{"id":623,"date":"2012-12-10T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blucid.com\/wp\/?p=623"},"modified":"2012-12-10T07:29:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T15:29:00","slug":"stans-pick-for-december-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/?p=623","title":{"rendered":"STAN&#8217;S PICK FOR DECEMBER 2012&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/?p=623\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><strong>2009 Carmen Gran Reserva Carmenere Apalta Vineyard (Colchagua, Chile) &#8230; $14.99<\/p>\n<p>This is a stretch for me since I know that Carmenere can lean towards the veggie side, and there are quite a few of you out there that have a hard time with this style. That being said, this Carmenere has enough fruit to keep the veggie monster at bay making for a well-balanced, structured wine with nice complexity.<\/p>\n<p>Pepper driven on the nose with notes of tobacco leaf, dark fruits and a hit of tomato plant. Smooth tannins back dark fruit notes with an undertow of acidity. Currants and boysenberries with an underside of leather hit you on the mid-palate flowing into a somewhat dry and sultry finish showing notes of tomato leaf and warm pepper spice. Serve this wine at room temperature if you don&#8217;t want the veggie qualities to rear their head. If you like a little salad in your red wine, (Which I do from time to time) serve it on the cooler side and it will comply. <\/p>\n<p>I really like Carmenere, and I would like as many as possible to have it introduced to their palate. This is a good wine to try if it is your first experience with Carmenere. If you are already a fan, I think you are going to love it!<\/p>\n<p>By the way, Carmenere is a great food wine and if you plan on Prime Rib for your Christmas meal&#8230;Wow!  93+ points<\/p>\n<p>I hope you all have a great holiday season. Cheers! Stan The Wine Man<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2009 Carmen Gran Reserva Carmenere Apalta Vineyard (Colchagua, Chile) &#8230; $14.99 This is a stretch for me since I know that Carmenere can lean towards the veggie side, and there are quite a few of you out there that have &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/?p=623\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-stans-pick-of-the-month"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3dRZl-a3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623"}],"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=623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":624,"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions\/624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}