{"id":886,"date":"2005-11-23T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-23T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/2005\/11\/23\/wine-reviews-ctes-du-rhne-2004-and\/"},"modified":"2015-06-19T00:25:11","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T23:25:11","slug":"wine-reviews-ctes-du-rhne-2004-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/2005\/11\/23\/wine-reviews-ctes-du-rhne-2004-and\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine reviews: C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne 2004 and Touraine: Curv\u00e9e du Savoir 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"C\u00f4tes<\/a>
\nBoth of these wines cost 4,50\u20ac. Both these wines are appellations contr\u00f4l\u00e9es, meaning they’re named for a region and only wines from that region may have that name. There the similarity ends.<\/p>\n

The C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne 2004 has a fruity nose with strong hints of apple and an afterthought of vanilla. The taste is syrupy, but not sweet, creating a disharmony between the nose and the mouth. It has a slightly acidic flavor, with a hint of lemon peel and an overtone of unripe fruit. Unlike most modestly priced wines, it’ has fat, slow-forming legs, showing a certain viscosity that I haven’t before seen in wines I’ve purchased in Paris.
\nThe winery is Vignerons de Beaumes de Venise S.C.A. Vaucluse – France. I bought this bottle at a wine shop I’d never been in before. I’m going to assume it’s not representative of C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne.
\nThe Touraine: Curv\u00e9e du Savoir 2003 was fruity and understated. It faded quietly to the background when paired with cream of broccoli soup. I can’t say much about it because it didn’t have much to say. It would probably go with anything and it’s very drinkable: light and fruity. There is absolutely nothing to complain about. It uses Gamay grapes which are fruity and tend to be lower alcohol (this wine is 12% vs 14% for the other bottle).
\nThe winery is Coteaux Romains 41140 Saint Romain\/s\/cher – france
\nSince Nicole is gone, I probably won’t be reviewing any wine for a while. I’m thinking of settling down with the 3\u20ac wine form the fromagerie (the Pigmentum) because it’s cheap and good and I can get 3 bottles of it for the same price at 2 bottles of these more expensive wines what tell you things like what kind of grapes they have. However, I think there’s a wine show next weekend, so maybe I’ll have things to talk about from that.
\nTags: Wine<\/a>, Paris<\/a>, Celesteh<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Both of these wines cost 4,50\u20ac. Both these wines are appellations contr\u00f4l\u00e9es, meaning they’re named for a region and only wines from that region may have that name. There the similarity ends. The C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne 2004 has a fruity nose with strong hints of apple and an afterthought of vanilla. The taste is syrupy, … Continue reading Wine reviews: C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne 2004 and Touraine: Curv\u00e9e du Savoir 2003<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3125,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions\/3125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}