It's the fault of that damned movie. You know the one I'm talking about. The one about wine, with those famous actors whose names you can almost remember. You know the movie I'm talking about, the one you didn't see? That movie that almost no one saw. But the commercials were ubiquitous. Remember? "No, NO, if anyone orders Merlot I am leaving!". Doesn't that ring a bell? That commercial, killed, killed, the demand for Merlot. Everyone assumed that drinking Merlot meant that you were an unsophisticated wine drinker. OK, granted there had been a lot of, shall we say, soft and fruit forward Merlots in the marketplace that did appeal to people who haven't been drinking wine long. But still, it's so unfair. Because Merlot can make wonderful, supple and and not-fruit-forward-at-all wine. Case in point. H3 Merlot has subtle tannins with a soft earthiness and flower flavors it's deep and rich and if you didn't know better you might guess you were drinking a Cabernet. The "Wine Spectator" gave it a deserved 91 points.
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