We wine nerds love our French words!  We’ll sprinkle in words like terrior, veraison, and methode champanoise whenever possible. However, the Lieb Cellars Estate Meritage gets its name from the American based Meritage Alliance, not from our friends in France. Meritage—it rhymes with Heritage!

In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association (now The Meritage Alliance) to identify and promote handcrafted wines blended from the traditional “noble” Bordeaux varieties. Meritage is an invented word that combines “merit” and “heritage,” and rhymes with the latter. It reflects the outstanding quality of the grapes and the centuries-old French tradition of blending wines.

Lieb Cellars Estate Meritage is a classic Bordeaux blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot.  This cellar worthy wine will only get better with allowing those dark chocolate and umami notes to continue to develop.