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!!

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Come and Check out the "C" wines! Classy, Cool, Complex.

Blind Wine Tasting hosted by Elizabeth & Andy
“C” Night


Wine #1: Capezzana – Barco Reale di Carmignano 2010 Italy $15.99
Tasting comments:

Bob “Interesting smell”
Andy “Seams heavy or thick”
Mike “Not sweet. Has a little sour taste. Not spicy”
Bob “It’s good”
Becky “Deep flavor with a dry finish”

Karen “Blackberry aroma”
Jessica “The food sharpens the taste”
Sean “I don’t like the sweet flavor that the cheese gives the wine”
Bob “Not good after the bleu cheese”
Everyone agreed that the wine was best by itself
Then Andy said “I need some further research” and poured more into his glass
Elizabeth “This wine isn’t bad!”

WINE #1 SCORING:
Bob 8, Karen 7, Mike 7.5, Becky 7.5, Andy 7, Elizabeth 6.5, Jessica 7, Sean 5.5

Wine #2:  Catena Malbec 2011 Argentina – High Mountain Vines   $19.99
Tasting comments:
Mike “Sweeter”
Becky “Has that iron after taste”
Bob “A chocolate aroma”
Karen “Really sweet”
Sean “Stays in your mouth”
Jessica “Lingers in your mouth – the taste doesn’t go away”
Elizabeth “The meat smoothes out the taste”
Karen “A lot better with the meat. Takes the sweetness out. Not good with the cheese.”
Sean “It’s good with the chunky looking cheese.” (*note: this cheese is Sartori)
Becky “Good with the spicy pepperoni too”
Elizabeth “Much better with the meat”
Andy “Good. But not as good as the first. The finish is too long.”
Sean “Not bad after the olives”

WINE #2 SCORING
Bob 6, Karen 5.5, Mike 6, Becky 7, Andy 6, Elizabeth 6.5, Jessica 6, Sean 7

Wine #3:  Coto de Imaz Rioja 2005 – Spain    $23.99
Tasting comments:
Karen “Yum”
Becky “Sometimes the smell is enough”

Sean “Leaves a thick line at the top”
Becky “Smooth with a bite”
Andy “Complex”
Jessica “I love the smell”
Andy “I think I like this wine the best”
Elizabeth “Amazing aroma. A smooth taste.”
Bob “My panties are up in a roar…Fresh taste, but I’m not thrilled with it.”
Andy “Very flavorful”
Bob “Not Catastrophic”
Elizabeth “But it has great Character. It doesn’t make you Catatonic.”
Karen “Very smooth with a nice dry finish. Classy. My fave of the night.”
Andy “It’s as Cool as the other side of the pillow.”
Mike “I don’t like the smell.”

WINE #3 SCORING

Bob 6, Karen 8, Mike 6, Becky 8, Andy 8, Elizabeth 8, Jessica 7, Sean 7.5
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