Variety of wine (6)
(Other definitions for rose that I've seen before include "Pink wine - flower" , "Flower - climbed" , "vacated bed" , "Gained height" , "mounted" .)
(Other definitions for merlot that I've seen before include "Wine made from bad elm rot" , "Strange wine made from elm rot" , "French variety of grape" , "Grape makes elm rot" , "Black wine grape" .)