Archives des Merlot - Blog World Grands Crus Tue, 07 Oct 2014 06:29:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 https://blog.worldgrandscrus.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/logo-wgc-compact-150x122.png Archives des Merlot - Blog World Grands Crus 32 32 Merlot https://blog.worldgrandscrus.com/en/merlot/ Tue, 07 Oct 2014 06:29:57 +0000 https://blog.worldgrandscrus.com/en/?p=316 Merlot is a red wine grape variety that appeared in the 18th century in southwestern France, and more specifically in the north of Aquitaine area. In general, it is planted on fresh clay-limestone soils. It regularly needs water and barely supports droughts. It is mostly found on its favorite terroir, in Pomerol and St. Emilion. […]

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]]> Merlot is a red wine grape variety that appeared in the 18th century in southwestern France, and more specifically in the north of Aquitaine area.
In general, it is planted on fresh clay-limestone soils. It regularly needs water and barely supports droughts. It is mostly found on its favorite terroir, in Pomerol and St. Emilion. By the way, it is referenced in a well-known château Pétrus, consisting 95% of merlot.

Merlot is well-adapted to moderate climates and prefers hot summers. However, it is less adapted to early spring frosts, mostly due to its thin skin.
Merlot grapes are small and black. They are characterized by a very dark color and fine density. The flavors are those of red berries (strawberry, raspberry, cherry and currant). With age, the flavors change to prune, spices, leather and undergrowth.

In the mouth, Merlot is characterized by supple tanins, strong taste, rather high alcohol content and dark color.
Merlot wine is a near-perfect red wine, a structured one, revealing much complexity and rich maturing capacity. It makes a good mix with cabernet sauvignon. You can find it in multiple fine wines of Bordeaux.

Thanks to its flexibility, Merlot grows in Languedoc, as well as in Northern America, Chili, Italy and Central Europe.
In France it occupies the surface of 115000 hectares, compared to 25000 in 1968.
Merlot is a grape variety which is used only for wine production.

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]]> The Rose wines from the Château d’Esclans https://blog.worldgrandscrus.com/en/the-rose-wines-from-the-chateau-desclans/ Thu, 22 May 2014 05:00:45 +0000 https://blog.worldgrandscrus.com/en/?p=164 The Château d’Esclans domain is an exceptional site, extending itself on a hillside near to the Pennafort gorges in the Var region. The château is inspired from the grand villas of the Tuscany countryside; it was built in the middle of the nineteenth century and bought by Sacha Lichine in 2006. This wine producer of […]

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]]> The Château d’Esclans domain is an exceptional site, extending itself on a hillside near to the Pennafort gorges in the Var region. The château is inspired from the grand villas of the Tuscany countryside; it was built in the middle of the nineteenth century and bought by Sacha Lichine in 2006. This wine producer of Russian origins, past owner in the Margaux area, of the Château Prieuré-Lichine, has decided to produce high level classified rose wines in the Côtes de Provence denomination. Within the domain, the main grape variety is the Grenache, followed by the Rolle and completed by Cinsault, Merlot, Mouvèdre, Syrah and Tibouren. Some of the vines are 90 years old of age for the oldest ones. Ancient Grenache vines and their grapes posses a great concentration of aromas. 80% are harvested by hand, the reason being a qualitative one; the most elaborate cuvees, Garrus and Les Clans, are matured in oak casks.

The two upscale cuvées of the Château d’Esclans are “Les Clans” and “Garrus“. These rosé wines are the most emblematic ones; they are very sophisticated, particularly delicate, close to perfection. They are wine with a beautiful intensity, limpid, with real tannins and a solid constitution, a beautiful length in mouth, leading off to complex notes of fruits and profound aromas.

The 2011, 2012 vintages have to be drunk now, or in five years, as an aperitif or accompanying a starter or main dish or a desert.

Rose wines are finally being recognized for their real value, they can now be considered as worthy of being Grand crus…

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