White Merlot Wine

White merlot is delicous

This delicious wine displays a bright, light red color, and sweet cherry and raspberry aromas. It has soft, round juicy cherry and berry flavors with structure and a full, rich texture. Serve chilled as an aperitif, or as an excellent accompaniment to picnic and barbecue fare, seafood, poultry, ham, and spicy ethnic cuisines.

White Merlot is the same as white Zinfandel, except it is made from the Merlot grape.

White merlot?

There was a time when pink wines were known as “rosé” wines. Now they are known as “blush” wines. As with white Zinfandel, white Merlot derives it’s color by leaving the grape juice in contact with the red skins of the grape for a short period of time, usually hours or days. A deep red wine has the juices in contact with the skins for weeks.

White Merlot comes from Languedoc

It started in the Languedoc region of France, which is located Southwest of the Rhòne region, along the Mediterranean Sea. That region does not grow the Zinfandel grape. Wanting to get into the white Zinfandel market, ten years ago Fortant Winery, of the Languedoc, invented the category of “white Merlot”.