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In this video, I will be talking about wine’s same-score problem. And we are going to taste three wines with the same score, but at different price categories.
Some of the shots in the video were used from videos published on the Decanter YouTube channel. All relevant copyright belongs to Decanter or respective owners.
**WINES TASTED IN THIS VIDEO:
🍷 2021 Bodegas Frontonio ‘Telescopico’ Garnacha, Vino de la Tierra de Valdejalon, Spain
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/frontonio+telescopic+garnacha+de+la+tierra+valdejalon+v+t+aragon+spain/
🍷 2023 Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs, Dry Creek Valley, USA
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/ridge+lytton+spring+dry+creek+valley+sonoma+county+north+coast+california+usa/
🍷 Altesino Montosoli, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany, Italy
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/altesino+montosoli+docg+brunello+di+montalcino+tuscany+italy/
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**CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO:
0:00 The Same-Score Problem in Wine
3:26 The Tasting
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7 Comments
Happy 40k
I use the 100 point system ratings to give me some idea of the quality I can expect from a wine. I still have to keep in mind the varietals, place of origin (terroir), winemaking styles, etc. So it is a relative indication of quality. Many wine journalists score a wine higher based on perceived ageability. So a wine may require years in a bottle before it reaches the level of enjoyment indicated by its score. This is why I prefer your "Drinkability Index" as a much better basis for my personal wine selections. Thanks for this fun and intriguing video.
A month ago I tried a Grattamaco Bolgheri Superiore and was blown away by it. Of course cheaper wines can be really good
I still have difficulty with this scoring system. I would be curious to know the critics' arguments behind these scores their are giving. I think yours are making better sense, because I can hear your comments after each tasting. I think about the WSET Systematic Approach to Tasting (faulty – poor – good – very good and outstanding). To me, It gives an evaluation closer to reality about the wine itself. I am not critize you, but the 100-points score system. Would you be willing to try the WSET approach in a video, just for fun? 🙂
Very interesting. I can never judge wine beyond a coarse better or worse, even in blind tasting. I suspect my score would be dependent on my mood, the people I’m with, and the venue. I particularly have trouble across styles. I certainly would give a wine I’d spent $100 on a better score if it wasn’t blind, and when I blind taste, the cost-quality correlation is very weak. Still use the pro’s scores as a guide when I purchase wines I’m not familiar with, but with some skepticism!
It makes no sense to swirl the wine to show color when you hold up the white background. You initially show yourself the color without swirling , so why swirl when you try to show us the color ? It's confusing and unnecessary. Anyway, there is a problem assigning scores as a value wine getting a high score { say 89-91 } is much different from scoring a Premier Cru or GG in Germany which represent the upper echelon of winemaking
Another video with outstanding content! First off, I want to try the Lytton Springs even more now. I tried an experiment yesterday with 2 equally highly rated wines of the same varietal at opposing price points. $15 vs $75. There was a difference, but in the end it did not taste to me like a $60 difference. I really thought the one would be obviously $60 better. Turns out I could drink the $15 bottle every week and have the other one with friends at an occasional dinner or something. Thinking about it in the terms you provided, the more expensive wine is a much smaller producer, so the difference in cost makes more sense on that level so I will not judge the expensive one so harshly. Thank you for your content! Much love from California.