Dark ruby color. Fully ripe plummy aromas with hints of dark chocolate, subtle herbs and black cherry herald similarly intense fruit flavors. Medium-full bodied, with a velvety texture and ripe, lush fruit balanced by subtle acidity and mild tannins. This Coastal Merlot is juicy and deep.

Soft and juicy, if rather generic. Offers modest cherry and spicy herb aromas and flavors. Drink now. 426,000 cases made.

Soft and juicy, if rather generic. Offers modest cherry and spicy herb aromas and flavors. Drink now. 426,000 cases made.

Deep ruby-red. Slightly reduced aromas of black raspberry and bitter chocolate. Highly concentrated and vinous, with sweet, creamy-rich yet sharply delineated flavors of superripe blackberry and leather. Impressively structured Echezeaux, finishing long and firmly tannic.

This Baron Herzog Merlot is soft and approachable. It's fruit-forward, with distinct strawberry jam and berry aromas finishing with notes of French oak. Well integrated tannins and medium body are smoothly offset by balancing acidity.

This merlot has produced a wine of the medium body and bright color. Full of intense balck plum, blackberry, briar, toast, cedar and a light vanilla note. There are very fine, medium tannins and a full mid-palate. Acidity is uplifting and refreshing balancing a dense core of red and black fruit flavors.

A light fruity inexpensive wine from Beringer.

"The 2005 Merlot is approachable and delicious, and I'm particularly pleased with the balance of ripe fruit and soft tannins in this wine. It is full of blackberry and boysenberry flavors, followed by a satisfying finish. This wine is well suited to a variety of foods – I've enjoyed it with everything from chicken to steak."
- Mary Sullivan, Winemaker

Black cherry, blueberry and cocoa mint aromas blend with fruit forward flavors of black cherry and plum on the palate creating a Merlot that I find very satisfying from the moment I pick up the glass. Hints of cocoa, brown spice, toffee and vanilla bean mingle with the concentrated berry flavors and ripe tannins that extend throughout the long finish.