Gualdo Del Re I'Rennero Val di Cornia Merlot 2009
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With generous fruit and supple tannins, Merlot is made in a range of styles from everyday-drinking to world-renowned and age-worthy. Merlot is the dominant variety in the wines from Bordeaux’s Right Bank regions of St. Emilion and Pomerol, where it is often blended with Cabernet Franc to spectacular result. Merlot also frequently shines on its own, particularly in California’s Napa Valley. Somm Secret—As much as Miles derided the variety in the 2004 film, Sideways, his prized 1961 Château Cheval Blanc is actually a blend of Merlot and Cabernet Franc.
Just south of the Bolgheri DOC, Val di Cornia inhabits a small, rugged promontory, jutting into the Tyrrhenian Sea, and is planted to reds like Sangiovese, Merlot and Cabernet, which are typically blended (see Tuscan Blends) and the white varieties of Vermentino and Ansonica (synonymous with Sicily’s Inzolia).