New Weekly Segment: Guess the Wine??
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 4:18 pm
Hopefully this is the start of a new weekly segment at Auswine to add some spice, drama, etc to the Forum. 
Each week I will provide 1 or more tasting notes from published wine critics (that will remain anonymous) that all refer to the same wine. It is then up to the Forum to try and guess what the wine is. Points will be given to each Forum member that guess the correct answer about the wine before it is revealed. The categories that will attract points for the right answers are the following:
Country - Will always be Australia (no points awarded)
State - 2 points
Region - 2 points
Varietial - 3 points (if a blend and the Forum member picks it, points are doubled)
Year - 4 points
Winery - 5 points
Name of Wine - 1 point
Everyday one category will be revealed, which will then allow each Forum member to change their guesses for the remaining categories if they want to. This will continue each day until the wine is revealed. The winner is the person with the most points at the end of the week. Unfortunately, there are no prizes,
just a chance to show off your wine guessing prowess on the WWW.
So for this weeks wine:
TASTING NOTE 1
"Concentrated in every way: colour, aroma and taste. Terrific sweet, ripe flavour, full body and lots of mouth-coating tannin in good balance".
TASTING NOTE 2
"Offers a lightly minty bouquet of sweet red berries, cassis and a whiff of menthol over restrained cedar/vanillia oak. Long, intense and brightly flavoured, its succulent, round centre delivers vibrant small berry flavours integrated with sweet oak and fine, firm, bony tannins. Crafted but not over-made, it finishes tight and balanced, with a lingering and attractive mineral note".
TASTING NOTE 3
"This is a very concentrated wine with a lot more oomph than tradition would dictate. In style it's more of a modern take on the region. At the core is very concentrated blackcurrant liquer-like fruit with hints of mint and earthy characters. Cedary oak plays a positive role, and the palate is a bit like demi-glace, rich, full, beef-stock-like and velvety. A firm backbone of tannin supports everything and should help it hold together for many years".
Country - Australia
State -
Region -
Varietial -
Year -
Winery -
Name of Wine -
Have fun. Will reveal State and Region tomorrow.
Each week I will provide 1 or more tasting notes from published wine critics (that will remain anonymous) that all refer to the same wine. It is then up to the Forum to try and guess what the wine is. Points will be given to each Forum member that guess the correct answer about the wine before it is revealed. The categories that will attract points for the right answers are the following:
Country - Will always be Australia (no points awarded)
State - 2 points
Region - 2 points
Varietial - 3 points (if a blend and the Forum member picks it, points are doubled)
Year - 4 points
Winery - 5 points
Name of Wine - 1 point
Everyday one category will be revealed, which will then allow each Forum member to change their guesses for the remaining categories if they want to. This will continue each day until the wine is revealed. The winner is the person with the most points at the end of the week. Unfortunately, there are no prizes,
just a chance to show off your wine guessing prowess on the WWW.
So for this weeks wine:
TASTING NOTE 1
"Concentrated in every way: colour, aroma and taste. Terrific sweet, ripe flavour, full body and lots of mouth-coating tannin in good balance".
TASTING NOTE 2
"Offers a lightly minty bouquet of sweet red berries, cassis and a whiff of menthol over restrained cedar/vanillia oak. Long, intense and brightly flavoured, its succulent, round centre delivers vibrant small berry flavours integrated with sweet oak and fine, firm, bony tannins. Crafted but not over-made, it finishes tight and balanced, with a lingering and attractive mineral note".
TASTING NOTE 3
"This is a very concentrated wine with a lot more oomph than tradition would dictate. In style it's more of a modern take on the region. At the core is very concentrated blackcurrant liquer-like fruit with hints of mint and earthy characters. Cedary oak plays a positive role, and the palate is a bit like demi-glace, rich, full, beef-stock-like and velvety. A firm backbone of tannin supports everything and should help it hold together for many years".
Country - Australia
State -
Region -
Varietial -
Year -
Winery -
Name of Wine -
Have fun. Will reveal State and Region tomorrow.
)
Cabernet