{"id":6726,"date":"2007-04-24T03:05:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-24T03:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/tims-pathway-to-red-heaven-2\/"},"modified":"2007-04-24T03:05:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-24T03:05:00","slug":"tims-pathway-to-red-heaven-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2007\/04\/tims-pathway-to-red-heaven-2\/","title":{"rendered":"TIM\u2019S PATHWAY TO RED HEAVEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/rodeime\/VINTNEWS\/photo?authkey=z2TXO9lQWUA#5056829025344603618\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.google.com\/image\/rodeime\/Ri13NNGMxeI\/AAAAAAAAAEw\/WC5dvCyJp9k\/s288\/adams_04_cabernet.jpg\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" alt adams cabernet can justifiably lay claim to best ever and ideal with a hearty southern france-style stew title=\"TIM Adams\u2019 2004 Cabernet can justifiably lay claim to \u201chis best ever\u201d and ideal with a hearty southern France-style stew.\"><\/a>THOSE who remember Tim Adams\u2019 ripper 1996 and 1998 Clare Valley Cabernets, will find themselves in Red Heaven with his 2004 Cabernet that\u2019s just hit the shelves.<\/p>\n<p>This is a block-buster that even Tim, who is not renowned for giving \u201cbest ever\u201d gongs to his wines, says he\u2019s confident is he and his team\u2019s \u201cbest yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But why?  \u201cMost importantly 2004 was one of the best vintages the Clare\u2019s ever seen for Cabernet, we\u2019re now harvesting from more mature vines, we\u2019re learning all the time how to get the highest quality fruit from those vines and how best to handle it in the winery, and we can afford better oak,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Tim drew the 89 per cent cabernet sauvignon and the 11 per cent malbec in this blend from four Clare vineyards, which he says performed exceptionally well in the warm, dry 2004 conditions. \u201cI think the Valley\u2019s Cabernets did better than most because our dryland vineyards tolerated those warm, dry conditions better than vines accustomed to irrigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tim Adams 2004 Cabernet is beautifully full-bodied with a soft yet impressive mid-palate from the malbec component. Fresh blackcurrant and rhubarb flavours dominate on the palate, and 24-months in French oak has given it a nice spiciness and balance \u2013 and its certainly great value at $26.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy with a southern France favourite in the cooler months \u2013 Daube de Boeuf a La Provencal, a slow-cooked stew of beef, bacon, olives, mushrooms, tomatoes, red wine, brandy, garlic and beef stock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THOSE who remember Tim Adams\u2019 ripper 1996 and 1998 Clare Valley Cabernets, will find themselves in Red Heaven with his 2004 Cabernet that\u2019s just hit the shelves. This is a block-buster that even Tim, who is not renowned for giving \u201cbest ever\u201d gongs to his wines, says he\u2019s confident is he and his team\u2019s \u201cbest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[406,390],"class_list":["post-6726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-cabernet","tag-clare-valley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}