Merlot 101

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Summary: Either way the use of the name merlot has only been found in the literature since the last 200 years A report in 1784 referred to merlot as one of the better libournais blending varieties We can trace the origins of merlot varietal back to the 1st Century in France but merlot as the noble Bordeaux varietal standing on its own doesn t appear in the literature until the 1800s

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