{"id":42,"date":"2009-02-12T16:31:16","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T20:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hagarty-on-wine.com\/OnWineBlog\/?p=42"},"modified":"2020-06-17T11:33:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T15:33:22","slug":"john%e2%80%99s-pick-of-the-month-march-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hagarty-on-wine.com\/OnWineBlog\/john%e2%80%99s-pick-of-the-month-march-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"John\u2019s January Pick of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hagarty-on-wine.com\/OnWineBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/winebottles.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hagarty-on-wine.com\/OnWineBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/wine-bottles-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-923\" title=\"wine-bottles-4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hagarty-on-wine.com\/OnWineBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/wine-bottles-4.jpg\" alt=\"wine-bottles-4\" width=\"115\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a>Prince Michel<br \/>\nSymbius<br \/>\n2005 Virginia<\/p>\n<p>Like the vintners of Bordeaux, Prince Michel\u2019s winemaker Brad Hansen believes that often a wine\u2019s sum is greater than its individual parts.\u00a0 Thus, he has taken four Virginia grown grapes and produced a French-like, full bodied red dinner wine consisting of 48% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Cabernet Franc and 10% Petit Verdot.<\/p>\n<p>The aromas begin with a veil of licorice, mocha and jam that blossom on the palate with blackcurrant and chocolate and finishing with a touch of soft spice.\u00a0 The wine was aged in French and American oak barrels for 22 months, adding depth and concentration to the overall effort.\u00a0 Symbius would be well matched with a medium rare prime rib or a petit filet mignon with B\u00e9arnaise sauce.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Michel Winery is located at 154 Winery Lane, Leon, Virginia, which is about ten miles south of Culpeper directly on Route 29.\u00a0 They are opened seven days a week.\u00a0 Winter hours are 10AM to 5PM and 10AM to 6 PM the rest of the year.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hagarty-on-wine.com\/OnWineBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img_01371.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1142\" title=\"img_01371\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hagarty-on-wine.com\/OnWineBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img_01371-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"img_01371\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hagarty-on-wine.com\/OnWineBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img_01371-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hagarty-on-wine.com\/OnWineBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img_01371-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hagarty-on-wine.com\/OnWineBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img_01371.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Michel Symbius 2005 Virginia Like the vintners of Bordeaux, Prince Michel\u2019s winemaker Brad Hansen believes that often a wine\u2019s sum is greater than its individual parts.\u00a0 Thus, he has taken four Virginia grown grapes and produced a French-like, full bodied red dinner wine consisting of 48% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Cabernet Franc and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - 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