$10 Meritage

[Brom]

Geez, you can't read one more word on the label? A wine labelled "Bordeaux" can come from all over the map of that region with no further knowledge to the consumer. Unless a Meritage is labelled "American" the grapes didn't come from all over. Various meritage wines are lablled with their respective AVAs or even district or vineyard. If it is from Chile, it will say so. If it is not a Napa V. wine but a California wine, so be it.

While there indeed are traditional blends in the Bordeaux generally and at Chateau/producer specifically, tradition is not a specification. Individual chateaus change their blend from year to year - Lafite has in the past doubled the Merlot in the blend from one year to the next.