Merlot is on the softer and "fleshiness" side while Cabernet Sauvignon has more tannin.
Merlot is deemed to be ''softer'' and ''fleshy'' than cabernet which is usually smokier and deeper.
I would love to take a wine tasting course. Sounds interesting, you would be partaking in a practice that has been more formalized since the 1300s. Neat, I recently got a Cabernet Sauvignon, do you know much about it? Cabernet Sauvignon is a red wine and a part of the most widely recognized ones. What about Merlot?, could you tell me what is different about it?
Its softness and ''fleshiness'', combined with its earlier ripening, makes Merlot a popular grape for blending with the sterner, later-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon, which tends to be higher in tannin.