{"id":6364,"date":"2010-06-26T17:26:34","date_gmt":"2010-06-27T01:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/?p=6364"},"modified":"2010-06-26T17:26:34","modified_gmt":"2010-06-27T01:26:34","slug":"scala-dei-cartoixa-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/26\/scala-dei-cartoixa-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"Scala Dei Cartoixa 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Scala Dei, Priorat, Cartoixa 2003<\/strong> I found this bottle rattling around in the cellar and was delighted to have the opportunity to taste it again. A few years ago it was still rather tannic and while good, I knew that there were better days to come.<\/p>\n<p>And now those days are upon us. The structure has softened, showing a velvety impression on which the fruits have evolved from fresh to dry. It&#8217;s gaining that sweet-appearing character that mature red wines show and truly is in the window of optimum drinkability. There&#8217;s also an appropriate complement of leather adding to the complexity of the experience.<\/p>\n<p>We enjoyed this with a simple filet mignon, grilled and served without adornment. I&#8217;m a compulsive saucier but this time held back and am glad I did &#8211; the tender cut of beef off the barbecue with the mature wine was all we needed.<\/p>\n<p>The grapes behind this wine are 41% Grenache, 41% Syrah and 18% Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine was aged in French and American oak for 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Estate bottled in Scala Dei, a beautifully historic place  to visit. The estate is part of Grupo Codorniu. 14.5% purchased I can&#8217;t remember when for $27.99 at Bottle Barn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scala Dei, Priorat, Cartoixa 2003 I found this bottle rattling around in the cellar and was delighted to have the opportunity to taste it again. A few years ago it was still rather tannic and while good, I knew that there were better days to come. And now those days are upon us. The structure [&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":[89,15,187,84],"tags":[812],"class_list":["post-6364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cabernet-sauvignon","category-grenache","category-priorat","category-syrah","tag-scala-dei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6364","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=6364"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6378,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6364\/revisions\/6378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}