Blind Cabernet Retrospective

Chicago, IL
Tasted Friday, January 1, 2010 by psmith with 701 views

Introduction

New Year's Day Cali Cabernets of the 2000s Retrospective. Wines were served in flights blind to the participants, who were asked to rate them using a 100 point scale (M refers to my rating, G to group average). I don't normally score wines, so while are certainly made with reference to this scale, they're probably more useful as a relative rating among these wines than an absolute measure of quality (e.g., 80 was my lowest rating and is reflective of the fact that I didn't like this [flawed] wine, rather than the standard "good" that an 80 is meant to represent).

Flight 1 (4 Notes)

Flight 1

Flight 2 (4 Notes)

Flight 2

Flight 3 (4 Notes)

Flight 3

Flight 4 (4 Notes)

Flight 4 - All provided by the host for the final flight but still served blind to the tasters (where the host didn't know the order).

Flight 5 (2 Notes)

A couple of additions from the host - we were told the wines but they were blinded so it was unclear which was which. I think most tasters were able to pick out the CdP from the New World wine.

Closing

Great time - lots of generosity shown by the host and other tasters.

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