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Dear Oenophile,

Merlot is a soft, elegant varietal that has successfully made its way around the globe. Although it is perhaps most famous for being the Right Bank's superstar, you can find Merlot in several other regions, including Tuscany, California, Washington, and Australia. This beloved grape pairs wonderfully with a wide variety of food but is easy enough on the palate to drink on its own. We recommended opening a bottle with your next cheese plate for the perfect mid-afternoon indulgence.

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Bordeaux
Ausone 2005 ~ 1 @ $1269 WA100, WS100 scuffed label
Ausone 2005 1.5L 6 pack owc ~ 1 @ $31362 WA100, WS100
Ausone 2006 1.5L ~ 4 @ $1750 WA93, WE97
Ausone 2007 ~ 10 @ $875 WE95, WCI94 original wood case
Ausone 2010 ~ 2 @ $1143 FM100
Ausone 2015 ~ 6 @ $974 WE100
Ausone 2015 1.5L ~ 1 @ $2381 WE100
Beausejour Duffau Lagarosse 2015 1.5L ~ 1 @ $423 JS100
Belair Monange 2008 ~ 4 @ $94 WA93+, WE92
Bellevue Mondotte Saint Emilion 2005 1.5L 6 pack owc ~ 1 @ $4788 WA99
Bellevue Mondotte Saint Emilion 2005 12 pack owc ~ 1 @ $4560 WA99
Bellevue Mondotte Saint Emilion 2005 3L ~ 1 @ $1909 WA100
Bellevue Mondotte Saint Emilion 2010 ~ 7 @ $385 WA95 original wood case
Canon St. Emilion 2015 1.5L ~ 2 @ $822 JS100, V100
Chapelle d`Ausone 2006 ~ 3 @ $200 V92, WA91
Chapelle d`Ausone 2009 ~ 2 @ $272 JS96
Chapelle d`Ausone 2010 ~ 20 @ $274 JS96
Chapelle d`Ausone 2015 1.5L ~ 1 @ $457 WE96, WA94
Chapelle d`Ausone 2016 1.5L ~ 6 @ $402 WA94, WE94
Chateau Vignot St. Emilion 2005 ~ 6 @ $65 CT90
Cheval Blanc 2005 1.5L ~ 1 @ $1990 WA100, V100
Cheval Blanc 2005 1.5L 6 pack owc ~ 1 @ $11964 WA100, V100
Cheval Blanc 2005 3L ~ 1 @ $5961 WA100, V100
Cheval Blanc 2005 3L 3 pack owc ~ 1 @ $17940 WA100, V100

Clinet 2015 1.5L ~ 1 @ $275 WA97
Clos Dubreuil St. Emilion 2010 ~ 20 @ $120 WA94
Clos Fourtet 2005 3L ~ 1 @ $1092 WA98
Clos Fourtet 2015 1.5L ~ 2 @ $301 WE97, WCI97
Clos Fourtet 2016 1.5L ~ 3 @ $241 WS96-99
Clos Fourtet 2016 3L ~ 1 @ $525 WS96-99
Clos Payrol 2012 ~ 14 @ $60
Clos Romanile 2009 ~ 3 @ $63 WS90
Clos St. Martin St. Emilion 2010 ~ 1 @ $95 WA94
Croix de Labrie St. Emilion 2005 1.5L ~ 4 @ $157 WA94
Destieux 2005 ~ 2 @ $77 WA94, WS92
Domaines Bouyer Clos 56 Pomerol 2012 ~ 36 @ $60 CT92
Enclos Tourmaline 2015 ~ 2 @ $159 JS98
Fait Main St. Emilion Todeschini Asteria 2016 ~ 3 @ $150 CT94
Figeac 2010 ~ 1 @ $294 JS98 original wood case
Gracia 2006 ~ 4 @ $116 V92, WA91
Gracia 2010 ~ 22 @ $198 WA99
Gracia 2011 ~ 36 @ $145 WA95
Gracia 2011 1.5L ~ 1 @ $237 WA95
Gracia 2012 ~ 36 @ $135 WA95+
Gracia 2014 ~ 1 @ $101 V94
Gracia 2015 3L ~ 1 @ $411 JS97, JD97
Gracia 2016 ~ 2 @ $97 WA94
Gracia 2016 1.5L ~ 7 @ $164 WA94

l`Eglise Clinet 2005 1.5L ~ 6 @ $1195 WA99
l`Eglise Clinet 2009 ~ 2 @ $378 WA99+
l`Eglise Clinet 2012 ~ 36 @ $196 TA97, WA96
l`Eglise Clinet 2013 ~ 7 @ $188 WA94 original wood case
l`Eglise Clinet 2014 ~ 36 @ $164 JS97, V97
l`Eglise Clinet 2014 1.5L ~ 3 @ $425 JS97, V97
l`Eglise Clinet 2015 3L ~ 2 @ $1259 WA98+, JS98-99
l`Eglise Clinet 2016 ~ 35 @ $246 WA97-99, V96-99
l`Eglise Clinet 2016 1.5L ~ 5 @ $635 WA98, V96-99
L`If St. Emilion 2014 ~ 36 @ $229 CT94
L`If St. Emilion 2014 1.5L ~ 5 @ $601 CT94
L`If St. Emilion 2015 ~ 36 @ $318 V94
L`If St. Emilion 2016 ~ 8 @ $322 WA94, V94
La Clusiere St. Emilion 1998 ~ 9 @ $196 WA90
La Conseillante 2008 ~ 1 @ $182 WA95, V94
La Fleur de Gay 2005 ~ 11 @ $104 WE93, WA92
La Fleur Petrus 2013 ~ 6 @ $165 WE93, JS92
La Mondotte 2005 ~ 4 @ $496 WA99
La Petite Eglise Pomerol 2016 ~ 36 @ $48 WA93
La Petite Eglise Pomerol 2016 1.5L ~ 2 @ $82 WA93
Le Bon Pasteur 1998 ~ 3 @ $118 WA91
Le Moulin Pomerol 2010 ~ 36 @ $82 WS92
Le Petit Cheval Rouge 2005 ~ 5 @ $184 WE90
Le Petit Cheval Rouge 2005 1.5L ~ 1 @ $506 WE90
Le Petit Cheval Rouge 2012 ~ 1 @ $235 TA93, WA91
Le Pin 2005 ~ 2 @ $4995 WS94, WA93
Le Pin 2010 ~ 3 @ $4838 WA100
Le Pin 2014 1.5L ~ 1 @ $4599 WS97
Le Pin 2015 ~ 4 @ $4599 WA99

Les Angelots de Gracia 2011 ~ 36 @ $87 WA91
Les Angelots de Gracia 2016 ~ 7 @ $60 WA90
Les Angelots de Gracia 2016 1.5L ~ 5 @ $94 WA90
Les Asteries 2008 ~ 19 @ $88 WA93, WE93 original wood case
Magrez Fombrauge 2004 ~ 4 @ $88 WA91, V90
Magrez Fombrauge 2011 ~ 1 @ $110 WA96
Melka Majestique Le Chatelet St. Emilion 2013 ~ 1 @ $182 WA94
Monbousquet 1999 ~ 17 @ $75 WA94
Monbousquet 2000 ~ 3 @ $94 WA93
Monbousquet 2002 ~ 1 @ $80 WS90, WA90
Monbousquet 2003 ~ 9 @ $78 WA93
Monbousquet 2004 ~ 1 @ $64 WA90
Pavie 2001 12 pack owc ~ 4 @ $3576 WA96
Pavie 2005 3L ~ 5 @ $3657 WA100
Pavie 2015 1.5L ~ 5 @ $924 JS100, JD98-100
Pavie 2015 3L ~ 1 @ $1399 JS100, JD98-100
Pavie 2016 1.5L ~ 2 @ $827 WS100, JS100
Pavie Decesse 2004 ~ 3 @ $124 WA94
Pavie Decesse 2008 ~ 1 @ $136 WA94+
Pavie Decesse 2011 ~ 2 @ $161 WA94+, WS93
Pavie Decesse 2012 ~ 10 @ $150 WA95
Pavie Decesse 2013 ~ 17 @ $117 V91-93, WA92 original wood case
Pavie Macquin 2016 1.5L ~ 4 @ $190 JS98, V96-99
Peby Faugeres 2005 1.5L ~ 1 @ $969 WA100
Peby Faugeres 2009 6L ~ 1 @ $1399 WA98
Peby Faugeres 2013 ~ 5 @ $105 original wood case
Peby Faugeres 2014 1.5L ~ 1 @ $237 JS96

Pensees de Lafleur 2014 ~ 3 @ $133 FM94, AP93
Petit Village 2011 ~ 4 @ $81 WE93
Petrus 1995 ~ 2 @ $2079 WS97, WA96 torn label
Quinault l`Enclos 2000 1.5L ~ 1 @ $140 WA91, WS91
Quinault l`Enclos 2001 ~ 1 @ $67 WA92
Quintus 2013 ~ 36 @ $115 WE93 original wood case
Rocheyron St. Emilion 2010 ~ 16 @ $124 WS93
Teyssier 2015 ~ 1 @ $35 WA90
Troplong Mondot 2016 1.5L ~ 3 @ $274 JD97-100
Troplong Mondot 2016 3L ~ 2 @ $718 JD97-100
Trottevielle 2015 ~ 2 @ $114 JS99
Valandraud 2005 1.5L ~ 3 @ $525 WS95, WA95
Valandraud 2006 ~ 6 @ $304 V92, WS92
Valandraud 2011 ~ 4 @ $180 WS93
Valandraud 2014 ~ 4 @ $126 JS96, WE96 original wood case
Vieux Chateau Certan 2015 ~ 36 @ $348 JS100
Vieux Chateau Certan 2016 1.5L ~ 6 @ $838
WA100, WA100

Italy

Falesco Montiano 2004 1.5L ~ 2 @ $90 WE93
Masseto 1994 ~ 1 @ $719 WA91
Masseto 2001 1.5L ~ 1 @ $2998 JS100
Masseto 2002 ~ 2 @ $727 WA90, WS90
Masseto 2004 ~ 1 @ $872 WS98, WA97
Masseto 2009 1.5L ~ 6 @ $1355 JS95, WA94
Masseto 2012 ~ 4 @ $615 JS99
Tua Rita Merlot Redigaffi 1998 ~ 1 @ $299 WA96
Tua Rita Merlot Redigaffi 2014 ~ 1 @ $241 JS95, WA94
Tua Rita Merlot Redigaffi 2014 1.5L ~ 5 @ $325 JS95, WA94 original wood case
Tua Rita Merlot Redigaffi 2016 ~ 17 @ $235 JS99, WA98
Tua Rita Merlot Redigaffi 2017 ~ 36 @ $219 JS97, WA96 original wood case


California
Ahnfeldt Merlot Napa Valley 2003 ~ 2 @ $31 CT90
Arietta Merlot Napa Valley/Hudson Vineyard 1999 3L ~ 1 @ $449 WA92, WS92
Arietta Merlot Napa Valley/Hudson Vineyard 2002 1.5L ~ 1 @ $219 CT92
Arietta Merlot Napa Valley/Hudson Vineyard 2006 ~ 10 @ $62 V93
Barnett Vineyards Merlot Spring Mountain District 2015 ~ 1 @ $63 CT90
Behrens Family (Erna Schein) Merlot Alder Springs Vineyard 2001 ~ 6 @ $38 V90-92
Behrens Family (Erna Schein) Merlot Fortuna Vineyard 2001 ~ 4 @ $44 V92
Behrens Family (Erna Schein) Merlot Napa Valley 1999 1.5L ~ 1 @ $129 WA91-93
Behrens Family (Erna Schein) Merlot Napa Valley 2001 ~ 3 @ $40 V90
Blankiet Merlot Paradise Hills Vineyard 2001 ~ 2 @ $88 WA91
Buccella Merlot Napa Valley 2014 1.5L ~ 3 @ $258 CT93
Chateau St. Jean Merlot Reserve 1997 ~ 2 @ $62 WA92
Coup de Foudre Cuvee 37.2 2005 ~ 4 @ $79 WS92
Coup de Foudre Cuvee 37.2 2007 ~ 3 @ $99 CT93
Coup de Foudre Cuvee 37.2 2011 ~ 1 @ $133 WS90
Darioush Merlot Napa Valley 2012 ~ 3 @ $64 WS92, WE91
Darioush Merlot Napa Valley 2016 ~ 3 @ $59 CT91
David Arthur Merlot Napa Valley 1999 ~ 3 @ $55 WS91
Derenoncourt Merlot Stagecoach Vineyard 2006 ~ 14 @ $119 WS94, WSM93
Duckhorn Merlot Howell Mountain 1998 ~ 1 @ $119 CT92
Duckhorn Merlot Napa Valley 2010 ~ 4 @ $60 CT90
Duckhorn Merlot Napa Valley 2017 ~ 23 @ $48 JS92
Ellman Family Vineyard BB Brother`s Blend 2009 ~ 1 @ $59 CT92
Emmolo Merlot 2016 ~ 1 @ $51 CT91

Farella Vineyards (Farella Park) Merlot 2013 ~ 26 @ $45 V92
Inconnu Merlot Los Carneros 2017 ~ 9 @ $45
Juslyn Vineyards Merlot Spring Mountain District 2012 ~ 1 @ $95 CT93
Kapcsandy Family Winery Roberta`s Reserve State Lane Vineyard 2005 ~ 3 @ $220 WA98
Kapcsandy Family Winery Roberta`s Reserve State Lane Vineyard 2006 ~ 5 @ $191 WA96
Kapcsandy Family Winery Roberta`s Reserve State Lane Vineyard 2006 1.5L ~ 2 @ $365 WA96
Kapcsandy Family Winery Roberta`s Reserve State Lane Vineyard 2007 ~ 7 @ $346 WA98
Kapcsandy Family Winery Roberta`s Reserve State Lane Vineyard 2008 ~ 6 @ $355 WA99
Kapcsandy Family Winery Roberta`s Reserve State Lane Vineyard 2008 1.5L ~ 3 @ $723 WA99
Kapcsandy Family Winery Roberta`s Reserve State Lane Vineyard 2009 ~ 1 @ $236 V97, WA96
Kapcsandy Family Winery Roberta`s Reserve State Lane Vineyard 2009 1.5L ~ 1 @ $600 V97, WA96
Kapcsandy Family Winery Roberta`s Reserve State Lane Vineyard 2010 ~ 6 @ $335 V98, WA97
Kapcsandy Family Winery Roberta`s Reserve State Lane Vineyard 2011 ~ 6 @ $189 V96
Kapcsandy Family Winery Roberta`s Reserve State Lane Vineyard 2012 ~ 19 @ $268 WA98, JS98
Kapcsandy Family Winery Roberta`s Reserve State Lane Vineyard 2012 1.5L ~ 2 @ $525 WA98, JS98
Kapcsandy Family Winery Roberta`s Reserve State Lane Vineyard 2013 ~ 1 @ $394 WA100, WA100
Kapcsandy Family Winery Roberta`s Reserve State Lane Vineyard 2013 1.5L ~ 1 @ $799 WA100, WA100
Kapcsandy Family Winery Roberta`s Reserve State Lane Vineyard 2014 ~ 16 @ $288 JS98, WA96
Kapcsandy Family Winery Roberta`s Reserve State Lane Vineyard 2015 ~ 1 @ $348 WA98
Kapcsandy Family Winery Roberta`s Reserve State Lane Vineyard 2016 ~ 1 @ $343 WA98
Krupp Brothers Estates Merlot Stagecoach Vineyard 2015 ~ 2 @ $77
La Jota Vineyard Merlot Howell Mountain 2014 ~ 1 @ $85 WA93, WS93
La Jota Vineyard Merlot W.S. Keyes Vineyard 2013 ~ 2 @ $149 WA95
Lewis Cellars Merlot 2005 ~ 6 @ $59 WS92

Liparita Cellars Merlot Howell Mountain 1996 5L ~ 1 @ $249
Mt Brave Merlot Mount Veeder 2014 ~ 2 @ $75 V92
Newton Vineyard Merlot Unfiltered 2005 ~ 1 @ $39 CT90
Nova Wines Marilyn Merlot 2002 1.5L ~ 2 @ $137
O`Shaughnessy Merlot Howell Mountain 2004 ~ 1 @ $75 WS90-93
Pahlmeyer Merlot 1996 ~ 1 @ $160 WA97
Pahlmeyer Merlot 1997 ~ 1 @ $176 WA96
Pahlmeyer Merlot 2010 ~ 1 @ $78 WA92, WS91
PlumpJack Merlot Napa Valley 2000 ~ 1 @ $100 CT91
Pride Mountain Merlot Napa Sonoma 2004 ~ 6 @ $75 WS94
Pride Mountain Merlot Napa Sonoma 2015 ~ 1 @ $63 CT91
Pride Mountain Merlot Vintner Select Cuvee 2010 ~ 1 @ $82 V92
Pride Mountain Merlot Vintner Select Cuvee 2015 ~ 1 @ $85 CT92
Robert Foley Merlot 2005 ~ 5 @ $49 CT91
Robert Foley Merlot 2006 ~ 8 @ $49 WS91
Robert Foley Merlot 2009 ~ 6 @ $65 V90
Rocca Family Vineyards Merlot Grigsby Vineyard 2013 ~ 1 @ $52 CT90
Shafer Merlot Napa Valley 2006 ~ 3 @ $65 CG92
Shafer Merlot Napa Valley 2007 ~ 2 @ $70 WS92
Shafer Merlot Napa Valley 2008 ~ 6 @ $62 WE93, WS92
St. Supery Merlot Rutherford 2009 ~ 1 @ $40 CT91
Stags` Leap Winery Merlot 2015 ~ 1 @ $34
The Meeker Vineyard Merlot Winemaker`s Handprint 2006 ~ 1 @ $45


Washington
Leonetti Cellar Merlot 1996 ~ 2 @ $79 V92, WS91 top shoulder
Leonetti Cellar Merlot 1997 ~ 2 @ $116 WS91
Leonetti Cellar Merlot 1998 ~ 2 @ $99 WE94, RP94 very top shoulder
Leonetti Cellar Merlot 2000 ~ 3 @ $99 WS92, WE91
Leonetti Cellar Merlot 2003 ~ 2 @ $119 WA95
Leonetti Cellar Merlot 2006 ~ 1 @ $75 WE96
Leonetti Cellar Merlot 2017 ~ 14 @ $80 WS94
Leonetti Cellar Merlot 2018 ~ 1 @ $102 CT91
Long Shadows Merlot Pedestal 2008 ~ 2 @ $65 V93, WS92
Long Shadows Merlot Pedestal 2014 ~ 5 @ $55 WE91
Passing Time Merlot 2014 ~ 1 @ $42 CT91
Pepper Bridge Merlot 2013 ~ 1 @ $62 WS90, WE90


Australia
Hickinbotham Merlot The Revivalist 2014 ~ 1 @ $85 JH95
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