{"id":22950,"date":"2019-02-25T16:06:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T16:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=22950"},"modified":"2019-02-25T16:06:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T16:06:39","slug":"more-airport-lounge-wines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/uncategorized\/more-airport-lounge-wines","title":{"rendered":"More airport lounge wines"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Off to Vancouver, so a bit of time in BA’s T3 Galleries lounge. Sampled the wines, just as I did a couple of weeks ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reata Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2016 California<\/strong>
\n14% alcohol. This is a new one to me, and it’s clearly a reasonably ambitious wine, although fairly technologically made. Quite rich with some apricot, pineapple and spice notes. Mouthfilling with good acidity. Lots going on here, and although it is ripe it shows good balance. 90\/100<\/p>\n

Morgadio Albari\u00f1o 2017 Rias Baixas, Spain<\/strong>
\nFresh and citrussy with clean, modern linear fruity flavours. Nice brightness. Polished commercial style. 87\/100<\/p>\n

Ch\u00e2teau Barde-Haut Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2011 Bordeaux, France<\/strong>
\n14% alcohol. Quite classic, combining sweet blackcurrant and berry fruits with some tar, ash and gravel notes. There\u2019s some lushness, but it\u2019s a bit drying on the finish. Still, there\u2019s a lot to lie about this wine, which shows quite a bit of mellow development. 89\/100<\/p>\n

Cline Zinfandel 2014 Lodi, California<\/strong>
\n14% alcohol. Sweet and lush with a tea, ginger, cinnamon and herb edge to the ripe strawberry and cherry fruit. There\u2019s also a savoury clove and cedar spiciness. It\u2019s an unusual wine but it has quite a bit of appeal. I think you taste the winemaking here, as well as Zinfandel, which I usually struggle with a bit. 86\/100<\/p>\n

Ch\u00e2teau de Ruth Grande Selection C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne Villages Sainte Cecile 2016<\/strong>
\n14.5% alcohol. A private label wine for British Airways. Ripe, rich and slightly baked with pruny blackberry fruit. Lush, rich and warm. Grainy texture. Look: this is a well made, ripe wine, but that’s about all it is. Big, lush and ripe. 86\/100<\/p>\n

Sutil Carmenere Reserve 2016 Colchagua, Chile<\/strong>
\nGreen edge to the sweet blackberry fruit. Quite chalky. Finishes green and awkward. It’s drinkable, but not enjoyable. Carmenere is a hard variety to get right. 82\/100<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Off to Vancouver, so a bit of time in BA’s T3 Galleries lounge. Sampled the wines, just as I did a couple of weeks ago. Reata Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2016…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22950","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=22950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22952,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22950\/revisions\/22952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}