{"id":276,"date":"2014-09-23T20:49:24","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T00:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/?p=276"},"modified":"2024-04-21T15:20:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T19:20:53","slug":"laurel-gray-cabernet-franc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/laurel-gray-cabernet-franc\/","title":{"rendered":"Laurel Gray Cabernet Franc &#8212; Wine Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s cold and raining again today! \u00a0That means we get to open a bottle of red wine and enjoy a nice warming dinner. \u00a0Tonight we decided on the award-winning Laurel Gray Cabernet Franc from <a title=\"Laurel Gray Vineyards\" href=\"http:\/\/laurelgray.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laurel Gray Vineyards<\/a>. \u00a0This wine received double gold at the NC State Wine Competition and a bronze at the INDY International Wine Competition.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This hearty red was the exact thing we needed to bring some warmth. \u00a0The color is ruby-red, almost scarlet in appearance and unobscured throughout. \u00a0The light nose has hints of spice and delicate dark aromas. \u00a0The flavors are bold and robust, standing in contrast to the nose. \u00a0The initial burst of flavor is full of plums and dark cherries, rounding out into a soft peppery mid-palate. \u00a0The finish is clean and quick, leaving the mouth pleasant\u00a0and slightly warm.<\/p>\n<p>Laurel Gray specializes in producing French style wines in an area where sweet is well-known. \u00a0They offer roughly a dozen wines up for tasting and for\u00a0purchase. \u00a0In addition to their wines, Laurel Gray also produces a variety of sauces and marinades made from their wine. \u00a0All of their products are available\u00a0in their tasting room, online and at <a title=\"Laurel Gray Retail Locations\" href=\"http:\/\/laurelgray.com\/retail-locations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several retail locations<\/a>\u00a0across North Carolina. To celebrate NC wine month, Laurel Gray is offering 20% off select bottles of wine. There&#8217;s still time to take advantage of this offer, so act quickly!<\/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>It&#8217;s cold and raining again today! \u00a0That means we get to open a bottle of red wine and enjoy a nice warming dinner. \u00a0Tonight we decided on the award-winning Laurel Gray Cabernet Franc from Laurel Gray Vineyards. \u00a0This wine received double gold at the NC State Wine Competition and a bronze at the INDY InternationalContinue 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":[84,214,81,203,261,202,254,154],"class_list":["post-276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-cellar","tag-cabernet-franc","tag-laurel-gray-vineyards","tag-nc-wine","tag-nc-wine-month-2014","tag-red-wine","tag-swan-creek","tag-wine-review","tag-yadkin-valley","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276","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=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11269,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions\/11269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}