I really enjoy the classic components present here that offer punch without over-extraction. Aromas of charcoal briquette, black plum, and peppercorn-dusted prunes mix with touches of smoky beef jerky and bitter chocolate. Much of this is echoed into the palate, with a bit of a black raspberry lift kicking in; and there’s a pretty finish that mimics a nice chocolate stout. Great style that emphasizes peppery and meaty notes rather than alcohol and jamminess. 90 pts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I really enjoy the classic components present here that offer punch without over-extraction. Aromas of charcoal briquette, black plum, and peppercorn-dusted prunes mix with touches of smoky beef jerky and bitter chocolate. Much of this is echoed into the palate, with a bit of a black raspberry lift kicking in; and there’s a pretty finish that mimics a nice chocolate stout. Great style that emphasizes peppery and meaty notes rather than alcohol and.. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}