{"id":642,"date":"2025-08-24T18:19:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T17:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/24\/3-5-5-chateau-picque-caillou-g-f-a-chateau-picque-caillou-2017-pessac-leognan-france\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T18:19:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T17:19:54","slug":"3-5-5-chateau-picque-caillou-g-f-a-chateau-picque-caillou-2017-pessac-leognan-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/24\/3-5-5-chateau-picque-caillou-g-f-a-chateau-picque-caillou-2017-pessac-leognan-france\/","title":{"rendered":"3.5\/5 &#8211; Chateau Picque Caillou &#8211; G.F.A. Ch\u00e2teau Picque Caillou, 2017, Pessac-L\u00e9ognan, France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rating: 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Chateau Picque Caillou 2017 shows a deep garnet colour with clear clarity. With the nose, medium plus intensity aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry, and baked\/stewed fruits unfold, accompanied by nuances of nutmeg and coconut. On the palate, the fine-grained tannins offer a medium structure, balanced by medium acidity and a medium feel, while the medium plus flavour intensity presents a complex tapestry of blackcurrant, blackberry, baked\/stewed fruits, leather, and liquorice.<\/p>\n<h3>At a glance<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Type:<\/strong> Red<\/li>\n<li><strong>Appearance:<\/strong> clear, deep, garnet<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nose:<\/strong> medium plus; blackcurrant, blackberry, baked\/stewed fruits \/ nutmeg, coconut<\/li>\n<li><strong>Palate:<\/strong> Body medium plus, Tannin medium, Acidity medium, Alcohol medium, Sweetness dry, Feel fine grained, Flavour intensity medium plus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tastes:<\/strong> blackcurrant, blackberry, baked\/stewed fruits, leather, liquorice \/ cream \/ prune<\/li>\n<li><strong>Finish:<\/strong> medium plus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Development:<\/strong> Fully Developed<\/li>\n<li><strong>Readiness:<\/strong> drink now<\/li>\n<li><strong>Balanced:<\/strong> yes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Complex:<\/strong> yes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Food pairings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Grilled lamb chops with roasted vegetables<\/li>\n<li>Spicy beef empanadas with caramelised onions<\/li>\n<li>Pan-seared duck breast with cherry compote<\/li>\n<li>Creamy mushroom risotto with roasted garlic<\/li>\n<li>Grilled seafood skewers with coconut-infused quinoa<\/li>\n<li>Vegetarian stuffed portobello mushrooms with nutmeg<\/li>\n<li>Meaty beef and mushroom stew with crusty bread<\/li>\n<li>Braised short ribs with roasted root vegetables<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rating: 3.5\/5 The Chateau Picque Caillou 2017 shows a deep garnet colour with clear clarity. With the nose, medium plus intensity aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry, and baked\/stewed fruits unfold, accompanied by nuances of nutmeg and coconut. On the palate, the fine-grained tannins offer a medium structure, balanced by medium acidity and a medium feel, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wineclub"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1000022660_20250824171749-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}