{"id":361,"date":"2012-08-17T13:52:30","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T03:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-352875-1094412.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2022-07-29T08:17:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T22:17:02","slug":"turkey-flat-butchers-block-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/turkey-flat-butchers-block-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Flat, Butchers Block 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><em>Question: When is a GSM not a GSM?<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>Answer: When it comes from the Barossa Valley.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>While the blend of Grenache Shiraz (or Syrah) and Mouvedre (also called Mataro) (\u201cGSM\u201d) is the calling card of the southern Rhone region in France, some Australian producers have also had remarkable success with the marriage of the \u201cHoly Trinity\u201d of red wine varietals. In the Barossa Valley in South Australia, however, the Shiraz is typically of such high quality that their winemakers often prefer to lead with their best, making it the proportionally dominant grape in their version of the Rhone classic.<\/p>\n<p>And Turkey Flat\u2019s \u201cButcher\u2019s Block\u201d 2010 is no different as their SGM blend is 53% Shiraz, 31% Grenache and 16% Mouvedre with grapes they\u2019ve selected from their Bethany, Stonewell and Koonunga vineyards.<\/p>\n<p>If big red wines aren\u2019t your thing, a GSM (or SGM in the Butcher\u2019s Block example) is a perfect compromise as the Shiraz delivers the emboldened upfront ripe fruit flavours while the Grenache fills the mouth with its sweet cherried characters, before the Mouvedre lifts the nose and contributes the fine tannins that support the finish without sucking your cheeks in through your nasal cavity!<\/p>\n<p>And at around $20 a bottle, it\u2019s as good value as you\u2019ll find in an Aussie GSM, although I reckon it\u2019s a \u201cdrink now\u201d proposition that won\u2019t get much better. But then again, wine this good won\u2019t last long in my house!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: When is a GSM not a GSM? Answer: When it comes from the Barossa Valley. While the blend of Grenache Shiraz (or Syrah) and Mouvedre (also called Mataro) (\u201cGSM\u201d) is the calling card of the southern Rhone region in France, some Australian producers have also had remarkable success with the marriage of the \u201cHoly&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/turkey-flat-butchers-block-2010\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[50,80,10,8,58,46,90],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2042,"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions\/2042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}