Wines made from Merlot grapes of West Bank
Discover the best wines made with Merlot as a single variety or as a blend of West Bank.
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 region of West Bank
The wine region of West Bank of . Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Psagot or the Domaine Psagot produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of West Bank are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of West Bank often reveals types of flavors of earth, black fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit.
What are the typical flavors of the Merlot grape variety?
- OakPresent in 4% of Merlot
- Black fruitPresent in 4% of Merlot
- Non oakPresent in 3% of Merlot
- EarthPresent in 3% of Merlot
- SpicesPresent in 3% of Merlot
- Red fruitPresent in 3% of Merlot
- Dried fruitPresent in 3% of Merlot
- VegetalPresent in 1% of Merlot
- MicrobioPresent in 1% of Merlot
News about the grape variety Merlot
Cape Winemakers Guild 2022 auction: all the lots to bid on
The 38th annual Cape Winemakers Guild Auction is back on home soil in South Africa this year. Auction house Strauss & Co will host the sale, sponsored by Nedbank, live and online from 5pm to 8pm on Friday 30 September and 9am to 3pm on Saturday 1 October. Bidders can attend the auction in person at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West, bid by telephone, or online. They can also leave a commission bid in advance of the sale. Bonhams auction house held the auction in London in 2020 and 2021 ...
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 ...
‘Space vines’ trial on-track, says team who put Petrus in orbit
Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon ‘space vines’ that were fired into orbit alongside bottles of Petrus 2000 have been nurtured alongside their ‘daughter’ plants in western France, said researchers in an update on the project. ‘The first “space grapes” are now visible on the canes just a few months after the replanting phase that occurred in February 2022,’ said Space Cargo Unlimited, the start-up leading the project. A total of 320 vine canes spent more than a year on the Int ...