Merlot

Merlot is the dominant grape of Bordeaux's Right Bank and one of the world's most widely planted red varieties. At its finest, in Pomerol and St-Emilion, it produces wines of extraordinary plushness, depth and longevity that bear no resemblance to the soft, early-drinking style the variety became associated with in mass-market production. Petrus, the most celebrated Merlot-based wine in the world, is 100% Merlot from a single hectare of iron-rich clay in Pomerol.