{"id":1102,"date":"2008-10-18T15:16:55","date_gmt":"2008-10-18T23:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2008-11-14T15:44:50","modified_gmt":"2008-11-14T23:44:50","slug":"dessert-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/18\/dessert-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Dessert stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Paradise Ridge Winery, Russian River Valley, Ode to Joy, Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc 2007<\/strong><br \/>\nLots of complexity in this wine, with honey galore &#8211; very reminiscent of Sauternes. This dessert wine was crafted to honor the memory of Marijke Byck-Hoenselaars. 44 degrees brix at harvest. Winemaker Dan Barwick. P&amp;B in Santa Rosa. 13.2% $28.99 for a 375ml at Bottle Barn. <a title=\"PRWinery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prwinery.com\" target=\"_blank\">PRWinery<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hart&#8217;s Desire, Russian River Valley, Ponzo Vineyard, Late Harvest, Zinfandel 2006 <\/strong>1 of 4 bottles opened was corked. 7% RS after 35 degrees brix at harvest Bottled in Cloverdale 14.2% $17.99 at Bottle Barn for a 375ml bottle <a title=\"Hart's Desire\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hartsdesirewines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Hart&#8217;s Desire<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pedroncelli, Dry Creek Valley, Four Grapes, Vintage Port 2003 <\/strong>This wine has the structure one associates with the vintage versions from the Duoro. The grapes behind this wine are Tinta Madeira, Souzao, Touriga and Tinta Cao. The wine was aged in oak for 2 years. P&amp;B in Geyserville 19.6% $11.99 at Bottle Barn and $15.99 at Traverso&#8217;s for a 500ml bottle <a title=\"Pedroncelli\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pedroncelli.com\" target=\"_blank\">Pedroncelli<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paradise Ridge Winery, Russian River Valley, Ode to Joy, Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc 2007 Lots of complexity in this wine, with honey galore &#8211; very reminiscent of Sauternes. This dessert wine was crafted to honor the memory of Marijke Byck-Hoenselaars. 44 degrees brix at harvest. Winemaker Dan Barwick. P&amp;B in Santa Rosa. 13.2% $28.99 for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,24,9,22,29,27,106,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california","category-dry-creek-valley","category-late-harvest-red","category-late-harvest-white","category-port","category-russian-river-valley","category-sauvignon-blanc","category-zinfandel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1102"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1114,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions\/1114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}