{"id":6390,"date":"2023-08-06T13:38:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T13:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/06\/montes-2012-alpha-cabernet-sauvignon\/"},"modified":"2023-08-06T13:38:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T13:38:42","slug":"montes-2012-alpha-cabernet-sauvignon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/06\/montes-2012-alpha-cabernet-sauvignon\/","title":{"rendered":"Montes 2012 Alpha Cabernet Sauvignon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Found this on the wine rack and thought, &#8220;maybe it&#8217;s time for an older wine&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Opens easily; for a 10+ year old wine the cork is in great shape, no seepage up the cork &#8211; the colour is all contained on the end. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-6389\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Montes_Alpha_2012a.jpg\" alt=\"Montes Alpha CS 2012\" style=\"margin-left: 7px; float: right;\" width=\"140\" height=\"187\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aromas<\/strong> &#8230; Might need to chill this wine a touch &#8211; it is coming off a little hot on the nose, but there certainly is quite a bit of dark fruit and spice: black cherry and mint dominate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taste<\/strong> &#8230; Nose does not lie: black cherry and mint, with blackberry, cassis and subtle smoke on the finish, this just lingers on the palate and makes one smack their lips looking for me.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Putting wine into the fridge for half an hour)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>1 &#8211; 2.5 hrs open<\/strong> &#8230; Lovely blackberry and spice. The mint is a feature that screams &#8220;Chile&#8221; to me. This is a delightful wine, ready now but still has a number of years ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f <strong>Bottom Line<\/strong> &#8230; Outstanding bottle of wine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Found this on the wine rack and thought, &#8220;maybe it&#8217;s time for an older wine&#8221;. Opens easily; for a 10+ year old wine the cork is in great shape, no seepage up the cork &#8211; the colour is all contained on the end. Aromas &#8230; Might need to chill this wine a touch &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-im-drinking-tonight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}