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!!

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Ooo La La....Three Red Wines from France


Blind Wine Tasting hosted by Elizabeth and Andy

Featuring 3 wines from France
 
 
 
Wine #1: Cotes du Rhone – E. Guigal – Red Wine - France

Tasting comments:
Karen “Smells good”
Bob “Really good with the Pate”
Becky “It is good with the Pate. It was a little “tinny” by itself. Really good with the pepperoni, too.”
Karen “It has a very earthy smell. That’s why I like it.”
Jessica “My fave food with it is the Duck Pate.”
Andy “Is this pepperoni? It’s very good with the wine.”
Elizabeth “I loved it with the duck pate. Earthy but a little light. But it has substance.
Karen “I like it by itself. It has a nice, dry, peppery finish.”
Mike “Medium. A little spice at the end.”
Andy “Good. Balanced. But it doesn’t knock me out.”
Bob “Apparently it’s a table wine” due to the fact that Elizabeth spilled the bottle on the tablecloth.

Bob “The socks are slippery. We need socks with grips.”

WINE #1 SCORING:
Bob 7.5, Karen 7.5, Mike 7, Becky 7.5, Andy 7, Elizabeth 7.5, Jessica 7

 

Wine #2:  Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2011 Grande Reserver
Tasting comments:
Karen “Black cherry”
Bob “It could be currants. Andy?”
Andy “It could be currants. Syrupy”
Elizabeth “A full mouth wine”
Karen “I really like it because it’s full with a dry finish”
Becky “Fruity”
Jessica “I don’t like the taste at the end. Bitey. Dry on my tongue.”
Andy “Thick. Syrupy.”
Mike “It’s not dry”
Elizabeth “Deep cherry flavor with a dry finish”
Jessica “Not as bitey with the cheddar”
Karen “A lot of black cherry in the front”

WINE #2 SCORING
Bob 6.5, Karen 7, Mike 6.5, Becky 7, Andy 6.5, Elizabeth 7, Jessica 7

 

Wine #3:  Crozes-Hermitage 2008 – Les trios Chenes – Emmanuel Darnaud
Tasting comments:
Jessica “This smells really good!”
Bob “It smells like the last one”

Becky “Smells earthier than the last one”
Elizabeth “Pretty smooth”
Andy “Smooth and less syrupy”
Mike “Still black currant”
Becky “Has a dry finish”
Jessica “But not as dry as the last one”
Becky “Has a tart element to it”


WINE #3 SCORING
Bob 6.5, Karen 7, Mike 6.5, Becky 7, Andy 6.5, Elizabeth 6.5, Jessica 6.5

 

After the tasting tonight we made “new” rules for the next tastings. The rules are: 
 
  1. Back to the “Alphabet”
  2. Pick 3 Red wines for tasting
  3. The 3 have to be different vintages (i.e. Merlot, Shiraz, etc)
  4. CANNOT BE A CABERNET SAUVIGNON
  5. One “extra” wine of choice – we will not rate this wine. It can be any kind of wine and does NOT have to start with the alphabet of the week
 

 

 

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