{"id":4804,"date":"2018-10-30T06:25:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T06:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/?p=4804"},"modified":"2018-10-30T06:25:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T06:25:22","slug":"avignonesi-desiderio-merlot-toscana-igt-2013-tuscany-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/?p=4804","title":{"rendered":"Avignonesi Desiderio Merlot Toscana IGT 2013, Tuscany- Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Avignonesi Desiderio Merlot Toscana IGT 2013, Tuscany- Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About<\/strong>&#8211; \u2018Desiderio\u2019 refers to a white chianina bull, which appears on the wine bottle\u2019s label,\u00a0which lived on Avignonesi\u2019s estate in the 19th century. He earned his place in history for\u00a0being the heaviest bull of his time with a weight of 1,600 kg. The 2013 vintage marks the 25th anniversary of Avignonesi\u2019s Merlot based blend sourced from its best vineyard plots.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Blend\/Grape Varietal<\/strong>&#8211; 85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tasting Notes<\/strong>&#8211; Intense, deep red in colour, Desiderio 2013 reveals inviting notes of sweet\u00a0cherries and raspberries, rose petals and aromatic herbs, enhanced by subtle hints of\u00a0menthol, red liquorice and chocolate-dipped coffee beans. The flavour is smooth and fruit-driven, with chewy tannins and a deliciously savoury finish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avignonesi Desiderio Merlot Toscana IGT 2013, Tuscany- Italy About&#8211; \u2018Desiderio\u2019 refers to a white chianina bull, which appears on the wine bottle\u2019s label,\u00a0which lived on Avignonesi\u2019s estate in the 19th century. He earned his place in history for\u00a0being the heaviest bull of his time with a weight of 1,600 kg. The 2013 vintage marks the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/?p=4804\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Avignonesi Desiderio Merlot Toscana IGT 2013, Tuscany- Italy<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1056],"tags":[2431,2398,2432,1465,2433,122,2402,2434],"class_list":["post-4804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-italy-wine","tag-15-cabernet-sauvignon","tag-85-merlot","tag-avignonesi-desiderio-merlot-toscana-igt-2013","tag-color","tag-desiderio","tag-tasting-notes","tag-tuscany-italy","tag-white-chianina-bull"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4805,"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4804\/revisions\/4805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}