{"id":1199,"date":"2013-04-17T19:30:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T19:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/?p=1199"},"modified":"2013-04-17T19:30:11","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T19:30:11","slug":"malbec-world-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/2013\/malbec-world-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Malbec World Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><b>Wednesday, April 17th is Malbec World Day! \u00a0Let&#8217;s taste a couple of Malbecs today to celebrate.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Tasting-4-17-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1200\" alt=\"Tasting 4-17-13\" src=\"http:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Tasting-4-17-13-224x300.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Tasting-4-17-13-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Tasting-4-17-13-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Tasting-4-17-13.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><b>Graffigna Reserve Malbec from Argentina ($15.99)<\/b> &#8211; &#8220;Good medium ruby. Classic malbec aromas of blackberry and licorice lifted by a violet top note. Juicy and dry, with a firm acid\/tannin spine giving shape and lift to the currant, plum and spicy oak flavors. The persistent finish shows a lightly saline quality and repeating spicy oak.&#8221;\u00a0 88 Points\u00a0 International Wine Cellar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><b>Colome Estate Malbec from Argentina ($26.99)<\/b> &#8211; &#8220;Colome\u2019s Estate Malbec is annually one of Argentina\u2019s better values. The 2009 Estate Malbec (85%) contains small amounts of Tannat, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Syrah in its blend. It spent 15 months in barrel, 30% new American, the balance second-use French with the fruit sourced from some of the world\u2019s most elevated vineyards. It is purple in color with a captivating nose of cedar, Asian spices, incense, violets, black licorice, espresso, and assorted back fruits. Made in a racy style with uplifting acidity, it is a beautifully proportioned offering with exceptional elegance and length. Give it several more years of cellaring and drink this fantastic value from 2013 to 2024.&#8221; <b>92 Points The Wine Advocate<\/b>\u00a0 85% Malbec, 8% Tannat, 3% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Syrah, 2% Petit Verdot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Like us on Facebook!<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, April 17th is Malbec World Day! \u00a0Let&#8217;s taste a couple of Malbecs today to celebrate. Graffigna Reserve Malbec from Argentina ($15.99) &#8211; &#8220;Good medium ruby. Classic malbec aromas of blackberry and licorice lifted by a violet top note. Juicy and dry, with a firm&#8230;<\/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-1199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1199"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1202,"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions\/1202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}