Clos LaChance Merlot 2021

Would Merlot by any other name sound as sweet? No, not really. The Californian vernacular offers all sorts of variations so it’s especially important to mind each Merlot’s provenance. For example, the Merlots from Alexander Valley, Carneros and Dry Creek Valley speak a parlance of plums, ripe cherries, juicy currants and high toned tea leaves while the Merlots out of Napa Valley, from such climes as Carneros, Mount Veeder, Oakville and Rutherford, are more likely to express ripe, dark berried fruit such as framboise and blackberries. All capture the interest and your senses despite the invective script of Sideways that really drug Merlot through the mud. On the bright side: Merlot has never tasted so wonderful for we who love this Bordelais beauty –for only the strong survive!

Food Pairings

Most any meat; really, lamb, beef, pork, chicken, duck. Has an affinity for tomatoes and mushrooms.

Where to find this wine

Accounts that have purchased this wine in the previous twelve months are listed below, alphabetically by city. Please call ahead to confirm availability or vintage

Dolce Vita Wine Shop
Chaska
952-361-0044

Delano Wine & Spirits
Delano
763-972-0578

Kowalski's Eagan Wine Market
Eagan
651-328-8300

Kowalski's Excelsior Market
Excelsior
952-229-8300

Liquor Hutch
Hutchinson
320-587-2762

France 44
Minneapolis
612-925-3252

Stinson Wine, Beer & Spirits
Minneapolis
612-789-0678

Kowalski's Uptown Market
Minneapolis
612-377-3448

The Wine Shop
Minnetonka
952-988-9463

Cash Wise Liquor - New Ulm
New Ulm
507-354-2720

Kowalski's Oak Park Heights Market
Oak Park Heights
651-439-9161

Apollo Liquor Central
Rochester
507-252-0653

Kowalski's Grand Market
Saint Paul
651-698-3366

Kowalski's Shoreview Market
Shoreview
612-418-4043

Cellars Wine & Spirits - Stillwater
Stillwater
651-439-4319

West Side Liquor - Waite Park
Waite Park
320-253-9511

Kowalski's Woodbury Market
Woodbury
651-578-8800