{"id":18729,"date":"2014-07-21T07:42:49","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T11:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/?p=18729"},"modified":"2014-10-27T14:20:31","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T18:20:31","slug":"cinsault-cinsaut-wine-review-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/cinsault-cinsaut-wine-review-best\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Best Cinsault Wines to Buy Now + 5 Surprising Facts about Cinsault"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Concept<\/a>Cinsaut, or Cinsault as it is sometimes called, is a dark-skinned red vitis vinifera grape that\u2019s often blended with Grenache, Carignan and Syrah grapes to add softness and bouquet to a wine.<\/p>\n

You’ll find my\u00a0Top 10<\/strong> Cinsault reviews and ratings<\/strong><\/a> here.\"Cinsault<\/a><\/p>\n

5 Surprising Facts about Cinsault:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Cinsaut is the fourth-most planted grape in France.<\/p>\n

2. A French grape in origin, it\u2019s unusual to see Cinsaut produced as a single varietal comprising 100% of the wine.<\/p>\n

3. Cinsaut is light in body and low in tannin, and adds lovely perfumed aromas of red berries to its blends, especially when harvested young. It is one of 13 minor grapes permitted in the coveted Chateauneuf-du-Pape wines of the Rhone Valley in France. Cinsaut also adds a fruity bouquet to the Rhone\u2019s Tavel ros\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

4. Cinsaut<\/strong><\/a> has been grown for centuries in the southern French region of Langeudoc-Rousillon. Its drought resistance and high yields have made Cinsaut the workhorse grape of this region’s wine production.<\/p>\n

\"Cuvee<\/a>5. In 1925, Cinsaut was crossed with Pinot Noir to create South Africa’s signature grape Pinotage, initially called Hermitage.<\/p>\n

Pinotage now outproduces Cinsaut in the country\u2019s Western Cape region. Cinsaut<\/strong><\/a> is also successfully grown in Algeria, Australia and Lebanon, where it is the lead grape in the country\u2019s flagship wine, Ch\u00e2teau Musar.<\/p>\n

Cinsaut is finding a minor resurgence in Italy, especially in the southern region of Puglia. Cinsaut is also sold as edible table grapes in both France and Australia.<\/p>\n

A Cinsaut blend wine is a perfect pairing to many French cheeses, such as Gruy\u00e8re and Brie.<\/p>\n

When you join our wine community as a Paid Member<\/strong><\/a>, you\u2019ll get access to all of my Cinsault wine reviews, which are updated weekly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cinsaut, or Cinsault as it is sometimes called, is a dark-skinned red vitis vinifera grape that\u2019s often blended with Grenache, Carignan and Syrah grapes to add softness and bouquet to a wine. You’ll find my\u00a0Top 10 Cinsault reviews and ratings here. 5 Surprising Facts about Cinsault: 1. Cinsaut is the fourth-most planted grape in France. 2. A French grape in origin, it\u2019s unusual to see Cinsaut produced as a single varietal comprising 100% of the wine. 3. Cinsaut is light in body and low in tannin, and adds lovely perfumed aromas of red berries to its blends, especially when harvested […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[314,444,113,407,579,878,580,879,880,881,882,581,582,583,584,461,12,319,372,373,1155,359,358],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia-wine","category-best-red-wines","category-best-wines","category-cinsault","category-cinsault-2008","category-cinsault-2009","category-cinsault-2010","category-cinsault-2011","category-cinsault-2012","category-cinsault-2013","category-cinsault-2014","category-cinsault-blend","category-cinsault-france","category-cinsault-wine","category-cinsault-wines","category-cinsaut","category-grapes-regions","category-learn-wine","category-red-wine","category-red-wine-blend","category-best-wine-review-top","category-wine-ratings","category-wine-reviews"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18729"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21135,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18729\/revisions\/21135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}