{"id":380,"date":"2012-04-26T19:45:51","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T09:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-352875-1094412.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=380"},"modified":"2022-07-29T08:17:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T22:17:02","slug":"charles-melton-the-father-in-law-shiraz-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/charles-melton-the-father-in-law-shiraz-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Melton, The Father in Law Shiraz 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I occasionally hear Barossa Valley Shiraz described as \u201ctoo ripe\u201d, \u201ctoo powerful\u201d or \u201ctoo expensive\u201d, and while I don\u2019t agree with those descriptors, there is a nice compromise currently available that exhibits the Barossa nose but in a medium-bodied style which won\u2019t blow the budget.<\/p>\n<p>The 2009 The Father in Law Shiraz is made by Charles Melton and is a blend of grapes from the Barossa and Clare Valleys. While there\u2019s a hint of the Barossa in its robust pluminess, it has terrific balance, spiciness and a good handful of tannins compliments of the imported fruit from the Clare.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an ideal food wine as neither the jamminess or tannins dominate, and its refined style means it will never offend. You can\u2019t go past it for value at around $20-$22 a bottle as it drinks well above its price-point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I occasionally hear Barossa Valley Shiraz described as \u201ctoo ripe\u201d, \u201ctoo powerful\u201d or \u201ctoo expensive\u201d, and while I don\u2019t agree with those descriptors, there is a nice compromise currently available that exhibits the Barossa nose but in a medium-bodied style which won\u2019t blow the budget. The 2009 The Father in Law Shiraz is made by&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/charles-melton-the-father-in-law-shiraz-2009\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[86,80,10,95,8,5,46],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380"}],"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=380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2048,"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions\/2048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}