{"id":1458,"date":"2013-01-24T21:33:52","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T21:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2013-01-24T21:33:52","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T21:33:52","slug":"dons-january-premier-series-top-picks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/dons-january-premier-series-top-picks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019s January Premier Series Top Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a new year with a whole new set of wines from which to choose!\u00a0 Decisions, decisions.\u00a0 This month\u2019s Premier Series features represent outstanding quality and value across the board, but preferences being what they are my first Top Pick goes to Errazuriz\u2019s excellent 2011 Estate Reserva Carmen\u00e8re.\u00a0 The wine is top notch, and I simply love good Carmen\u00e8re, so one down and one, well . . . maybe two, Top Picks to go.\u00a0 The 2010 Anayon Corona de Aragon Chardonnay is an extraordinary find, so it deserves top billing as well.\u00a0 It hails from an unlikely locale, but who cares.\u00a0 Anayon has put it all in the bottle, and in a very beautiful bottle, too.\u00a0 This wine blew away dozens of more expensive Chardonnays from renowned vineyards and could easily have been considered for our Collector Series.\u00a0 It also received a rousing ovation and unanimous support from our tasting panel, and that\u2019s really tough for any Chardonnay to do.\u00a0 Consequently, Anayon\u2019s 2010 Corona de Aragon earns my nod.\u00a0 With that said, the 2011 El Pajaro Royo shouldn\u2019t be shunned.\u00a0 It is a gorgeous Bierzo Mencia that drinks beautifully now.\u00a0 <em>A votre sant\u00e9<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a new year with a whole new set of wines from which to choose!\u00a0 Decisions, decisions.\u00a0 This month\u2019s Premier Series features represent outstanding quality and value across the board, but preferences being what they are my first Top Pick goes to Errazuriz\u2019s excellent 2011 Estate Reserva Carmen\u00e8re.\u00a0 The wine is top notch, and I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Don\u2019s January Premier Series Top Picks | Wine Blog from The International Wine of the Month Club<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019s a new year with a whole new set of wines from which to choose! 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