{"id":2557,"date":"2012-06-19T20:32:21","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T04:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wineintheshower.com\/?p=2557"},"modified":"2012-07-21T05:52:04","modified_gmt":"2012-07-21T13:52:04","slug":"blending-trials-for-three-pelicans-blend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/2012\/06\/19\/blending-trials-for-three-pelicans-blend\/","title":{"rendered":"Blending Trials for Three Pelicans Blend"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve been planning to make a blend similar to Duckhorn’s “Paraduxx”<\/a> for a while; their blend is a combination of Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot.\u00a0 I was planning to substitute my 2009 Primitivo<\/a> for the zinfandel, but in a previous blending trial the primitivo just overwhelmed all of the other varietals and any blend was completely out of balance.\u00a0 However, we had a bottle of syrah open and that worked quite well with the cabernet sauvignon and merlot.\u00a0 So, my hubby and I gave that combination a fresh try, as I’m ready to get this blend in a bottle.<\/p>\n

We tried a few combinations with various percentages of each.\u00a0 On their own, the 2010 Syrah<\/a> was a bit acidic and has a slight acetone note<\/a>; this needs to be remedied regardless of the final blend!\u00a0 The 2009 Merlot has a good oak note with ripe red fruits on the tongue.\u00a0 The 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon is from a friend, this wine has menthol aromas with hint of mint on the tongue, and is somewhat sweet tasting.<\/p>\n

The first blend was ~50% syrah, 25% merlot and 25% cabernet, and tasted not unlike a cherry cough drop.\u00a0 Next we tried a 1:1:1 blend of the 3; this blend had good balance, though the acetone notes from the syrah were distracting.\u00a0 We then put together a blend of 25% syrah, 50% merlot , and 25% cabernet.\u00a0 This blend was pretty good, the fruit and spice from the syrah and cabernet gave the merlot a nice balance and rounded out the mid-palate, good oak and acidity balance.\u00a0 Finally, we tested 25% syrah, 25% merlot, and 50% cabernet sauvignon.\u00a0 This blend was very fruit-forward, but the acidity was out of balance.<\/p>\n

To make the final cut we tasted the 1:1:1 blend against the 50% merlot blend.\u00a0 In the end, the even blend had the best balance, though the 50% merlot was good.\u00a0 Now I just need to fix the acetone problem once and for all in the 2010 syrah and find time to put the blend in the bottle!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been planning to make a blend similar to Duckhorn’s “Paraduxx” for a while; their blend is a combination of Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot.\u00a0 I was planning to substitute my 2009 Primitivo for the zinfandel, but in a previous blending trial the primitivo just overwhelmed all of the other varietals and any blend was […]<\/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":[55,53,42,60,33,4,32,45,68,62,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557"}],"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=2557"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2568,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557\/revisions\/2568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}