Merlot vs. Chianti

Merlotnoun

black wine grape originally from the region of Bordeaux

Merlotnoun

dry red wine made from a grape grown widely in Bordeaux and California

Merlot

Merlot is a dark blue–colored wine grape variety, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name Merlot is thought to be a diminutive of merle, the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the color of the grape.

Chiantinoun

a dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of Tuscany.

Chiantinoun

dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of Tuscany

Chianti

A Chianti wine (, also US: , Italian: [ˈkjanti]) is any wine produced in the Chianti region of central Tuscany. It was historically associated with a squat bottle enclosed in a straw basket, called a fiasco ( pl.