{"id":4680,"date":"2012-04-11T22:40:29","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T22:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=4680"},"modified":"2012-04-11T22:40:29","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T22:40:29","slug":"two-great-older-whites-burgundy-and-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/south-africa\/two-great-older-whites-burgundy-and-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"Two great older whites: Burgundy and South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMGP6990.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4685\" title=\"IMGP6990\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMGP6990.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMGP6990.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMGP6990-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMGP6990-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMGP6990-400x272.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Had these two fabulous older whites, and thought they deserved a blog post of their own. Both have aged beautifully.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Domaine Marc Morey 1er Cru Virondot Chassagne Montrachet 1999 Burgundy, France<\/strong><br \/>\nToasty, taut and complex with spicy notes and fresh citrus, as well as some bready character. Satisfying and broad with real finesse and good acidity. 94\/100<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMGP6994.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4686\" title=\"kleinconstantiablancdeblancs1987\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMGP6994.jpg\" alt=\"kleinconstantiablancdeblancs1987\" width=\"500\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMGP6994.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMGP6994-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMGP6994-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMGP6994-400x272.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Klein Constantia Blanc de Blancs 1987 South Africa<\/strong><br \/>\nQuite remarkable. The cork is very soft and wine-soaked, but the wine itself is still fully alive. Complex and spicy with notes of grapefruit, melon, toast and nuts. Complex and profound, with a distinctively sweet character. Rich and stylish \u2013 drinking beautifully now. 94\/100<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Had these two fabulous older whites, and thought they deserved a blog post of their own. Both have aged beautifully. Domaine Marc Morey 1er Cru Virondot Chassagne Montrachet 1999 Burgundy,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,49],"tags":[379,153,374],"class_list":["post-4680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-burgundy","category-south-africa","tag-burgundy","tag-constantia","tag-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4680","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=4680"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4687,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4680\/revisions\/4687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}