Merlot vs Pinot noir
Merlot is fuller and more tannic.
Sweetness, body, tannin and acidity are our rating of a typical dry table wine from each grape.
vs
- Bone dry
- Sweetness
- Bone dry
- Full
- Body
- Light
- Medium
- Tannin
- Low
- Medium
- Acidity
- High
- 13 to 14.5%
- Alcohol
- 12.5 to 14%
- 15 to 17 °C
- Serve at
- 13 to 16 °C
- Bordeaux, Long Island, Napa Valley, Sonoma County
- Regions
- France Burgundy | Champagne | United States Santa Barbara Region | Santa Cruz Mountains | Russian River Valley | Willamette Valley | New Zealand Central Otago | Marlborough | Martinborough | Australia Tasmania | Mornington Peninsula | Yarra Valley | Romania | Germany | Chile | Canada | England | South Africa
Only Merlot
Both pair with
No pairing in common.
Only Pinot noir
Sources
Style profiles, pairings and serving figures are our own assessment. Regions and origins: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Wikidata (CC0); see the Merlot and Pinot noir pages.