{"id":6159,"date":"2010-05-10T18:23:51","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T02:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/?p=6159"},"modified":"2010-05-10T18:23:51","modified_gmt":"2010-05-11T02:23:51","slug":"united-states-bordeaux-blends-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/10\/united-states-bordeaux-blends-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"United States Bordeaux blends 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kendall-Jackson, Knights Valley, Highland Estates, Trace Ridge, Red Wine 2006 <\/strong>Unfortunately this bottle is corked. The grapes behind this wine are 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot and 7% Petit Verdot. The wine was aged for 19 months in French oak, 45% of which was new. Vinted and bottled by Kendall-Jackson Vineyards &amp; Winery in Oakville 14.5% $75 at the winery <a title=\"KJ\" href=\"http:\/\/kj.com\" target=\"_blank\">Kendall-Jackson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rappahannock Cellars, Virginia, Meritage 2006 <\/strong>The nose features stewed fruit. In the mouth this fruit combines with a touch of oak in a light-bodied format. Produced and bottled in Huntly, VA 13.6% $29   at the winery for the current &#8217;07 vintage, <a title=\"Rappahannock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rappahannockcellars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rappahannock<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Franciscan, Napa Valley, Magnificat 2006 <\/strong>The nose exudes sweetness with ripe berries and vanilla. In the mouth, structure joins the fruit to create a food-friendly wine &#8211; nice. The grapes behind this wine are 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 3% Malbec and 1% Petit Verdot grown in Oakville. The wine spent 18 months aging in French oak. Vinted and bottled  in Oakville 14.5% $50 at the winery <a title=\"Franciscan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.franciscan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Franciscan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ecluse, Paso Robles, Ensemble 2006 <\/strong>The nose features Cassis and sweet brown spices. In the mouth currants and blackberries come through, with ripe tannins and moderate weight. The grapes behind this wine are 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Petit Verdot and 18% Merlot. Proprietors Steve and Pam Lock. Produced and bottled in Paso Robles 14.9% $38 at the winery <a title=\"Ecluse\" href=\"http:\/\/eclusewines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Ecluse<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kendall-Jackson, Knights Valley, Highland Estates, Trace Ridge, Red Wine 2006 Unfortunately this bottle is corked. The grapes behind this wine are 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot and 7% Petit Verdot. The wine was aged for 19 months in French oak, 45% of which was new. Vinted and bottled by Kendall-Jackson Vineyards &amp; Winery in Oakville [&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":[91,89,26,182,12,51,25,195],"tags":[782,781,490,780,779],"class_list":["post-6159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bordeaux-style-blends","category-cabernet-sauvignon","category-california","category-knights-valley","category-merlot","category-napa-valley","category-sonoma-county","category-virginia","tag-ecluse","tag-franciscan","tag-kendall-jackson","tag-rappahannock","tag-trace-ridge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6159","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=6159"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6177,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6159\/revisions\/6177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}