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Free Run Cellars

Free Run Cellars
2018 Meritage Red Blend, Lake Michigan Shore

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Red Meritage

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 13.9%
87 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$55

Free Run Cellars
2018 Meritage Red Blend, Lake Michigan Shore

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Red Meritage

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 13.9%
Moersch Hospitality Group , , , USA Moerschhg.com Sue.Veldman@moerschhg.com

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Rich & Full
Aroma Aroma: and
Taste Flavor:
Sweetness Sweetness: Dryish
Enjoy Enjoy: Now
Recipes Pairing: Pot Roast, Steak & Potatoes, Beef Stew
Bottom Line Bottom Line: eldman@moerschhg.c

The Producer

Moersch Hospitality Group

The Producer

Red Meritage

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Serve in a Cabernet Wine Glass
Meritage (rhymes with "heritage") is a term coined in California to describe a blended wine made with Bordeaux varieties. While there could be a white Meritage, the term generally refers to a red wine, thus made with any combination of five grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc.

Established in the 1980s, the concept of Meritage wines was initially greeted with a good deal of fanfare, but today, that excitement has waned. Most of the 100 plus wineries that make a Meritage-style wine are in California; many do not even use the term on the label, preferring their own fantasy name.

Meritage red wines age similarly to a full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon and are best paired with red meats and game.