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eternumviti said:
I use a 5 point scale that runs from 15 to 20. It could just as easily run from 0 to 5, but you get set in your ways.

It is, as above, elaborated with +/++ or - /--, which I think makes it kind of 20 point score anyway.

I use the plusses and the minuses to indicate respectively gosh/mmmm/but or potential or suspected technical flaws, or maybe a great beginning but a slightly questionable something on the finish, or variations and exceptions to the above. The problem of course is that I can't remember exactly, so I addend the score to a tasting note that I then lose when I fall asleep on the tube on the way home.
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You have just made Marchbanks case.
My only problem with the KISS scale is that we now have 3 grades for wines we don't really like: Jesus Christ, Bof and Bof+; and only 3 grades for wines we do like: Good, Excellent and Oh Man !
Unless Marchy is a tougher marker and, for instance, would give Coudoulet 2016 a Bof+ instead of the Good I would give ?
 
eternumviti said:
I use a 5 point scale that runs from 15 to 20. It could just as easily run from 0 to 5, but you get set in your ways.
It is, as above, elaborated with +/++ or - /--, which I think makes it kind of 20 point score anyway.
I use the plusses and the minuses to indicate respectively gosh/mmmm/but or potential or suspected technical flaws, or maybe a great beginning but a slightly questionable something on the finish, or variations and exceptions to the above. The problem of course is that I can't remember exactly, so I addend the score to a tasting note that I then lose when I fall asleep on the tube on the way home.
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I did use a 5 point system, but as I hold so many different wines, quantity not quality, have now uprated the scoring to buy again and avoid, far simpler
 
Marchbanks said:
...I’m thinking of simplifying to three levels. ‘Would you buy again? No/maybe/yes.’ Or perhaps even two, as Luc Lapeyre suggested to me - “buvable ou non-buvable?”
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blossomchris said:
I did use a 5 point system, but as I hold so many different wines, quantity not quality, have now uprated the scoring to buy again and avoid, far simpler
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Looks like you are on the same route as me, but further down the track.

eternumviti said:
I use a 5 point scale that runs from 15 to 20. It could just as easily run from 0 to 5, but you get set in your ways.

It is, as above, elaborated with +/++ or - /--, which I think makes it kind of 20 point score anyway.

I use the plusses and the minuses to indicate respectively gosh/mmmm/but or potential or suspected technical flaws, or maybe a great beginning but a slightly questionable something on the finish, or variations and exceptions to the above.
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I think notes taken by a professional during tastings are a bit different, for obvious reasons. It’s a little different once you already own the wine - TBH I never make any notes/scores for my own use as I don’t see the purpose - you’ve already bought it so it’s a bit late, and you can leave any decisions about buying more until you are on the last bottle if you can’t trust your memory to remember past experiences.

wacko said:
Unless Marchy is a tougher marker and, for instance, would give Coudoulet 2016 a Bof+ instead of the Good I would give ?
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I think Bof+ would have been about right at c.£17... if it had been a £6 Guigal CdR it probably would have rated as excellent. But I’m hoping for improvement with age. (The wine, I mean. I’m well beyond that stage.)
 
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After all those vapid classifications I've thought of a new one
Oh f*k this is the bomb.

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I had 2017.Stunning.
 
Burgaud is good too, quite structured to the point, I have sometimes found, of hardness. I personally veer towards Sunier, who is a bit of a genius.
 
eternumviti said:
Burgaud is good too, quite structured to the point, I have sometimes found, of hardness. I personally veer towards Sunier, who is a bit of a genius.
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My memories of it are a bit hazy, but you're right, structured is a good way of describing it. Not a light, fruity, charming Beaujolais.
 
25% off all fayne wayne at Majestic in sixes. Plus an extra 10% for L&W subscribers, ha ha. Seemed silly not to pick up a few bottles of Au Bon Climat Isabelle for £37! Especially as I can probably sell the several tons of glass that the wine comes in at a profit afterwards.
 
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Calling NZ Pinot Noir lovers - I’m tempted by the Dog Point 2016 on offer at Majestic and have also found an interesting price for Greywacke 2014. Do either, neither or both float your boat(s)?
 
Marchbanks said:
Calling NZ Pinot Noir lovers - I’m tempted by the Dog Point 2016 on offer at Majestic and have also found an interesting price for Greywacke 2014. Do either, neither or both float your boat(s)?
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Haven't had either but my daughter, the world's leading Sauvignon Blanc expert, rates their SB as favourites so their PN should be good.
 
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