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TO TRY: Havens Winery Merlot 1997, €49.50 terroirs.ie

The husband and wife team of Mike and Catherine Havens stopped growing chardonnay at their eponymous winery in 1991 to focus, instead, all their attention on their merlot. The couple’s pivot was to create some stellar wines. This is precision-balanced merlot, a merlot with a little age, full of those cocoa, raspberry and cherry notes you’re looking for, as well as those earthier, more mysterious ...