{"id":2634,"date":"2016-03-01T11:10:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T18:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danthewineguy.com\/?p=2634"},"modified":"2016-03-06T11:28:52","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T18:28:52","slug":"leviathan-wines-2012-red-will-make-you-think-while-putting-a-smile-on-your-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/?p=2634","title":{"rendered":"Leviathan Wines&#8217; 2012 Red Will Make You Think While Putting a Smile on Your Face"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terroirlife.com\/assets\/images\/products\/pictures\/LEVIATHAN_750.png\" alt=\"null\" width=\"216\" height=\"371\" \/><strong>Leviathan Wines 2012 Red <\/strong> (about $48) &#8211; This four-varietal blend from Napa Valley may cause you to contemplate the wine inside the bottle &#8211; with its complexity, power and taste &#8211; as well as the bottle itself.<\/p>\n<p>Fragrant plum aromas lead off, with dark fruits of cassis and blueberry on the palate, sturdy tannins, and a finish of toasted hazelnut.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly half of the wine is comprised of Cabernet Sauvignon, and this varietal clearly takes center stage with it&#8217;s big, heady characteristics that require a bit of aeration time in order for the wine to &#8220;settle down&#8221; and evolve into something worth waiting for.<\/p>\n<p>An added bonus: The beautiful and thought-provoking label, which might serve as a Rorschach test for wine drinkers as they savor their first taste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leviathan Wines 2012 Red (about $48) &#8211; This four-varietal blend from Napa Valley may cause you to contemplate the wine inside the bottle &#8211; with its complexity, power and taste &#8211; as well as the bottle itself. Fragrant plum aromas lead off, with dark fruits of cassis and blueberry on the palate, sturdy tannins, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2634"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2639,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634\/revisions\/2639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}