{"id":153,"date":"2012-06-26T17:49:47","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T17:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gonewiththewine.ca\/home\/?p=153"},"modified":"2012-06-26T17:49:47","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T17:49:47","slug":"2009-close-des-mures-chateau-paul-mas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gonewiththewine.ca\/home\/?p=153","title":{"rendered":"2009 Close des Mures, Chateau Paul Mas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gonewiththewine.ca\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/772178.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-154\" title=\"772178\" src=\"http:\/\/gonewiththewine.ca\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/772178-94x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"94\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Vineyard profile<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Syrah vines are between 29 and 49 years old, the Grenache 50 years old and the Mourve\u0300dre 17.<br \/>\nSoil type: Clayey Gravel, fossils, clay and limestone. Mediterranean climate with oceanic influences.<br \/>\nHarvest: Partly hand picked and partly mechanical at night Average yield: 42 hl\/ha<\/p>\n<p>Wine characteristics<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211; \u00a0Alcohol : 14%<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; \u00a0Sugar : 2.1 g\/l<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; \u00a0Total Acidity : 3 g\/l\n<p>Vinification process<\/p>\n<p>Grape destemming and separate vinification for each varietal. Fermentation between 4 and 7 days for the 3 varieties at a maximum temperature of 26\u00b0C. Traditional maceration: 14 days for the Grenache and Mourve\u0300dre, and 20 days for the Syrah. We only use small stainless steel vats and lined new cement vats under temperature controlled conditions.<\/p>\n<p>40% of the blend has done its malolactic fermentation in oak barrels. The 60% remaining has been put in oak barrels after malolactic fermentation. The wine is then aged for 10 months in French oak barrels (Seguin Moreau, Franc\u0327ois Fre\u0300res) and American (Seguin Moreau). 30% new oak barrels, 35% 1 year old oak barrels, 35% 2 year old oak barrel.<\/p>\n<p>Winemaker\u2019s comments<\/p>\n<p>Colour : intense and bright purple violet with garnet tints. Nose: Complex with blackcurrants, violet, blackberries, turning to cacao and spices.<br \/>\nPalate: well balanced and smooth tannins, full bodied. Strong fruity characters with a long finish evolving towards liquorice and toasted notes.<br \/>\nCellaring: Over 10 years if kept in good conditions at 16\/17\u00b0C. Food pairing: enjoy at 17 to 18\u00b0C with grilled red meat, lamb stew, chicken dishes, and game and soft flavour cheeses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vineyard profile The Syrah vines are between 29 and 49 years old, the Grenache 50 years old and the Mourve\u0300dre 17. Soil type: Clayey Gravel, fossils, clay and limestone. Mediterranean climate with oceanic influences. Harvest: Partly hand picked and partly mechanical at night Average yield: 42 hl\/ha Wine characteristics &#8211; \u00a0Alcohol : 14% &#8211; \u00a0Sugar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-winrev"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gonewiththewine.ca\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gonewiththewine.ca\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gonewiththewine.ca\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gonewiththewine.ca\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gonewiththewine.ca\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gonewiththewine.ca\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"http:\/\/gonewiththewine.ca\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gonewiththewine.ca\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gonewiththewine.ca\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gonewiththewine.ca\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}