Our "Scoring System"

A note about what our scores mean:
5 - Wine your kids buy for you
6 - Would drink. Jug wine. Good for parties and your kids!
7 and above - Good for ANYTHING. Would recommend to friends. The higher the better!

And for PAIRINGS the scores mean:
0 = Wine tastes best alone
1 = Wine tastes best with food #1
2 = Wine tastes best with food #2

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This blog started because we needed a tenor in the church choir... Bob, Karen and I told Mike that if he joined the choir we would go out after practice every Thursday for drinks and appetizers. After a while we decided that it would be more fun (and less expensive!) to take turns hosting a "wine & cheese" night. Then Bob had the brilliant idea to "Taste the Vine" in alphabetical order. We started with Cabernet Sauvignon. The rules were simple: 1) The wine had to start with your designated letter, and 2) the bottle had to be covered up so we didn't know what we were drinking. I decided to write down our scores so that we would know which wines we liked the best....then was "forced" into writing a blog so that we could share our "finds" with our friends. So, enjoy!!

Monday, September 2, 2013

The Terraces at Quarry Vineyards



Blind Wine Tasting hosted by Karen and Bob

Featuring 3 delicious wines from The Terraces at Quarry Vineyards. This wine was recommended by Tony at Super Cellar in Avon, and he didn’t steer us wrong!

Wine #1: The Terraces 2010 Petite Sirah Napa Valley
Tasting comments:
Karen “Mmmmm! Smells good.”
Bob “Smells really good”
Becky “It tastes really good too”
Elizabeth “Fruity”
Wayne “Pairs well with the salty food. Spicy.”
Becky “That’s the word I was looking for. It was biting my mouth.”
Karen “A spicy finish”
Linda “I like it”
Karen “Look at the color. It’s beautiful.”
Jess “You really get the full flavor when you let the wine linger in your mouth”
Kara “I like the spicy finish”
Wayne “I’m guessing this is a Cabernet Franc”

WINE #1 SCORING:
Bob 8, Karen 8.5, Mike 8, Becky 8, Andy 8.5, Elizabeth 8, Wayne 8, Linda 8.5, Jessica 8.5, Bryan 8, Brian 7, Kara 8

Wine #2:  The Terraces 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
Tasting comments:
Wayne “This is a full-bodied wine. I’m guessing it’s a Merlot”
Elizabeth “Not as spicy as the last one.”

Mike “Blackberry”
Elizabeth “I say black cherry”
Andy “I say currants. Substantial.”
Karen “Smells more earthy”
Becky “I agree”
Wayne “A hint of cloves”
Becky “Definitely fruitier”
Kara “Good taste but I wish it had more dry”
Jess “The fruitiness over powered the dry”

Bryan “It gets better as you drink it”

WINE #2 SCORING
Bob 7.5, Karen 8, Mike 6.5, Becky 8, Andy 7.5, Elizabeth 8.5, Wayne 8, Linda 7.5, Jessica 8, Bryan 7.5, Brian 8, Kara 6.5

Wine #3:  The Terraces 2010 Zinfandel Napa Valley
Tasting comments:
Bryan “Smells like Jerk sauce”
Andy “Really good. In between the other two.”
Bryan “Doesn’t taste like Jerk Sauce”
Elizabeth “Smoother”
Karen “No finish”
Bob “Mine has cork in it. Who opened this bottle?!?”
Andy “I’m sticking with currants”
Wayne “Coffee. Unfiltered. Or very poorly filtered.”
Karen “An ‘alcohol-y’ taste. Or maybe because of the peach I just ate. Like a shot of vodka.”
Kara “You would love that!”
Karen “I did!”
Wayne “I’m guessing a Zin”

WINE #3 SCORING
Bob 7, Karen 7, Mike 6.5, Becky 7, Andy 8, Elizabeth 6.5, Wayne 6.5, Linda 7, Jessica 7, Bryan 7, Brian 7.5, Kara 6.5

As you can see in the photos below, we also tasted a few more wines. No “tasting” notes are available as the scribe needed a break!






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