted efforts are underway to improve this ratio. Although not yet recognized internationally, the quality of Brazilian wines is increasing year by year.
What are the typical flavors of the Merlot grape variety?
- OakPresent in 58% of Merlot
- Non oakPresent in 41% of Merlot
- EarthPresent in 41% of Merlot
- Black fruitPresent in 39% of Merlot
- Red fruitPresent in 33% of Merlot
- SpicesPresent in 31% of Merlot
- MicrobioPresent in 16% of Merlot
- OakyPresent in 10% of Merlot
- ChocolatePresent in 10% of Merlot
- CoffeePresent in 10% of Merlot
- PlumPresent in 10% of Merlot
- LeatherPresent in 10% of Merlot
- TobaccoPresent in 9% of Merlot
- VanillaPresent in 9% of Merlot
- BlackberryPresent in 9% of Merlot
- FloralPresent in 8% of Merlot
- Dried fruitPresent in 7% of Merlot
- CherryPresent in 7% of Merlot
- PepperPresent in 7% of Merlot
- Black currantPresent in 6% of Merlot
News about the grape variety Merlot
Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022
The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...
Bordeaux ‘Act for Change’ symposium
The focus of the symposium, unsurprisingly, was on the challenges posed by climate change. As if to illustrate the immediacy of the threat, the symposium took place during a heatwave, with temperatures of over 40°C in Bordeaux and extreme weather events recorded across the coountry: parts of southwest France saw violent storms and winds of 112kph on the evening of 20 June, while vineyards across the Médoc and St-Emilion were damaged by hailstones ‘the size of golfballs’. As Olivier Bernard of D ...
Stephen Brook: ‘It is astonishing how rapidly changes can take place in the Bordeaux region’
My book The Complete Bordeaux, which has been revised every five years, is soon to be published in its fourth edition. This may seem like excessive haste, given the scope of the book, but it is astonishing how rapidly changes can take place in the region. Burgundy, in contrast, is relatively stable, since most properties are family-owned and tend to stay that way. But not so in Bordeaux, where there are ample opportunities for newcomers to acquire established properties, as they have been doing ...