{"id":12185,"date":"2015-07-04T08:02:14","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T08:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=12185"},"modified":"2015-07-04T08:02:14","modified_gmt":"2015-07-04T08:02:14","slug":"some-lovely-portuguese-whites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/portugal\/some-lovely-portuguese-whites","title":{"rendered":"Some lovely Portuguese whites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12187\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8172-500x370.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8172\" width=\"500\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8172-500x370.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8172-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8172-400x296.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8172.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some Portuguese whites, tasted with lunch on the Lisbon coast. All impressive, and not too expensive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Soalheiro Vinho Verde 2014 Portugal<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is benchmark Alvarinho from one of the top producers in the region. Lively precise pear and grapefruit flavours, showing nice focus with some spiciness. Precise with a lemony finish. 91\/100<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8173-500x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8173\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8173-500x300.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8173-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8173-400x240.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8173.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redoma Branco 2013 Douro, Portugal<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is so good. Nuts, fennel, spice and pear with subtle wax and toast. Generous and a bit spicy with lovely texture. 92\/00<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12189\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8174-500x318.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8174\" width=\"500\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8174-500x318.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8174-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8174-400x254.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8174.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tr\u00eas Bagos Sauvignon Blanc 2014 Douro, Portugal<\/strong><br \/>\nThis Douro Sauvignon is turning into a bit of a classic, although it is not a typical wine from the region. Very fresh, sweet grassy blackcurrant and citrus fruit dominates. Very attractive and bright, with pear and peach richness. 90\/100<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12190\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8175-500x359.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8175\" width=\"500\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8175-500x359.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8175-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8175-400x287.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8175.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quinta do Passadouro Branco 2014 Douro, Portugal<\/strong><br \/>\nA really pure, focused Douro white with citrus and pear, fruit, as well as a bit of mineral character. Lovely. 91\/100<\/p>\n<p>Find these wines\u00a0with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wine-searcher.com\/index.lml?referring_site=WAN\" target=\"_blank\">wine-searcher.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Portuguese whites, tasted with lunch on the Lisbon coast. All impressive, and not too expensive. Soalheiro Vinho Verde 2014 Portugal This is benchmark Alvarinho from one of the top&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[362,350,129],"class_list":["post-12185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-portugal","tag-douro","tag-portugal","tag-vinho-verde"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12185","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=12185"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12191,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12185\/revisions\/12191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}