Merlot is one of the most important Bordeaux varieties along with Cabernet Sauvignon. It's fleshier and ripens earlier than Cabernet, resulting in softer wines with plush tannins and fruit. Bordeaux ...

Cabernet Sauvignon, native to Bordeaux, has thick blue skins, giving the resulting wines plentiful tannins and phenolics and making them particularly ageworthy. Over the past 50 years, Cabernet ...

Calvet Reserve Bordeaux Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2009, France. wine review. Calvet Reserve Bordeaux Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2009, France. Beppi Crosariol Wine & Spirits Columnist.

Calvet, the Bordeaux ngociant, has launched its 2003 Merlot/Cabernet Sauvignon. The 70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon blend was aged for 12-16 months. Stocked in Sainsbury's, Waitrose and the Co-op ...

Pick of the week Calvet Reserve red ($12.95, Product No. 044032): Flavours of sour cherry and blackberry are overlaid with dried herbs and a touch of spice -- a very dry, crisp, medium-bodied ...

Where to find value in Cabernet! Includes the Reverse Wine Snob picks for the best Cabernet Sauvignon under $25 and the best ...

How to tell the difference between Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot wine. Learn about the different flavors, aromas, and aging capabilities of Merlot wine and Cabernet Sauvignon wine, as well as how ...

I'm a sommelier, so I know a thing or two about wine. I found seven great bottles of cabernet sauvignon that were all $35 and under at the store.

Cabernet Sauvignon might be the most prolific, most popular red wine variety in the world. Whether bottled on its own or in a blend, it produces deeply colored, tannic wines that can withstand ...