{"id":729,"date":"2026-03-08T18:41:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T18:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/3-0-5-lagrein-ritterhof\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T18:41:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T18:41:50","slug":"3-0-5-lagrein-ritterhof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/3-0-5-lagrein-ritterhof\/","title":{"rendered":"3.0\/5 &#8211; Lagrein &#8211; Ritterhof"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rating: 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This Lagrein from Ritterhof presents with a deep, rich purple colour and clarity, suggesting a fully formed wine. Aromas of blackberry, bramble, and black\/white pepper emerge with notes of secondary vanilla. On the palate, the wine&#8217;s grippy texture and medium body are complemented by medium plus tannin and acidity, along with red cherry, red plum, and blackcurrant flavours, accompanied by black\/white pepper.<\/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 plus; blackberry, bramble, black\/white pepper \/ vanilla<\/li>\n<li><strong>Palate:<\/strong> Body medium, Tannin medium plus, Acidity medium plus, Alcohol medium, Sweetness dry, Feel grippy, Flavour intensity medium plus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tastes:<\/strong> red cherry, red plum, blackcurrant, black\/white pepper \/ vanilla<\/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 herb crust<\/li>\n<li>Roasted duck breast with cherry glaze<\/li>\n<li>Pan-seared venison with blackberry reduction<\/li>\n<li>Char-grilled steak with roasted garlic<\/li>\n<li>Spicy chorizo and black olive tapas<\/li>\n<li>Roasted vegetable skewers with balsamic glaze<\/li>\n<li>Braised short ribs with black pepper crust<\/li>\n<li>Seared tuna with blackberry and ginger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rating: 3.0\/5 This Lagrein from Ritterhof presents with a deep, rich purple colour and clarity, suggesting a fully formed wine. Aromas of blackberry, bramble, and black\/white pepper emerge with notes of secondary vanilla. On the palate, the wine&#8217;s grippy texture and medium body are complemented by medium plus tannin and acidity, along with red cherry, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728,"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-729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wineclub"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/19815_20260308184142.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729","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=729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}