The Pomerol 'Petrus' by Chateau Petrus is a wine-icon recognized all over the world. Assembling 95% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, is produced in about 30,000 bottles a year, certainly does not need any introduction. It has an incredible aging potential of over 30 years. Unique and inimitable.

The Pomerol by Château La Fleur-Pétrus proves to be an exceptional wine, perfectly balanced in all its organoleptic components. Assembling 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, it offers an olfactory and gustative richness, without being too demanding. An irresistible red.

The Merlot 'Vigne 50 Anni' by Le Vigne di Zamò is made after a careful selection in the old vineyards: the Merlot grapes are macerated in truncated conical wooden vats for a period of 20 days. Then followed by racking, traditional pressing of the marc and decanting in barriques. After approx. 18 months the wine is bottled and aged for another 2 years in the bottle. An excellent Merlot.

Maremma Toscana DOC 'Messiio' by Tenuta Fertuna is a guarantee because it comes from a unique terroir that represents the basis of the quality of this wine. It is obtained from carefully selected grapes and ages for 12 months in French oak barrels. Simply superb.

'Cornelius' by Cornell Colterenzio is an elegant Bordeaux blend of Merlot and Cabernet all in the name of the South Tyrol terroir and its wine culture. The wine is assembled and racked into small oak barrels, destined to mature for 14 months before a period of aging in the bottle for a further 12 months. Cornell represents the excellence of Colterenzio, are wines produced with grapes from the best vineyards that, thanks to the care, passion and aging in barrels are transformed into extremely complex and long-lived tastings.

'Pàtrimo' by Feudi di San Gregorio is the only wine produced by this winery from an international variety. It comes from a plot of a historic Irpino merlot vineyard. Deep and territorial wine, of great elegance and gustatory harmony.

'Baffonero' takes its name from the homonymous vineyard, 100% Merlot, among the first planted in Rocca di Frassinello, the company that has benefited from being born as a joint venture between Castellare di Castellina and Domaines Baron de Rothschild-Lafite, the most world famous chateau. The Baffonero vineyard is at the foot of the cellar designed by Renzo Piano, with a perfect exposure. A Merlot whose wine is made in steel and whose maturation continues in new French oak barrels for about 14 months. A great red that in the glass is revealed with intensity and elegance, richness and great persistence. Excellent for aging.

Available vintages: 2014 - 2015

'Baffonero' takes its name from the homonymous vineyard, 100% Merlot, among the first planted in Rocca di Frassinello, the company that has benefited from being born as a joint venture between Castellare di Castellina and Domaines Baron de Rothschild-Lafite, the most world famous chateau. The Baffonero vineyard is at the foot of the cellar designed by Renzo Piano, with a perfect exposure. A Merlot whose wine is made in steel and whose maturation continues in new French oak barrels for about 14 months. A great red that in the glass is revealed with intensity and elegance, richness and great persistence. Excellent for aging.

Available vintages: 2014 - 2015

Toscana Rosso 'Excelsus' by Castello Banfi is produced only in great vintages. It is a Supertuscan that perfectly integrates the best tradition of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon with the territory of Montalcino and with the tradition of Castello Banfi. Austere wine, of rare concentration and structure, whose maturation requires a passage in barrique of at least 20 months. The result is an intense wine that has very fruity scents accompanied by more complex notes of jam, spices, tobacco and coffee. In the mouth, it shows all its grandeur, with sweet tannins and very persistent hints.

Toscana Rosso 'Futuro' by Colombaio di Cencio is made in the best vineyards of the winery in Loc. Cornia and Loc. Monticello, which grow at 450 meters above sea level. A red that looks to the 'Future' without forgetting the past and the great vinifications that have made the Gaiole in Chianti winery great over time. Obtained from 33% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% French Cabernet, this blend gives life to an elegant red, with an authoritative tannic texture, vinified in steel and aged in large barrels and tonneaux for 24 months.

'Grottaia Rosso' by Caccia al Piano is made from carefully selected grapes, harvested separately by verity and plot. Aged in stainless steel tanks, it is a lean and breezy red. The bright ruby red color announces a fresh and inviting wine. The aromas are fresh and ethereal with small notes of red fruits and violet. The palate describes a fresh and captivating wine, ready and easy to drink and characterized by a light tannin that underlines its pleasant youth.

'Terre' by Tenuta San Leonardo is a classic Bordolese blend, which follows in the footsteps of its elder brother, the famous San Leonardo. The result of a careful assembly of the varieties of the estate, the vinification in steel, follows the maturation of 80% in large oak barrels for 18 months and 20% in barriques for at least 6 months. Wide, enveloping, elegant and refined.

'Villa Gresti' by Tenuta San Leonardo has charisma, authority and dynamic vitality, in addition to the strength and style of Merlot. Attentive wine, rightly balanced and immediate protagonist. Velvety, almost caressing, with a decisive, enjoyable and engaging final. A structure that has a masterly and a dense varied plot, to be enjoyed over time.

The 'In Violas' by Poliziano  is a pure Merlot cultivated in the Pliocene cortonese clays. The establishment of the Cortona Doc in 1999, the immediate affirmation as a suitable area for international vines, together with the friendship with the Aliotti Tommasi family, owner of excellent land, were the inspiring factors of the birth of Poliziano's oenological project. This wine ages for about 18 months in barrique to obtain thickness, elegance, freshness and harmony.

The 'Siebeneich' Merlot Reserve by Terlan is part of the "vineyard" line with which the Cantina is able to express the best of its territory. It represents all the refinement that Merlot purity is able to give in this small plot, a full bodied red that is amazing for freshness even at a distance of many years from harvest.