{"id":331,"date":"2008-07-15T12:07:31","date_gmt":"2008-07-15T20:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/?p=331"},"modified":"2008-10-01T20:17:53","modified_gmt":"2008-10-02T04:17:53","slug":"jeffersonian-syrah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/15\/jeffersonian-syrah\/","title":{"rendered":"All over Rhone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monticello, Napa Valley, Oak Knoll District, Estate Grown, Syrah 2005 <\/strong>Lush and graced by black fruits and a bit of black pepper. P&B in Napa 14.5% $ at the winery Monticello<\/a><\/p>\n

Trinafour, Mendocino County, Niemi Vineyard, Carignane 2006 <\/strong>There’s ample acidity to give this wine some tang and the tannins are ripe and refined. Sourced from a vineyard planted in the 1950s and cultivated organicalley. There’s a bit of Petit Sirah included as well. V&B in Hopland 14.3% $22.50 at Traverso’s<\/p>\n

Margerum, Santa Barbara County, M5 2005 <\/strong>The fruit and perfume say new world in this approachable wine that is not short on density. This Rhone blend is 55% Syrah, 18% Grenache, 14% Mourvedre, 7% Cinsault and 2% Counoise. P&B in Los Olivos 14.5% $23.99 at Bottle Barn Margerum<\/a><\/p>\n

Vieux Telegraphe, <\/span>Chateauneuf-du-Pape, T\u00c3\u00a9l\u00c3\u00a9gramme 2006 <\/strong><\/span>The previous vintage featured earth and black pepper, a fairly big structure with warmth. After 3 hours, the fruit really started to show. Again with this wine, the ’06 there is tannin to chew on and fruit to be showy, this time coming through more readily. <\/span>The tannins are definitely riper\u00a0 creating a softer impression than with the ’05. Mis par Brunier et fils a Bedarrides, 90 Grenache and 10 Mourvedre, mostly from the Plateau de <\/span>la Crau from vines averaging 25 years old 14.5% $39 at Traverso’s Vieux Telegraphe<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monticello, Napa Valley, Oak Knoll District, Estate Grown, Syrah 2005 Lush and graced by black fruits and a bit of black pepper. P&B in Napa 14.5% $ at the winery Monticello Trinafour, Mendocino County, Niemi Vineyard, Carignane 2006 There’s ample acidity to give this wine some tang and the tannins are ripe and refined. Sourced […]<\/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":[26,264,248,35,15,28,150,51,263,11,118,71,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california","category-carignane","category-chateauneuf-du-pape","category-france","category-grenache","category-mendocino-county","category-mourvedre","category-napa-valley","category-oak-knoll-district","category-rhone","category-rhone-blend","category-santa-barbara-county","category-syrah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331","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=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":880,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions\/880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}