{"id":393,"date":"2012-03-01T20:27:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T10:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-352875-1094412.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=393"},"modified":"2022-07-29T08:17:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T22:17:19","slug":"shingleback-the-gate-shiraz-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/shingleback-the-gate-shiraz-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Shingleback, \u201cThe Gate\u201d Shiraz 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s little doubt that the average red wine consumer demands a \u201cdrink now\u201d style that exhibits lively fruit and a well-balanced finale, but if you\u2019re prepared to be patient, then the 2009 \u201cThe Gate\u201d Shiraz (by Shingleback) will be very rewarding.<\/p>\n<p>I could be wrong about this, but I get the impression that the current tightness of the fruit will relax over time and that the somewhat smokey tannic finish will be subdued and develop into a wine of great balance and finesse.<\/p>\n<p>It may be just a touch leathery at present, but in time the chocolate and spicy undercurrents will rise to the fore and as the fine tannins soften, the winemaker\u2019s talents will become obvious to all. Don\u2019t judge this one on its current presentation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s little doubt that the average red wine consumer demands a \u201cdrink now\u201d style that exhibits lively fruit and a well-balanced finale, but if you\u2019re prepared to be patient, then the 2009 \u201cThe Gate\u201d Shiraz (by Shingleback) will be very rewarding. I could be wrong about this, but I get the impression that the current&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/shingleback-the-gate-shiraz-2009\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[86,80,71,8,98,5,46],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393"}],"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=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2052,"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions\/2052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travisschultz.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}