(Madiran; 60% Tannat, 40% Cabernet Franc)\u00a0Attractive nose of campfire smoke, spiced blackberries, dates, and prunes with slight floral hints of violets; lingering bursts of sweet clove dance throughout. There’s a sappy yet dry\/stalky composure to the mouthfeel, showing red and black plums, craisins, black olives, and a dusting of soft, dark clay. Tannins (as to be expected from Tannat) show their grip, but it does retain a good acid balance. A nice offering but comes across somewhat as a solid boxer that lacks a decisive finishing blow. The value here, though, is superb. 89+ pts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(Madiran; 60% Tannat, 40% Cabernet Franc)\u00a0Attractive nose of campfire smoke, spiced blackberries, dates, and prunes with slight floral hints of violets; lingering bursts of sweet clove dance throughout. There’s a sappy yet dry\/stalky composure to the mouthfeel, showing red and black plums, craisins, black olives, and a dusting of soft, dark clay. Tannins (as to be expected from Tannat) show their grip, but it does retain a good acid balance. A nice offering.. 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\/56"}],"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=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}