{"id":11291,"date":"2015-02-23T19:11:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T19:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=11291"},"modified":"2015-02-23T19:11:33","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T19:11:33","slug":"five-nice-rhone-wines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/rhone\/five-nice-rhone-wines","title":{"rendered":"Five nice Rh\u00f4ne wines"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"delas<\/p>\n

Some notes on five Rh\u00f4ne wines that I selected for last week\u2019s C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne wines Google hangout. It was fun trying these with fellow bloggers, and \u2013 remarkably \u2013 the hangout went through with no technical issues at all! If you have 1 h 17 min spare you can watch the whole thing here<\/a>, although I believe and edited highlights version will soon be available. [Disclosure: I was paid to host the hangout, but these are my honest opinions on the wines.]<\/p>\n

Delas Fr\u00e8res St Esprit 2012 C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne, France<\/strong>
\nRich, sweet and meaty with lovely rounded berry and black fruits. Warm with a hint of olive and pepper. This is a ripe, Syrah-dominant wine and it shows lovely richness. 90\/100 (\u00a39.99 Majestic)<\/p>\n

\"chaume<\/p>\n

Domaine Arnaud Chaume C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne 2012 France<\/strong>
\nChocolatey, rich and dense with spicy fruit and notes of herbs. Lovely blackberry fruit with some peppery characters and a hint of aniseed. A full bodied wine with a savoury edge to it. 91\/100 (\u00a312.25 Berry Bros & Rudd)<\/p>\n

\"bouquet<\/p>\n

Le Clos de Caillou Le Bouquet des Garrigues C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne 2012 France<\/strong>
\nFloral, aromatic and warm with berry and cherry fruit. It\u2019s silky, pure and elegant with lovely focus and some peppery notes and a touch of pot pourri. Yes, the alcohol is evident, but this is a really impressive wine. 93\/100 (\u00a316.75 H2Vin)<\/p>\n

\"vernay<\/p>\n

Domaine Georges Vernay C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne Sainte-Agathe 2012 France<\/strong>
\nThis is a varietal Syrah from the northern Rh\u00f4ne, and it\u2019s great. Notes of olives, black pepper, grilled meat and even violets. Sweet palate is smooth and ripe with lovely blackberry fruit. So delicious and fine. Warm and ripe but it has a silkiness to it. 93\/100 (\u00a319.95 Berry Bros & Rudd)<\/p>\n

\"coudoulet<\/p>\n

Coudoulet de Beaucastel 2012 C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne, France<\/strong>
\nSpicy and grippy with lovely peppery black fruits. Smooth, balanced and powerful with lovely plums and berries, and some grippy structure. A lovely wine. 92\/100 (\u00a316.63 The Little Big Wine Company)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some notes on five Rh\u00f4ne wines that I selected for last week\u2019s C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne wines Google hangout. It was fun trying these with fellow bloggers, and \u2013 remarkably \u2013…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,32],"tags":[376,365],"class_list":["post-11291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-france","category-rhone","tag-france","tag-rhone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11291"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11298,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11291\/revisions\/11298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}