{"id":178,"date":"2014-09-05T22:50:34","date_gmt":"2014-09-06T02:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/?p=178"},"modified":"2024-04-21T15:16:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T19:16:37","slug":"misty-creek-cab-sauv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/misty-creek-cab-sauv\/","title":{"rendered":"Misty Creek Cabernet Sauvignon &#8212; Wine Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a Friday night, one of the first priorities is to relax after a long week of work. \u00a0Among other things, that means a bottle of wine that is familiar, reliable and oh so good. \u00a0To fulfill all requirements of a relaxing Friday night, we decided to invite over a few friends, make some black bean and sweet potato quesadillas, and we opened a bottle of the 2006 <a href=\"http:\/\/mistycreekwines.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Misty Creek<\/a> Cabernet Sauvignon.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Some might think that an east coast wine from 2006 might be past its prime. \u00a0They would be greatly mistaken. \u00a0At 8 years old, this wine is still holding strong with at least a few years ahead of it. \u00a0The wine itself is ruby-red and clear as can be, still remarkably bright for its age. \u00a0The nose has a lot of sweet spices, cloves, and nutmeg. \u00a0After taking a while to really get to know it, the bouquet turns into light red fruits, full of currants and raspberries. \u00a0Every sip of this wine is smooth, from the first to the last. \u00a0The first\u00a0sip carries across the fruit flavors that were present in the nose. \u00a0The soft tannins make the wine feel nice and even in the mouth. \u00a0The finish is nice and clean, but ends with a slight spice note.<\/p>\n<p>We will be covering more about Misty Creek, both the winery and the wines they offer. \u00a0If you&#8217;re interested in\u00a0purchasing a bottle of the Misty Creek Cabernet Sauvignon, you&#8217;ll have to either visit the winery or make a purchase on their website\u00a0<a title=\"2006 Cabernet Sauvignon\" href=\"http:\/\/mistycreekwines.com\/product\/2006-cabernet-sauvignon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Check out our other NC Wine Month postings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[su_posts template=&#8221;templates\/teaser-loop.php&#8221; id=&#8221;156, 696&#8243; posts_per_page=&#8221;-1&#8243; post_type=&#8221;page&#8221; taxonomy=&#8221;post_tag&#8221; tax_operator=&#8221;0&#8243; order=&#8221;asc&#8221; orderby=&#8221;id&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a Friday night, one of the first priorities is to relax after a long week of work. \u00a0Among other things, that means a bottle of wine that is familiar, reliable and oh so good. \u00a0To fulfill all requirements of a relaxing Friday night, we decided to invite over a few friends, make some blackContinue reading &rarr;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[379],"tags":[90,219,81,203,261,254,154],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-cellar","tag-cabernet-sauvignon","tag-misty-creek-vineyards","tag-nc-wine","tag-nc-wine-month-2014","tag-red-wine","tag-wine-review","tag-yadkin-valley","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11257,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions\/11257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}