Merlot is one of the most important Bordeaux varieties along with Cabernet Sauvignon. It's fleshier and ripens earlier than Cabernet, resulting in softer wines with plush tannins and fruit. Bordeaux ...

Barrel samples of 2015: what will be 2,000 bottles of Miani "Buri" Merlot from this more-generous-than-usual vintage and, from that Corno di Rosazzo site, his third — at that altitude ...