Community Tasting Note
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IJC Likes this wine:
January 23, 2016 - Wow! Dark - almost black. Intense - strong nose of violet and briar. Deep dark fruits, and an undertoe of tannin - 7 years old, and still young, but now showing it all.
Rated 2 on a scale of -1 to 3.1 person found this helpful 1,340 views
4 Comments
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prism commented:
1/23/16, 9:37 PM - Interesting scale: Is there a 0 between -1 and 1? or is it like BC/CE?
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IJC commented:
1/24/16, 6:08 AM - My rating system is a 5 point scale. Unlike other systems that begin at "0", mine begins at -1 - when something (wine in this case) is TO BE AVOIDED. A "0" means that the wine is OK. And the "1, 2, or 3" designations are levels of RECOMMENDED, a "3" similar to Michelin, i.e., at the top.
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prism commented:
1/25/16, 2:15 PM - You are quite sparing with your 3 ratings. Absent a conversion table to the 100 point scale that begins at 50, I'll presume that your 3 = 94 to 100, 2 = 87 to 93, 1 = 80 to 86, 0 is 73 to 79, and -1 is 50 to 72.
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IJC commented:
1/25/16, 6:45 PM - Prism,
You miss the point. There is no correlation between a 5 point system and a 100 point system. It's a totally different approach to rating, which boils down to a simple construct - either I like a wine (+1), or I don't (-1), or my opinion is neutral (0). After many years, I realized sometimes a wine I liked is better (+2), or best (+3). Is there a 100 point scale for best? NO. Capice? The number rating system is a game, and one I choose not to play.