{"id":39645,"date":"2017-05-04T12:09:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T12:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/?p=39645"},"modified":"2017-08-07T08:22:20","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T08:22:20","slug":"spier-creative-block-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/spier-creative-block-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Spier Creative Block 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Estate<\/strong><br \/>\nGoing since 1692, is one of South Africa\u2019s oldest\u00a0wine farms, with a fascinating history and a\u00a0legacy that the\u00a0owners\u00a0never take for granted. Today\u00a0the\u00a0farm has\u00a0a modern, conscious energy and producing quality wines like Spier Creative Block 3. Focused on art and good farming, Spier is about farm-to-table food and accoladed\u00a0wines.<\/p>\n<p>Grapes for the Spier Creative Block 3\u00a0were harvested by hand and pre-cooled prior to de-stemming, hand sorted to take out green, pink and raisin berries and fermented for up to 14 days. Malolactic fermentation and maturation took place in 90% 300 litre French and 10% American oak barrels for 18 months of which 60% was first fill and the balance, second fill.<\/p>\n<p>The Spier Creative Block 3 as well as other wines are made individually to address each varietal\u2019s need for undivided attention and to ensure that the varietal and site expression is forthcoming. Selective tasting from the barrels helped to determine the composition of the blend.<\/p>\n<p>The Rh\u00f4ne-style blend was done to ensure harmony amongst the three varietals and to find the ultimate balance between fruit, palate volume, oak extract and tannin.<\/p>\n<p>Its\u00a0people are committed to living and working in ways that bring positive change to\u00a0our environment and community. The Spier Creative Block 3 is comprised of 93% Shiraz, 4% Mourv\u00e8dre &amp; 3% Viognier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tasting Notes<br \/>\nOn the nose<br \/>\n<\/strong>Subtle perfumed notes of violets, pomegranate and mulberry<\/p>\n<p><strong>On the palate<br \/>\n<\/strong>The floral and fruit notes are followed by spicy flavours of black pepper and coriander. A silky, rich mid-palate complemented with a concentration of fruit and dense, silky tannins.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spier.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spier.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Estate Going since 1692, is one of South Africa\u2019s oldest\u00a0wine farms, with a fascinating history and a\u00a0legacy that the\u00a0owners\u00a0never take for granted. Today\u00a0the\u00a0farm has\u00a0a modern, conscious energy and producing quality wines like Spier Creative Block 3. Focused on art and good farming, Spier is about farm-to-table food and accoladed\u00a0wines. Grapes for the Spier Creative Block 3\u00a0were harvested by hand and pre-cooled prior to de-stemming, hand sorted to take out green, pink and raisin berries and fermented for up to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3900],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drinking-2","wine_type-red-blends","wine_region-stellenbosch"],"acf":[],"brand_slug":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}