Primary Fermenter Smell

I am currently using a plastic bucket as my primary fermenter for 6 gallon wine kits. Part way through process on my first kit, which is also my first batch of wine, so still learning. :)

Anyway, I chose a Vintner's Reserve Merlot kit. Hopefully it will turn out pbuttable, will see. But my concern is that I washed out primary after I had racked to secondary(following instructions supplied by local shopowner, rather than those that came with kit). But even after a pretty good wash wish dish soap,a nd then multiple rinses with hot tap water(and I run my water heater pretty hot), the fermenter still smells noticably of merlot. My concern is as to whether or not this will adversely affect the wine if I try another kit in here, particularly if I go with a white wine for the next batch. I am also doing smaller 1 gallon batches of various concentrate-fruit wines as I go(have two in open fermentation right now), but would also like to continue working with the kits too(and progressively go to better kits, and longer time making them and aging them to increase the quality of final product). Just want to know if I should have at least two primary fermenters(one for whites, one for reds), even more, for variosu families of tastes, or if the single fermenter will be fine. A slight hint of taste-bouquet of merlot doesn't bother me at all, just don't want it to be so overpowering that it will ruin a batch of say chardonnay.

Anyway, sorry for babbling on, just found this newsgroup, and have read all the messages my server stored(going to hit newsgroup on google now to go back farther), and I figured this would be a good place to ask, trying to limit trips to local shop, I keep spending money when I go there. :)

Joel