{"id":16360,"date":"2019-01-31T10:05:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T15:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=16360"},"modified":"2019-01-31T10:05:06","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T15:05:06","slug":"discover-a-boutique-french-winery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/31\/discover-a-boutique-french-winery\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover a Boutique French Winery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16364\" style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mazarin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16364\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16364\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mazarin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mazarin 2017 from Clos Gu\u00e9rin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Clos Gu\u00e9rin is located in the C\u00f4tes-du-Rh\u00f4ne appellation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0The winery and vineyards are located on a plateau that is affected by the famed mistral winds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Clos Gu\u00e9rin has a long heritage in the wine growing industry. As far back as the 1800s, the family was growing grapes as well as many farm products including vegetables and fruits such as peaches and figs. During the mid 1900s, they added milk production and poultry to the farm.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When the agricultural endeavors failed to provide a proper living, the descendants turned to other pursuits including sculpting wood\/oak and iron\/stainless steel. Many years past and the 4th generation formed a team together agreeing to return to the family\u2019s traditions. The beginning of the foundation of Clos Gu\u00e9rin began in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Currently Clos Gu\u00e9rin has eight hectares (19.7 acres) of vineyards. The vineyards include the grape varieties: Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault and Mourv\u00e8dres. Beginning in 2017, the vineyards began to be cultivated using organic methods.<\/p>\n<p>At the APVSA wine tasting in Washington DC, we had the opportunity to taste the Mazarin 2017 . This wine, with 14.5% alcohol, was produced with Grenache and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Syrah. Clos Gu\u00e9rin suggests this wine can be cellared for two to four years to reach its full maturity. Mazarin 2017 was a dark red blood color. The wine offered fruitiness notably black fruits. The wine was full-bodied and offered bold tannins. The finish was very fruity yielding to spices.<\/p>\n<p>Importers and distributors may well want to represent the small boutique winery of Clos Gu\u00e9rin.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<br \/>\nKathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Discover a Boutique French Winery\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=16360\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the Mazarin wine produced by Clos Gu\u00e9rin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[4051,4052,667,98],"class_list":["post-16360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-newscommentary","tag-clos-guerin","tag-cotes-du-rhone","tag-france","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16360","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16360"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16366,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16360\/revisions\/16366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}