From Castilla y Leon comes this classic Spanish Merlot. A complex bouquet of ripe fruit with toasty and dark roasted scents. Good texture on the palate with nicely integrated oak.

Mallorca's 2nd largest producer, Macià Batle make distinctive and characterful wines - this is a full-bodied red with a rich, smooth finish.

One of the most modern wines from the winery Masies d'Avinyó. An adventurous commitment to produce a wine out of five wines. This wine is the result of the selection of five different clones of Merlot, grown in different plots with different characteristics. Winemaking is done separately. Maturation takes place in six different types of French, American and Central Europe oak barrels. Therefore, this is a complex and different Merlot wine.

Big, rich and balanced on the palate with black fruits, black tea, slate and bracing mineral flavours.

Tomas Postigo has made with his name in Ribera del Duero mainly as the ex winemaker of Pago De Carraovejas. Tempranillo (Tinta Fina) 85%, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Merlot, and aged for 12 months in new French oak is a very high quality wine. Big dark prune like fruit with a real meat edge this is a blockbuster of a wine.

The deep crimson-coloured 2006 Quinta Sardonia gives up an aromatic array of cedar, Asian spices, incense, and blackberry. Savoury and supple on the palate, it has enough underlying structure to evolve for 2-3 years and should be at its best from 2012 to 2026.