Wine Tasting Results

Belgium Test: The first wine to be finished during a tasting. This wine is then to be declared the best wine of the night.

Wine Tasting Results

Washington State

Producer/Vintage Score

1. 14 Hands, Riesling, 2008 90.5

2. Chateau St. Michelle, Reisling, 2010 87.4

3. 3 Blind Moose, Reisling, 2007 85.89

4. Hogue, Reisling, 2008 85.86

5. 14 Hands, Hot to Trot, Red Blend, 2008 83.6

6. 14 Hands, Merlot, 2008 82.7

7. Pacific Rim, Sweet Reisling, 2009 82.1

8. Chateau St. Michelle, Gewrztraminer, 2009 80.5

9. Pacific Rim, Dry Reisling, 2007 80.2

10. Dusted Valley, Syrah, 2006 80.7

11. Joel Gott, Reisling 2009 78.4

12. CMS, Red Blend, 2008 77.7

Winner of the Belgium Test

*14 Hands, Riesling, 2008*

Overall, I would say this meeting was a good one. I believe everyone enjoyed most of the wines. This is perfectly illustrated by the scores this month, with the average score being an 83. I'd like to thank everyone who attended. This may or may not be the last meeting for a while as the Umansky's will shortly be welcoming a new face to the family.

LAST MONTH'S TOP 5
Producer/Vintage Score

1. Jersey Devil Red 2010 86.2

2. Biagio, Red Table Wine 2006 85.6

3. Il Bastardo, Red Table Wine 2008 84.6

4. Monte Antico, Red Table Wine 2006 83.9

5. Stielle, Red Table Wine 2003 83.1

  How Scoring Works @ JDWS

   Wine tasting scoring is based off of Robert Parker's 100 point scale. This is the most widely recognized and used way to taste and
score wines in the world.

In this scoring method we have 4 basic categories. They are sight, aroma, flavor, and overall impression. Each category gets a differnent point allotment. Sight gets 0-1 pts, Aroma gets 0-7 pts, Flavor gets 0-7 pts and Overall gets 0-5 pts. This gives a wine up to 20 total points. This total is then multiplied by 2.5 and then added to 50 to reach a true total on a 100 point scale.

                  For an indepth explaination of
           Robert Parkers Score Values check out this link.