{"id":40407,"date":"2022-10-20T14:59:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T14:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/?p=40407"},"modified":"2022-10-21T11:39:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T11:39:54","slug":"merlot-a-long-way-storyteller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/en\/merlot-a-long-way-storyteller\/","title":{"rendered":"Merlot \u2013 a long-way storyteller"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"40407\" class=\"elementor elementor-40407 elementor-40395\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58c07d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58c07d6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d59b34\" data-id=\"0d59b34\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4a28aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4a28aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot is the most cultivated grapevine variety with black grapes for red wines in Romania, occupying 11,108.71 ha. (ONVPV, 2022) It is said that the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Merlot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">name<\/a> of the wine grape variety comes from Merle, the beautiful Blackbird, with bright plumage, that emits enchanting trills, referring to the intense, deep-dark colour of the grape&#8217;s skin. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48deaa2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48deaa2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-203cd53\" data-id=\"203cd53\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-529f60d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"529f60d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><b><i>Merlot<\/i><\/b><b> in Romania, today<\/b><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f3a46bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f3a46bd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bbbb457\" data-id=\"bbbb457\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11aff92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11aff92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According <a href=\"https:\/\/winesofromania.com\/en\/dictionary\/\">ONVPV<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Romania, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is cultivated in 31 counties, but we have chosen for example only those where the total surface exceeds 300 ha.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-65d24bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"65d24bd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-292bc96\" data-id=\"292bc96\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-074f661 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"074f661\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/merlot-1-1-large.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-40420\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a7466d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a7466d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd68cd4\" data-id=\"cd68cd4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-941853a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"941853a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: ONVPV<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-359fb99 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"359fb99\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-02d3d9f\" data-id=\"02d3d9f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0aa0ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0aa0ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2021, an area of 11,449.52 ha was cultivated with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot <\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Romania, according to ONVPV. We hope that the decrease to 11,108.71 ha in 2022 will be in favor of a Romanian grapevine variety! <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out of 34 PDOs existing in Romania, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is allowed in 30, for wines with protected designation of origin, with maximum productions from 100 to 175 q. <\/span> <\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will not find <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in PDO: Adamclisi, Alba Iulia, Cotnari and Insuratei. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Romanian black wine grape variety <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mamaia<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, created by researchers from SCDVV Murfatlar, Romania, is descended from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: [<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot x (Babeasca neagra x Muscat Ottonel)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">]<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The smallest area cultivated with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, located in Harghita county, has 0.04 ha<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Romania, the synonyms are allowed for labeling: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plant Medoc <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bigney rouge<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span>, according to the OIV 2013 list (number 2115).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8cb8bde elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8cb8bde\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd89063\" data-id=\"cd89063\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3e1154 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3e1154\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b><i>Merlot<\/i><\/b><b> in Romanian vineyards <\/b> <\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73d7bc8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73d7bc8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b0fbce\" data-id=\"0b0fbce\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d07c681 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d07c681\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Curious to taste Romanian <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ? We have an indisputably typical series, where the wine grape variety has not only fulfilled its purpose of bringing into the glass a wine with characteristic soft tannins, vibrant color and a taste rich in fruitiness, minerality and acidity that betrays each area from which it comes: <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-831ccc9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"831ccc9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-199b79f\" data-id=\"199b79f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d94ff7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d94ff7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/winesofromania.com\/domeniile-prince-matei-dealu-mare-muntenia\/\">Domeniile Prince Matei<\/a>, Cuv\u00e9e Matei and Prince Mircea; <a href=\"https:\/\/winesofromania.com\/crama-rotenberg-dealu-mare-muntenia-romania\/\">Rotenberg<\/a> Clasic;\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><b>Alira Merlot Grand Vin; Aurelia Visinescu Anima Merlot; <\/b><\/p><p><b>1000 de Chipuri Merlot Fintesti; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Htgnx_AufQ0&amp;list=PLPmRPTuU0sfvVho-aBVvhOiPQmkWfwACV&amp;index=6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gramofon Wine Merlot<\/a><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a90f8b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a90f8b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0bd7c25\" data-id=\"0bd7c25\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02af64c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02af64c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>The official passport of the grapevine variety<\/b> <b><i>Merlot<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a3e624b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a3e624b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2bb7808\" data-id=\"2bb7808\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-968652e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"968652e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to VIVC:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot noir<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, because this is the official name of the variety, is registered with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vivc.de\/index.php?r=passport%2Fview&amp;id=7657\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numarul<\/a> 7657, is native to France, where it is the most widespread wine grape variety cultivated in the Bordeaux region;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grapevine variety intended for wine production, usually red or ros\u00e9, alone or blended with other &#8220;nobles&#8221;, it can also be vinified &#8220;in white&#8221;, just like &#8216;White Zinfandel&#8217;, resulting in a pale rose wine. When it undergoes treatments to be a clear white wine, it must be avoided the confusion with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot blanc<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a white color variety, which has as its parent the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot noir<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cabernet Sauvignon,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cabernet Franc<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malbec<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Petit Verdot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is one of the main grapes used in Bordeaux wine;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The old name of the variety was<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cabernet del Cleto <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and was registered at 40345;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has 71 synonyms, the best known of which is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MERLOT<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, cited by VIVC in 34 bibliographic sources [1] and used for labeling in 14 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Germany, Malta, Moldova, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland; <\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Synonyms with which it can be found in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vitis<\/span><\/i> Catalog<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot black, Merlot blau, Merlot blauer, Merlot crni, Merlot nero, Merlot noir, Merlott<\/span><\/i><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are 68 institutions that own this grapevine variety in ampelographic collections\/ germplasm sources (gene banks) <\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The breed has a full pedigree and comes from parents proven by molecular analysis: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magdeleine noire des Charentes (noir) X Cabernet Franc (noir);<\/span><\/i><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has 28 descendants registered in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vitis Catalog<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, among which we find both crossings with noble wine grape varieties, as well as the result of interspecific hybridization or resistant grapevine varieties, such as PIWI: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bruni 452, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which is backcrossing with<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cabernet Franc (Merlot noir x Cabernet Franc); Merlot blanc <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Merlot noir x Folle Blanche), <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Terzi 1<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Barbera nera x Merlot noir<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">); <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Margot (Merlot noir x Villard noir); Negru de Yaloven (Merlot noir x V.amurensis <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ruprecht<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">); Merlot Kanthus (Merlot noir x Kozma 20 \u2013 3) <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(PIWI); <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot Khorus (Merlot noir x Kozma 20 \u2013 3)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (PIWI);<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is cultivated in 28 wine-growing countries, the smallest area being cultivated in Dagestan (3 ha) and the largest in France (over 115,000 ha); <\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Romania was in 7th place, among the largest <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> growers in the world, with 10,782 ha in 2009, according to VIVC. With the updated surface (11,109 ha, in 2022), we will probably still maintain our 7th position. <\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2c9c42 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e2c9c42\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3d5e08\" data-id=\"c3d5e08\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d575971 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d575971\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/merlot-2-1-large.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-40422\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21d5618 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21d5618\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-298ed4d\" data-id=\"298ed4d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42b7065 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42b7065\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data source: VIVC<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06d870a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06d870a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-586d595\" data-id=\"586d595\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a31aa08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a31aa08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a variety with high sensitivity to downy mildew on the leaves, to powdery mildew on the leaves and bunches and to gray rot on the bunches. It is sensitive to excoriosis on young leaves and shoots and extremely sensitive to late spring frosts, especially if it is grown at the base of the slopes, where the cold air stagnates. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7404018 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7404018\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f08afb\" data-id=\"7f08afb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f11ac63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f11ac63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>About Merlot wine, only good news<\/b><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ae4db8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0ae4db8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46e6a1d\" data-id=\"46e6a1d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3f5cbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3f5cbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot <\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wines<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are of an intense ruby-red with blue hues, they can have an alcoholic strength sometimes even too high, but with a rich, full and well-defined body. Responding to the chemical composition of the soil, it expresses itself through color and tannins, which on strongly ferruginous soils exposes the consumer to a vigorous and even harsh Merlot at times. Many of these wines have to spend a long time aging in order to \u2018round out\u2019 themselves.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In warm climates (in the classic Napa Valley, Australia, Argentina or in our country, in Dobrogea area, on the Terraces of the Danube or on the Sands of Oltenia) wines with aromas of blackberries, blueberries, plums or raspberries can be made. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The green notes, given by pyrazines, lead to violet leaves rather than their flowers. Perfectly suitable for maturing and aging in oak barrels, the wine lends nuances of vanilla, allspice and cinnamon, followed by chocolate and coffee. [2]  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the cooler areas, such as Saint-\u00c9milion or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bordeaux.com\/us\/Our-Terroir\/The-Libournais\/Pomerol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pomerol<\/a> (France), almost the same as in the North of Italy or on the heights of Chile and looking among the Romanian areas, Camar (Salaj) where one of the most typical to the cold <\/span>microclimate <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is made, the wines have an acidity well supported by the multitude of aromas.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In wines with a slightly more delicate body than those from warm areas, we can find aromas of raspberries, black cherries, plums, blackberries, blueberries, sometimes red figs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The floral notes lead us to iris and violets, and the leafy notes to tobacco, laurel, spearmint, licorice and anise. Through aging it develops aromas of mushrooms, truffles, forest floor, completed by dark chocolate, coffee and sometimes allspice.[2]<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6bfdacf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6bfdacf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c814e1\" data-id=\"3c814e1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c0aef6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c0aef6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><b><i>Merlot<\/i><\/b><b> in gastronomic pairings<\/b><\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-76475e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"76475e2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fffeba4\" data-id=\"fffeba4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61aace2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61aace2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like many other noble wine grape varieties, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has its international day. And how can we celebrate it better, other than by placing next to it culinary preparations that increase its qualities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot <\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wine<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lends itself to grilled pork and beef dishes, goulash, stews, slightly spicy, half-dried and half-smoked sausages, pasta with red sauce, noble cheeses. It would not be left out next to desserts with cocoa or chocolate.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A glass of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the Romanian hills and a homemade chocolate can be a late autumn challenge. If we also add a quince sauce to that pork meat forgotten in the oven until it falls off the bones&#8230; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">References<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[1]<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.vivc.de\/index.php?LiteraturverweiseSearch%5Bsynonyme_id%5D=19389&amp;LiteraturverweiseSearch%5Bkenn_nr%5D=7657&amp;LiteraturverweiseSearch%5Bsname%5D=MERLOT&amp;r=literaturverweise%2Flsynonyms&amp;sort=sname<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[2]<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/winefolly.com\/grapes\/merlot\/<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merlot is the most cultivated grapevine variety with black grapes for red wines in Romania, occupying 11,108.71 ha. 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