Yes, it's called Merlot wine.
Claret typically refers to red wine from the Bordeaux region in France. It is typically a blended wine made from grapes such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc.
Both are red but they are two different grapes. Merlot have been a blending grape into Cabernet for years to soften and round out the wine. Cabernet is the king of the reds and is the most full bodied of all red wines.
Grapes. Wine is made from grapes.
The wine estate Petrus is located in the Bordeux region of France. Petrus mainly produces red wine from Merlot grapes and at times, some Cabernet Franc.
No, Merlot is medium dry French wine.
Merlot is a wine. Wine is generally drunk straight.
Not only white grapes. Remember, you can make white wine from red grapes, but not red wine from white grapes.
Wine
Any white wine can be made from red grapes.
It is made mostly in Bordeaux.
Although the merlot grapes can be prepared in a way that the resultant wine is white, this is extremely rare. Most of the time, merlot IS a red wine and thus may be used when red wine is called for.
Merlot is a dark grape which is usually used to make red wine. Any dark grape can be used to make white wine by not letting the juice stand in the grapeskins as it is fermenting, but I don't know of any instance of Merlot grapes used to make white wine.