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Re: Champagne tasting

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mkuller

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...our wine group had our holiday champagne/sparkling wine tasting and dinner with our wives.

6 bubblies - 11 tasters.

6. Domaine Carneros Brut - 49pts. (2 seconds, 4 lasts)
5. Moet Chandon Brut Imperial - 47pts. (1 first, 4 lasts)
4. Roederer Anderson Valley Brut - 39pts. (3 firsts, 1 last)
3. Mumm Napa Brut Prestiege - 37pts. (2 firsts, 2 seconds, 2 lasts)
2. J Cuvee 20 - 34pts. (5 firsts, no seconds)
1. Graham Beck Brut - 28pts. (no firsts, 5 second places)

All were between $16 and $20 except for the French Moet which was $30.

My favorite was the Roederer which was creamy and a little yeasty.

The Graham Beck is from South Africa and we have also had their Brut Rose which we like a little better.

Happy holidays!

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Synchronicity! Much overlap! - Enophile 08:40:14 12/10/12 (1)
We blew through a similar list last week, all overlapping except the Graham. We also used Clicquot Orange, Chandon (Cali) blanc de blanc and blanc de noir.

We had a cluster around the Moet - I think it is a flavor profile people may have just become 'used to' and another group on the Roederer.

I have no opinion - I had a cold. :(

We served with rosemary smoked and mandarin stuffed turkey and smoked tri tips - so our food tended toward a more savory profile which may also have affected the tasting results.

Thanks for your list. Great time of year for it!
- My favorite is... - mkuller 09:49:32 12/10/12 (0)
  ...the Cliquot but at $36 it's priced 2-3 times as some of the good CA sparklers so I reserve it for special occasions.
  
  Costco has the Roederer at $16 and the Gloria Ferrar at $12.
  
  We usually open a bottle on Friday night to celebrate the weekend.
RE: Re: Champagne tasting - Jerry P 06:41:02 12/09/12 (3)
You ratings system confuses me.
Is the number 6 or number 1 wine
the best?

Jerry P
- Sorry for the confusion... - mkuller 11:52:07 12/09/12 (2)
  ...everyone rates the 6 wines from their favorite, #1, to the one they like least, #6.
  
  With 11 tasters, if everyone agreed, the #1 wine would have 11 points and the last place wine would have 66 points.
  
  If there are no clear favorites, the numbers bunch up in the middle.
  
  In our champagne tasting there were really three preference groups from looking at the point totals - #5 and #6 (47 and 49 points), #2, #3 and #4 (34, 37 and 39 points) and then #1 (28 pts).
  
  So #1 was a pretty clear favorite and the last two were pretty clearly unpopular.
  - Graham Beck - jimbill 08:38:44 12/10/12 (1)
    My local wine store has the Graham Beck line. For the rose, they have the NV and the 2009. Which one did your group prefer?
    - The group... - mkuller 09:44:48 12/10/12 (0)
      ...only tasted the Graham Beck NV Brut which was #1.
      
      Our favorite is the 2009 Brut Rose.

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