{"id":4045,"date":"2020-01-30T19:42:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T22:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/?p=4045"},"modified":"2020-01-30T19:42:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T22:42:07","slug":"the-random-samples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/the-random-samples\/","title":{"rendered":"The Random Samples"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is time for another edition of \u201cRandom Samples\u201d\u2013I occasionally get samples from marketing agencies and\/or producers, and these can often be grouped together into some sort of over-arching theme:\u00a0Drink Them and It Will Come<\/a>,\u00a0Summer is Here, So That Means (More)\u00a0Ros\u00e9<\/a>,\u00a0If It Doesn\u2019t Sparkle, It Doesn\u2019t Matter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Other times, I get just a bottle or two that do not have any apparent connection or link. Instead of holding on to those bottles until the \u201cright\u201d combination comes along, I decided to link all these \u201crandom\u201d bottles together, making their own category (and, being the math geek that I am, \u201crandom sample\u201d has a bit of a double entendre.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"2019 Domaine Bousquet Sauvignon Blanc, Tupungato, Mendoza, Argentina:<\/strong>\u00a0Retail $12. It has been a few vintages now that I have sampled through Domaine Bousquet\u2019s line. I have always been impressed, particularly with this Sauvignon Blanc, made with organic grapes. This iteration is solid as well: grassy and tropical on the nose with guava and a hint of funk (and I love the funk). The palate is juicy, but maybe a bit thin on the mid-palate. The wine finishes a bit short, but it is quite tart and fruity. Very Good.\u00a0Very Good. 87-89 Points.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is time for another edition of \u201cRandom Samples\u201d\u2013I occasionally get samples from marketing agencies and\/or producers, and these can often be grouped together into some sort of over-arching theme:\u00a0Drink Them and It Will Come,\u00a0Summer is Here, So That Means (More)\u00a0Ros\u00e9,\u00a0If It Doesn\u2019t Sparkle, It Doesn\u2019t Matter. Other times, I get just a bottle or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}