{"id":1195,"date":"2008-10-28T17:52:57","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T01:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2008-10-29T10:53:53","modified_gmt":"2008-10-29T18:53:53","slug":"wines-of-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/28\/wines-of-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Wines of France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Verget, Macon Villages, &#8220;Grand Elevage&#8221; 2006 <\/strong>There&#8217;s a mix of minerality and doughy notes in the nose while the mouth is steely with a bit of slipperiness coating the tongue, adding richness to the austerity. From Jean-Marie Guffen, whose Chardonnays have been a consistent spot-on value in notes back to the 2003 vintage. Vinifie et mis en bouteilles in Sologny. 13% $11.49 at Bottle Barn <a title=\"Verget\" href=\"http:\/\/www.verget-sa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Verget<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lucien Albrecht , Alsace, Gewurztraminer, Reserve 2007 <\/strong>Open up a new bar of soap and here you are with immense perfume in the nose. There&#8217;s a bit of RS adding to a soft acid profile where the tropical fruits are alive. This wine cries out for a salty chunk of ham or a freshly made tarte flambe. Winemaker and proprietor Jean Albrecht. Bottled in Orschwihr 13% $16.49 at Bottle Barn <a title=\"Albrecht\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lucien-albrecht.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Albrecht<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verget, Macon Villages, &#8220;Grand Elevage&#8221; 2006 There&#8217;s a mix of minerality and doughy notes in the nose while the mouth is steely with a bit of slipperiness coating the tongue, adding richness to the austerity. From Jean-Marie Guffen, whose Chardonnays have been a consistent spot-on value in notes back to the 2003 vintage. Vinifie et [&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":[34,96,83,35,37,346],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alsace","category-burgundy","category-chardonnay","category-france","category-gewurztraminer","category-macon-villages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195","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=1195"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1212,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions\/1212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}