These 90-odd wines were tasted blind in flights in London in sep 05 with another 15 tasters from the UK and the Bordeaux wine trade. The mechanics of the tasting were organised by Farr Vintners who asked us all to use the following marking system: 13 out of 20 is acceptable, 17 or 18 is pretty good. I have retained my marks using that scale so that you can compare my marks with the average of all the tasters, given in brackets after my personal score, and see where I am at variance with the majority. I have also presented...
25 Oct 2005