{"id":731,"date":"2026-03-11T18:48:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/3-0-5-cromas-los-vascos-2019-valle-de-colchagua-chile\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T18:48:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:48:54","slug":"3-0-5-cromas-los-vascos-2019-valle-de-colchagua-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/3-0-5-cromas-los-vascos-2019-valle-de-colchagua-chile\/","title":{"rendered":"3.0\/5 &#8211; Cromas &#8211; Los Vascos, 2019, Valle de Colchagua, Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rating: 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cromas &#8211; Los Vascos 2019, a red wine from Chile, presents itself with a deep, ruby colour. On the nose, a complex mix of blackcurrant, blackberry, and subtle spices like vanilla and cloves fills the senses with a medium plus intensity. With the first sip, a grippy texture unfolds, offering a medium plus body and tannin structure, supporting flavours of blackcurrant and blackberry. Showing a dry, crisp acidity, the wine then settles with a medium plus finish.<\/p>\n<h3>At a glance<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Type:<\/strong> Red<\/li>\n<li><strong>Appearance:<\/strong> deep, ruby<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nose:<\/strong> medium plus; blackcurrant, blackberry \/ vanilla, cloves \/ earth<\/li>\n<li><strong>Palate:<\/strong> Body medium plus, Tannin medium plus, Acidity medium, Alcohol medium plus, Sweetness dry, Feel grippy, Flavour intensity medium plus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tastes:<\/strong> blackcurrant, blackberry \/ earth<\/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 venison with berry reduction<\/li>\n<li>Mushroom risotto with parmesan<\/li>\n<li>Spicy beef stir-fry with roasted vegetables<\/li>\n<li>Blackcurrant and blackberry crumble with vanilla ice cream<\/li>\n<li>Herbed roasted chicken with root vegetables<\/li>\n<li>Grilled portobello mushrooms with thyme<\/li>\n<li>Creamy tomato pasta with ground beef<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rating: 3.0\/5 Cromas &#8211; Los Vascos 2019, a red wine from Chile, presents itself with a deep, ruby colour. On the nose, a complex mix of blackcurrant, blackberry, and subtle spices like vanilla and cloves fills the senses with a medium plus intensity. With the first sip, a grippy texture unfolds, offering a medium plus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730,"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-731","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\/19882_20260311184844.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731","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=731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}