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Merlot grapes

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Merlot grapes

Merlot is an early-ripening, cool-climate grape of moderate vigour. It produces large bunches of thick-skinned, blue-black berries.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Viticulture – Grape varieties, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18302/merlot-grapes (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.