{"id":1155,"date":"2025-10-06T12:35:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T17:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2025-10-06T12:35:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T17:35:53","slug":"2019-cotes-de-bordeaux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/2019-cotes-de-bordeaux\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 C\u00f4tes de Bordeaux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"185\" data-end=\"528\">Our October tasting will take us to the rolling hills of southwestern France as we explore <strong data-start=\"276\" data-end=\"302\">2019 C\u00f4tes de Bordeaux<\/strong> wines. Often overlooked beside their famous Left Bank cousins, these Right Bank appellations offer remarkable value and depth \u2014 rich, Merlot-dominant blends with soft tannins, ripe fruit, and an unmistakable sense of place.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"530\" data-end=\"946\">The <strong data-start=\"534\" data-end=\"550\">2019 vintage<\/strong> was exceptional across Bordeaux. A warm, sunny growing season yielded wines that are both powerful and elegant \u2014 showing lush blackberry and plum flavors, balanced acidity, and a beautiful freshness that will carry them gracefully for years. In the C\u00f4tes de Bordeaux, the wines from this vintage shine with accessible charm and expressive fruit, making them a joy to taste even in their youth.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"948\" data-end=\"1146\">Join us as we pour and compare several examples from this standout year. This tasting should rival our amazing white wine tasting we had last month. Expect supple reds, lively conversation, and the warmth of good company \u2014 all the ingredients for a perfect autumn evening.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2019 C\u00f4tes de Bordeaux<br \/>\n<\/strong>Saturday, October 11, 7:00 pm<br \/>\nHosted by Michael Maddox<br \/>\n3522 Par St, N., Fargo, 58102<\/p>\n<p>$25 members, $35 guests*<\/p>\n<p>*non-member guests may attend up to three wine tasting events. After that, we ask that you join the Red River Valley chapter of the American Wine Society. You won\u2019t regret it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our October tasting will take us to the rolling hills of southwestern France as we explore 2019 C\u00f4tes de Bordeaux wines. Often overlooked beside their famous Left Bank cousins, these Right Bank appellations offer remarkable value and depth \u2014 rich, Merlot-dominant blends with soft tannins, ripe fruit, and an unmistakable sense of place. The 2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aws-event","category-education","category-valley-vine","category-wine-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1157,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155\/revisions\/1157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}