{"id":1151,"date":"2009-04-07T06:13:07","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T11:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=1151"},"modified":"2009-04-07T06:13:38","modified_gmt":"2009-04-07T11:13:38","slug":"balistreri-2007-colorado-zinfandel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/07\/balistreri-2007-colorado-zinfandel\/","title":{"rendered":"Balistreri 2007 Colorado Zinfandel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1152\" style=\"border: 5px solid transparent;\" title=\"balistreri1\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/balistreri1.jpg\" alt=\"balistreri1\" width=\"229\" height=\"288\" \/>The easy to drink Zinfandel explodes with ripe juicy blackberry flavor. The red translucent color is a bit deceiving because this wine packs a punch that you may not notice. It has a delightful aroma of blackberries and spices. The velvet mouth feel gives way to a very fruity taste. The finish is crisp and fruity. There is no heat from alcohol on the finish, surprising for a wine that 16.5 percent alcohol. This is so easy to drink you may not notice the alcohol levels until after you finished the bottle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">We decided to pair the wine with a beef stew that had been slow cooking on a wood burning stove for most of the day. The stew lessened the fruit flavor a bit, although the Zinfandel was still fruity. It also matched well with the perceived sweetness of the wine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Balistreri Winery is in Denver, less than a half hour drive from Denver International Airport. It is well worth a visit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Wine Trail Traveler <a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/colorado\/balistreri.php\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">For more <a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/listings\/colorado\/balistreri.php\" target=\"_blank\">information<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Balistreri 2007 Colorado Zinfandel\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=1151\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The easy to drink Zinfandel explodes with ripe juicy blackberry flavor. The red translucent color is a bit deceiving because this wine packs a punch that you may not notice. It has a delightful aroma of blackberries and spices. The velvet mouth feel gives way to a very fruity taste. The finish is crisp and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[394,110,115,137],"class_list":["post-1151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-taste-of-wine","tag-balistreri","tag-colorado","tag-colorado-wines","tag-zinfandel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1151"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1154,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151\/revisions\/1154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}