Arrogant Frog Cab Merlot Organic 2022
Trust your Taste
Blueberry and plum meet red pepper and spice in this southern French Cabernet Merlot. A rich, balanced palate and smooth tannins carry the long finish. Try it if you enjoy ripe fruit with a distinctly savoury accent.
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Rich fruit, smooth tannins and savoury pepper favour Broad palates. PalateKey groups wines by how they feel, helping you find styles you enjoy. Your own taste comes first.
This suits you if you enjoy rounded red blends with ripe berries, pepper and spice.
It may not suit you if you dislike herbal pepper notes or prefer very light reds.
Tasting Notes
- Region France
- Extras NewOrganic
- Style Fresh Spicy Reds
- Type Red
- Grapes Merlot
Tasting Notes
- Region France
- Extras NewOrganic
- Style Fresh Spicy Reds
- Type Red
- Grapes Merlot
How this wine feels
This has a generous middle and smooth tannins that give gentle shape. Plum fruit lingers alongside pepper and spice. It is rounded, with more savoury detail than a purely fruity red.
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How much presence and firmness the wine has in your mouth.
The drying, gripping feeling on your gums.
The fresh, mouth-watering edge of the wine.
Bitter, herbal or savoury character beyond the fruit.
How smooth and rounded the wine feels.
Ripe fruit character. This is not a sugar-sweetness rating.
Ripe fruit flavours can be present in dry wines. Sweet-Fruit Expression describes fruit character, not residual sugar.
Behind the bottle
Arrogant Frog Cabernet Merlot from Languedoc vineyards on clay, limestone and gravel soils.
Varieties are fermented separately with extended maceration; a quarter of the blend spends three months in new oak.
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