{"id":4790,"date":"2011-08-18T18:37:17","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T23:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=4790"},"modified":"2011-08-18T18:37:17","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T23:37:17","slug":"pinot-noir-smack-down-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/18\/pinot-noir-smack-down-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinot Noir Smack Down, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dinner time on the East coast so I checked on my supply of Pinot Noirs. I selected a 2006 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/california\/husch.php\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Husch<\/span><\/a><\/span> Anderson Valley Pinot Noir from the Knoll Vineyard. The grapes came from the estate from 40 plus year old vines. To get the real Pinot experience I poured the wine in Riedel Pinot Noir glasses. The color was a dark ruby with a light purple rim. I was not able to read text through the wine so that was a step in the right direction for me. The aroma was predominately cherry and cherries were on the taste. I was picking up the faintest hint of strawberries also on the taste. There were mild tannins, darn, on the fruity and crisp finish. I wondered if tartaric acid was added to the wine. In all, I liked the wine, however was disappointed in the mild tannins. I prefer the bold tannins that some Oregon Pinots can offer.<\/p>\n<p>Through dinner prep I had a glass of the Pinot and was ready for a hot summer\u2019s day meal. We had crab salad, fried zucchini and pasta with a simple butter, basel and a sprinkling of grated Parmesan cheese. Well &#8230; a white wine or wimpy Pinot Noir would have been a better match for the dinner. So I did the next best thing. Finished the Pinot for dessert.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<br \/>\nTerry<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Pinot Noir Smack Down, Part 2\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=4790\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dinner time on the East coast so I checked on my supply of Pinot Noirs. I selected a 2006 Husch Anderson Valley Pinot Noir from the Knoll Vineyard. The grapes came from the estate from 40 plus year old vines. To get the real Pinot experience I poured the wine in Riedel Pinot Noir glasses. [&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":[2292,64,98],"class_list":["post-4790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-taste-of-wine","tag-pinotsmack-down","tag-pinot-noir","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4790","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=4790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4792,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4790\/revisions\/4792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}