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In blind tastings of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon are often confused with others, because they have very similar tastes. The ancient taste of blackberries, currants, cherries, plums, chocolate, mocha, and sometimes leather. The latter has the fruity flavor of the first addition of mint, eucalyptus, cedar and leather. Apart from the fact that the same tastes and smells that have the same origin – Bordeaux, France. In this region are nearly always conflicting. The dry, full body, aroma cabin looks like the softness and smoothness of the other. There is only one known exception – Chateau Petrus Pomerol, this is one of the most expensive wines in the world. It ‘made with one hundred Merlot 99.

In Bordeaux and California, is soft and thick fleshy Merlot with Cabernet Sauvignon. They have thinner skin and a younger age of maturity, the type of grape first appears to be relatively smooth and rounded in the mouth. Some regions, especially in northern Italy and Iceland for a long time in New York for the varieties of this grape is known lean. It fits well in both wet and dry, rocky terrain. From the hut, a higher content of tannins and structure of powerful fruit, high quality wines of this grape is aged in oak casks for decades. This treatment is also more tannin of oak lends the cabin and therefore more complex flavors. Their grapes are grown in warm climates. This is precisely the reason for the increase in the number of vineyards in California and Chile.

With its fruity aroma, tasting of Merlot wines is the perfect fit. It is the preferred choice for those who drink the wine or wine in general. That is readily available in restaurants, bars and hotels, and perhaps even more versatile than the red marriage.Cabernet Sauvignon, is now a complex wine. In fact, the intensity and complexity can be very intimidating for people with underdeveloped palate. Taxis are also not well with popular dishes such as shellfish and poultry. The complex flavors and aromas of the wine production is limited mainly to red meat. However, it is still considered the standard of quality in the Old World.

These days, unless the countries to grow merlot cabernet sauvignon, but. The old variety grown in the United States (California, Long Island, New York, Virginia and Washington State), Chile, France (Bordeaux and Languedoc-Roussillon) and Italy (Tre Venezie). The latter is grown in the vineyards of Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States.