{"id":52,"date":"2011-05-25T20:13:59","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T03:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blucid.com\/wp\/?p=52"},"modified":"2011-05-25T20:13:59","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T03:13:59","slug":"stans-pick-for-february-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/?p=52","title":{"rendered":"STAN’S PICK FOR FEBRUARY 2011…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2009 Oak Grove Reserve Petite Sirah<\/span><\/p>\n

After tasting many wines this past month I can find none more deserving then this effort to be my pick for February. Not only because the price is ridunculous, it is simply very good wine. Check out my review below and make sure you stock up on a few bottles of this gem. It is seriously worth it. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I revisited the Oak Grove Petite Sirah recently because I have not tried these wines for some time and I knew that although the label has something to be desired, the wines have a good reputation. I was so impressed that I had to go back a second and third time to make sure that my assessment was correct. Very impressive wine not only for the money, but period. The nose gave off nuances of cherries and blueberries with just the slightest hint of smoke. On the palate it was round yet structured. Dark cherries and black raspberries with a back-round of smokey bacon that comes through nicely on the mid-palate into a lasting finish of blueberry and cherry. Good balance, good acidity and wonderful integration of flavors. Not super complex, but a lot more then you might expect from\u00a0a wine that is only nine bucks. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I am seriously considering buying quite a few bottles and storing them away to see how they do over the next couple of years if I can wait that long. Do not miss out on this great value since it will match up nicely with the pizza you are enjoying for the Superbowl or ribs or burgers or ???\u00a0\u00a0 90 points (No Kidding)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2009 Oak Grove Reserve Petite Sirah After tasting many wines this past month I can find none more deserving then this effort to be my pick for February. Not only because the price is ridunculous, it is simply very good … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stans-pick-of-the-month","tag-wine-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3dRZl-Q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53,"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}