Like I told Robert I think it was just too big a tasting. The only reasonable conclusion to draw from the top scoring wines is 'These wines show well in a big blind tasting'
I hope he re-thinks the format for next time. The room was super-cramped too (and neither table space nor clipboard made my tasting notes pretty perfunctory - stonking sinus infection didn't help either I guess) though I'd imagine Xavier provided it gratis and beggars can't be choosers.
Final gripe my god it ticks me off when people won't admit/can't tell if a wine is corked. There are 74 wines, the moment someone complains pull the bottle, there are lots of others!
It's a shame because there were loads of interesting wines that deserved a more considered approach, I think it was ultimately a little disrespectful
Too too many wines
Like I told Robert I think it was just too big a tasting. The only reasonable conclusion to draw from the top scoring wines is 'These wines show well in a big blind tasting'
I hope he re-thinks the format for next time. The room was super-cramped too (and neither table space nor clipboard made my tasting notes pretty perfunctory - stonking sinus infection didn't help either I guess) though I'd imagine Xavier provided it gratis and beggars can't be choosers.
Final gripe my god it ticks me off when people won't admit/can't tell if a wine is corked. There are 74 wines, the moment someone complains pull the bottle, there are lots of others!
It's a shame because there were loads of interesting wines that deserved a more considered approach, I think it was ultimately a little disrespectful