{"id":179,"date":"2008-03-19T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2008-03-19T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/19\/dungeness-red-a-pleasant-surprise\/"},"modified":"2008-03-19T06:00:01","modified_gmt":"2008-03-19T13:00:01","slug":"dungeness-red-a-pleasant-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/19\/dungeness-red-a-pleasant-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Dungeness Red: A Pleasant Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve written about Olympic Cellars before. They’re the winery being threatened<\/a> by the United State Olympic Committee for using the word “Olympic” in their name. They also make a cranberry wine<\/a>. Well the Lady of the House and I have recently tried some of their wine, and the Dungeness Red (a 2004 Lemberger) really stands out. It has enough of a tannic bite, an astringency that tastes a little bitter makes your mouth feel a little dry, to make the wine interesting without being harsh. There’s a complexity to it that makes the first sip a pleasant surprise.
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\nWhat do I mean by “complexity?” I mean the opposite of some of those simple bland wines that we’ve all had. You know the ones – you taste them, and there’s nothing at all wrong. They’re not to sweet. Not to harsh. They don’t taste bad. But there’s nothing right<\/em> with them either. They’re one dimensional and boring. Well, when I say the Dungeness Red is complex, I mean the opposite of that.<\/p>\n

I’m not trying to be vague and imprecise, I’m just trying to describe the wine without resorting to phrases like, “bright cherry notes and a bit of spice.” Maybe I should just say that it’s a red table wine that’s a cut above the others in it’s price range. If you’re grilling a steak or digging in to pasta, this wine will liven up your meal and is worth much more than the $12 we paid for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve written about Olympic Cellars before. They’re the winery being threatened by the United State Olympic Committee for using the word “Olympic” in their name. They also make a cranberry wine. Well the Lady of the House and I have recently tried some of their wine, and the Dungeness Red (a 2004 Lemberger) really stands […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commercial-wine","category-tasting"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t