{"id":182,"date":"2007-12-08T22:47:30","date_gmt":"2007-12-09T05:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wineintheshower.com\/?p=182"},"modified":"2009-09-29T22:08:26","modified_gmt":"2009-09-30T05:08:26","slug":"early-tastings-aussie-chard-chamblaise-cab-merlot-burgundy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/2007\/12\/08\/early-tastings-aussie-chard-chamblaise-cab-merlot-burgundy\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Tastings: Aussie Chard, Chamblaise, Cab-Merlot, Burgundy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few notes on the latest wines.\u00a0 It is a little early for most of them, but you don&#8217;t know how they&#8217;re developing without tasting!<\/p>\n<p>Australian Chardonnay: A little soon after bottling to taste, but I couldn\u2019t help myself.\u00a0 Still too young, but nice. Buttery nose, lots of heavy oak in the attack and flavors fall a little short after that. Quite crisp. Lingering finish. Drinkable now, but will be very nice in a few months. Probably not giftable at this point.<\/p>\n<p>Also popped a bottle of Chamblaise, from the first set.\u00a0 A very nice drinking wine. Definitely changed a lot over time, a lot more vegetal especially in the nose. Very crisp and clean. Worth the work, this one gave me trouble both bottlings this year.<\/p>\n<p>Cab merlot tasting: 6 month tasting (close enough). Very fruity nose, smells and tastes very young still. Flavors rounding out but still not quite balanced, but falling into place. Hopefully will mellow out in a few more months. Slightly sour. No soapiness, no fizz. Definitely improving with age.<\/p>\n<p>Bourgeron Rouge: 6 week tasting! Still very young, but shaping up nicely. Sourness is tamed but still present. Tastes not unlike a Beaujolais Nouveau. Sour cherry in the nose with a little soapiness. Bright fruity flavors of cherry and plums, maybe a little overripe strawberry. A little spice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few notes on the latest wines.\u00a0 It is a little early for most of them, but you don&#8217;t know how they&#8217;re developing without tasting! Australian Chardonnay: A little soon after bottling to taste, but I couldn\u2019t help myself.\u00a0 Still too young, but nice. Buttery nose, lots of heavy oak in the attack and flavors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15,16,6,12,17,4,27,5],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions\/613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}