{"id":688,"date":"2025-11-30T17:52:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T17:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/30\/3-0-5-cricket-pitch-brokenwood-2019\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T17:52:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T17:52:55","slug":"3-0-5-cricket-pitch-brokenwood-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/30\/3-0-5-cricket-pitch-brokenwood-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"3.0\/5 &#8211; CRICKET PITCH &#8211; BROKENWOOD, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rating: 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This 2019 Cricket Pitch from Brokenwood exudes a rich, deep colour with crystal clarity. Aromatic notes of red currant, blackcurrant, and bramble fill the nose with a Medium intensity. On the palate, high tannins and acidity are immediately apparent, accompanied by a grippy feel and Medium plus flavour intensity. Flavours of blackcurrant and leather dominate, with subtle hints of cloves in the background. The finish lingers at a Medium plus duration.<\/p>\n<h3>At a glance<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Type:<\/strong> Red<\/li>\n<li><strong>Appearance:<\/strong> clear, deep, purple<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nose:<\/strong> medium; red currant, blackcurrant, bramble<\/li>\n<li><strong>Palate:<\/strong> Body full body, Tannin high, Acidity high, Alcohol medium plus, Sweetness dry, Feel grippy, Flavour intensity medium plus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tastes:<\/strong> blackcurrant, leather \/ cloves<\/li>\n<li><strong>Finish:<\/strong> medium plus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Development:<\/strong> Fully Developed<\/li>\n<li><strong>Readiness:<\/strong> drink now but it will age<\/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 rosemary<\/li>\n<li>Pan-seared duck breast with berry sauce<\/li>\n<li>Mushroom risotto with parmesan<\/li>\n<li>Roasted beef with horseradish cream<\/li>\n<li>Spicy sausage and pepper skewers<\/li>\n<li>Grilled portobello mushrooms with thyme<\/li>\n<li>Pan-seared venison with cherry compote<\/li>\n<li>Braised short ribs with red wine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rating: 3.0\/5 This 2019 Cricket Pitch from Brokenwood exudes a rich, deep colour with crystal clarity. Aromatic notes of red currant, blackcurrant, and bramble fill the nose with a Medium intensity. On the palate, high tannins and acidity are immediately apparent, accompanied by a grippy feel and Medium plus flavour intensity. Flavours of blackcurrant and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687,"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-688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wineclub"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/16087_20251130175218.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688","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=688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}