Takeaways: Cabernet Sauvignon Versus Merlot If you want a “softer”, less acidic wine with fewer tannins and a slightly fruitier flavor profile, choose Merlot. But if you're a fan of a bolder, rich and robust flavor, choose Cabernet Sauvignon.

Merlot tends to be a bit fruitier tasting than a Cab, but this doesn't mean it's a sweet wine. In fact, Merlot is considered a dry wine due to the tannin levels in the wine, but the flavor profile tends to lean towards fruits like berries, along with some earthy overtones like vanilla, clove and mocha.

This Merlot displays varietal aromas of cassis and liquorice. The palate is fleshy and mouth filling with flavours of plum, sweet spice and creamy vanillin oak.

Lindeman's is an Australian wine company, owned by Treasury Wine Estates. It was founded in 1843 by Dr Henry John Lindeman (died May 1881), who planted its first vines at "Cawarra", Gresford, on the Upper Paterson River in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales.