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Brunello di Montalcino 2021: Fragrant, Refined, and Not Quite Slender
By John Szabo MS Montalcino is essentially a hill: a 17-by-18-kilometre block of southern Tuscany with a fortified village at 564 metres and vineyards spilling down all four flanks. As Michael Godel reminded a full room at the recent Brunello Forma masterclass in Toronto, the commune is defined as much by what isn’t vineyard as […] More
Spotlight on The Barolo Wines of Serralunga d’Alba and the 2023 Vintage
By John Szabo MS Serralunga d’Alba is the easternmost and, in the eyes of most tasters, the most classically powerful of the Barolo communes. The village grew up around its well-preserved fourteenth-century Falletti castle, and for much of Barolo’s early commercial history its high, elevated ridge supplied négociants with the structural backbone for their blends […] More
Buyers Guide to Vintages October 24th Release
John Szabo’s Vintages Buyers Guide October 24: Niagara Unicorns By John Szabo MS, with notes from David Lawrason, Sara d’Amato, Michael Godel, and Megha Jandhyala Stocking up for the Holidays With the holidays fast approaching, this release is a fine opportunity to stock up, and the WineAlign Crü’s picks align neatly behind a handful of […] More
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Merlot is a red wine grape that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. Merlot-based wines usually have medium body with hints of berry, plum, and currant. Its softness and "fleshiness", combined with its earlier ripening, makes Merlot a popular grape for blending with the sterner, later-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon, which tends to be higher in tannin. Along with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, Merlot is one of the primary grapes in Bordeaux wine where it is the most widely planted grape. Merlot is also one of the most popular red wine varietals in many markets.
