{"id":76,"date":"2013-04-19T19:29:37","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T19:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revnick.co.uk\/revblog\/?p=76"},"modified":"2013-08-08T07:45:43","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T07:45:43","slug":"if-i-did-have-99-problems-a-decent-haut-medoc-would-not-be-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.revnick.co.uk\/revblog\/?p=76","title":{"rendered":"If I did have 99 problems, a decent Haut Medoc would not be one."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fcbk_share\"><div class=\"fcbk_like\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.5&appId=\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.revnick.co.uk\/revblog\/?p=76\" data-layout=\"button_count\" data-action=\"like\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-share=\"true\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbk_button\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.revnick.co.uk\/revblog\/?p=76\" data-text=\"\" data-via=\"\" data-size=\"\" data-count=\"\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><p>Luckily I don&#8217;t have 99 problems, today&#8217;s only real dilemma is which f my tasty new boozes to try first. Some years ago I joined <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewinesociety.com\/Default.aspx\" title=\"The Wine Society\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>, a splendid cooperative from whom I buy nearly all of my wine. Give &#8217;em a look if you&#8217;re that way inclined, I&#8217;ve found them rather good. Anyhoo&#8230;today I received an order, always a good day.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_78\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revnick.co.uk\/revblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMG_20130419_201033.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revnick.co.uk\/revblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMG_20130419_201033-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"Wine\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-78\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.revnick.co.uk\/revblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMG_20130419_201033-300x221.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.revnick.co.uk\/revblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMG_20130419_201033-405x300.jpg 405w, http:\/\/www.revnick.co.uk\/revblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMG_20130419_201033.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-78\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delivery day<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThis was especially good as the cupboard was getting a little bare, its looking a good deal more healthy now.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_80\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revnick.co.uk\/revblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMG_20130419_200556.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revnick.co.uk\/revblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMG_20130419_200556-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"wine cupboard\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-80\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.revnick.co.uk\/revblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMG_20130419_200556-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.revnick.co.uk\/revblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMG_20130419_200556.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-80\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cupboard of fun<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nWhich only left me the trauma of which wine to start with? After all that, with around a dozen bottles of Haut Medoc in the bunch, I think I&#8217;ll go a little farther east to the end of the Gironde to Cotes de Castillion. Well, the sun&#8217;s shining and the weather&#8217;s warming up, let&#8217;s try Chateau Pitray 2008, and damned tasty it is too. Its got quite a short finish with bright cherry fruits &#038; very food friendly, light but full enough to stand on its own.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_79\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revnick.co.uk\/revblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMG-20130419-00315.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revnick.co.uk\/revblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMG-20130419-00315-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ch Pitray 08\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.revnick.co.uk\/revblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMG-20130419-00315-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.revnick.co.uk\/revblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMG-20130419-00315.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-79\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chateau Pitray &#8217;08<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luckily I don&#8217;t have 99 problems, today&#8217;s only real dilemma is which f my tasty new boozes to try first. 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