October Is Merlot Month -- No. 1

Here's a merlot wine worthy of being first in this series of posts about the grape variety that somehow has a whole month devoted to it. The Trefethen Family Winery Merlot 2018, Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley, includes 10 percent cabernet sauvignon in the blend; the wine aged 18 months in French oak, 37 percent new barrels. The color is opaque purple…