The Chateau Merlot of Gard of Vin de Pays

Chateau Merlot - Domaine de la Gers Grand Cru
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 35 of the estates of Vin de Pays.
It is located in Gard in the region of Vin de Pays

The Chateau Merlot is one of the world's great estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Gard to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Chateau Merlot wines

Looking for the best Chateau Merlot wines in Gard among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Chateau Merlot wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Chateau Merlot wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Chateau Merlot

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Chateau Merlot

How Chateau Merlot wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of pork chops with potatoes, pho soup or roast pork with onions and honey.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Chateau Merlot

In the mouth the red wine of Chateau Merlot. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Chateau Merlot

  • 2002With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Chateau Merlot.

  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Gard

The wine region of Gard is located in the region of Pays d'Oc of Vin de Pays of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Roc d'Anglade or the Domaine Mas des Bressades produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gard are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Mourvèdre, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gard often reveals types of flavors of cream, green apple or honeysuckle and sometimes also flavors of nutmeg, cheese or orange.

In the mouth of Gard is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 149 estates and châteaux in the of Gard, producing 358 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Gard go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry.

Discover the grape variety: Lledoner pelut

The Lledoner Pelut noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by large to medium sized bunches and medium sized grapes. Lledoner Pelut noir can be found in several vineyards: Languedoc & Roussillon, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

News about Chateau Merlot and wines from the region

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 ...

Bordeaux château to ‘simulate’ 2050 vintage climate

Château La Tour Carnet said it will expose an experimental vineyard to artificially higher temperatures to replicate some of the conditions the Bordeaux 2050 vintage may face due to climate change. It’s part of the ‘Oracle’ project at the fourth growth estate, which is among those in Bordeaux seeking to understand how well classic grape varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot can adapt to climate change. At La Tour Carnet, warming cables more commonly used in aeroplanes will be employed thi ...

Château Lafon-Rochet appoints Christophe Congé as MD

Having joined Domaine Barons de Rothschild in 1999, Congé has since held the role of oenologist and wine operations manager across Château Lafite Rothschild and Château Duhart Milon for over 22 years. He has now been appointed MD of  Saint-Estèphe fourth growth Château Lafon-Rochet. He takes on his new role with immediate effect. Congé will work closely with Emmanuel Cruse, director of Vignobles Cruse-Lorenzetti, which acquired Château Lafon-Rochet from the Tesseron family last year. The appoint ...

The word of the wine: Faded

Said of a wine that has lost its brilliance and depth. It can also be used to describe the nose of an old wine that has lost its aromatic freshness.