{"id":1940,"date":"2017-01-12T08:22:56","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T08:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wine-and-spirits.md\/en\/?p=1940"},"modified":"2019-11-12T09:39:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T09:39:04","slug":"pelican-negru-soft-red-blend-cabernet-sauvignon-malbec-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wine-and-spirits.md\/en\/pelican-negru-soft-red-blend-cabernet-sauvignon-malbec-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelican Negru Soft Red Blend (Cabernet Sauvignon &#8211; Malbec), 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Origin &amp; Geography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vineyards are situated on the south exposition along the river Nistru\u00a0 in the vine-growing zone of the South of Moldova, on the tchernoziom soils and dark grey forest soils. The average vine age is 10\u202615 years.\u00a0 Biological methods are used for vine protection, with no use of mineral fertilizers and herbicides.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Winemaking &amp; aging<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Produced from grapes harvested at their complete technological maturity, the wine is processed with the complete elimination of grape bunches, based on short or medium maceration and fermentation of the skins, selection of must fractions, controlled alcoholic fermentation. The malo-lactic fermentation is essentially made. The wine is aged in butts (500\u20261000 l), made from local oak, for 8\u202612 months.The clarifying, stabilization (exclusively with eggs albumin) and bottling is made on the estate. The bottles are kept in the cellar for minimum 1 month before sales.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Wine\u2019s personality \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A dark ruby colour, dense and deep. A reach and complex bouquet, with notes of red and black ripe fruits, harmonized by fine mineral nuances and noble leather. A soft, round and spicy mouthfeel. The fruitiness of the palate is expressed with a good strength, texture and volume, leaving a reach impression with a good bottle aging potential.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gastronomy \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Best served at 16\u202618 \u00baC. Will go\u00a0 well with sauce meet; will be especially enjoyable with barbeque and game.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1938\" src=\"http:\/\/wine-and-spirits.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Pelican1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pelican1-1\" width=\"778\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wine-and-spirits.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Pelican1-1.jpg 778w, https:\/\/wine-and-spirits.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Pelican1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wine-and-spirits.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Pelican1-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wine-and-spirits.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Pelican1-1-585x389.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Origin &amp; Geography The vineyards are situated on the south exposition along the river Nistru\u00a0 in the vine-growing zone of the South of Moldova, on the tchernoziom soils and dark&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Pelican Negru Soft Red Blend (Cabernet Sauvignon - Malbec), 2013 - Wine and Spirits","description":"Origin &amp; Geography The vineyards are situated on the south exposition along the river Nistru\u00a0 in the vine-growing zone of the South of Moldova, on the tcher"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[400],"tags":[353,2172,30],"class_list":["post-1940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wines-en","tag-pelican-negru","tag-pelican-negru-soft-red-blend-cabernet-sauvignon-malbec-2013","tag-moldova"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wine-and-spirits.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wine-and-spirits.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wine-and-spirits.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wine-and-spirits.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wine-and-spirits.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wine-and-spirits.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1941,"href":"https:\/\/wine-and-spirits.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940\/revisions\/1941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wine-and-spirits.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wine-and-spirits.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wine-and-spirits.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wine-and-spirits.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}