Alfreton & District

WINE APPRECIATION

The Group meets every 1st Thursday of the month at 2pm at various members homes.

Next Meeting: Thursday 7 March at Sue and Mike’s home.
Following Meeting: Thursday 4 April. Venue to be confirmed.

Nine of us came together at Bob’s home for our February Wine Tasting afternoon. Bob had kindly put together 6 bottles of wine arranged in a different method of presentation and laid out nibbles for us all. We were presented with 3 pages of information on the 3 different grapes we were to taste which were all pored over and placed in front of each of us, they were:
1. Pinot Noir 2. Merlot 3. Cabernet Sauvignon
We could compare, smell, taste and discuss all of the 3 wine samples as we wished whilst consulting the information sheets that Bob had presented us with. Having done so we then gave each wine our individual score out of 10, making a possible total score of 90 points for each wine. The scores were as follows:
Pinot Noir 57 Merlot 70 Cabernet Sauvignon 60

Bob then presented us with another bottle of each of the same grapes covered up for us to blind taste and guess which wine was which, and we scored each one before they were then revealed. The scores this time came out as:
Pinot Noir 59 Merlot 65 Cabernet Sauvignon 65

So, obviously, the Pinot Noir came in last place both times but we were split between the Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. I am obliged to then report that 7 of the 9 present got all 3 wines blind tasted in the correct order whilst 2 people, me included, got only 1 correct and the other 2 the wrong way round.

Our next gathering is on the 7th of March at Sue and Mike’s home with Fay supplying the wines. If anyone wishes to join us please contact us.

If you are interested in joining the Group, or would like to find out more about it, please get in touch with the Group Contact through the CONTACT page on this website.
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