{"id":159,"date":"2015-02-21T20:34:18","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T20:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/?p=159"},"modified":"2015-02-21T20:45:19","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T20:45:19","slug":"hook-ladder-third-alarm-reserve-chardonnay-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/?p=159","title":{"rendered":"Hook &#038; Ladder &#8220;Third Alarm&#8221; Reserve Chardonnay 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had the pleasure of meeting with Mike and Lori DeLoach of Hook &amp; Ladder Winery recently for a portfolio tasting. Really enjoyed the profiles across the board (the Station Ten red blend and the Gewurztraminer being two of my favorites) although, after chatting a bit, learned that their personal favorite drinker wasn&#8217;t currently in the lineup we&#8217;d had. So an incredibly nice gift arrived for me yesterday: the Third Alarm Reserve 2012 Chardonnay.<\/p>\n<p>Echoing the style from the two whites I&#8217;d previously tasted of theirs, the lean and acid-friendly texture continues here. Bright saltines, buttered toast, caramel apples, along with\u00a0whiffs of guava and artichoke mix on the nose with a lovely subtle beachstone minerality. Meanwhile, a fresh bouquet of white flowers persists throughout. This is a refined and coy wine on the palate; the complexities lie in the subtleties. Underripe pineapple, red apples, and buttered popcorn form the core of the medley. There&#8217;s a wonderful tension here; the mid palate lifts while an underlying sheen of viscosity hugs the tongue making for a wonderful transition mid-sip that showcases its weight while still being light on its feet. Very pretty and long finish of nut-dusted citrus. The acidity is really what brings the whole thing together here, and then it&#8217;s helped along by its willingness to find comfort more in nuance rather than showiness. Lovely. 91 pts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hookladder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-162\" src=\"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hookladder-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"hookladder\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hookladder-300x230.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hookladder.jpg 971w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hookladderthirdalarm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-163\" src=\"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hookladderthirdalarm-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"hookladderthirdalarm\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hookladderthirdalarm-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hookladderthirdalarm.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had the pleasure of meeting with Mike and Lori DeLoach of Hook &amp; Ladder Winery recently for a portfolio tasting. Really enjoyed the profiles across the board (the Station Ten red blend and the Gewurztraminer being two of my favorites) although, after chatting a bit, learned that their personal favorite drinker wasn&#8217;t currently in the lineup we&#8217;d had. So an incredibly nice gift arrived for me yesterday: the Third Alarm Reserve 2012.. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/?p=159\">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\/159"}],"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=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions\/164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}