WTN: 2004 Barrister Cabernet Franc
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:26 am
Our wine tasting group held a Cabernet Franc tasting this past weekend. We followed our normal process of carefully concealing the wines in bags in order to perform a blind tasting. There were eight ( 8 ) voters and five (5) wines.
The point tally revealed that the 2004 Barrister Columbia Valley Cabernet Franc finished in last place. It wasn't even close to the fourth place wine. I was surprised by this result, because I had heard very good things about Barrister Cab Franc. The wine ended up with one 2nd place vote, two 3rd place votes, two 4th place votes and three 5th place votes. Mine was one of the 5th place votes.
Today, a friend sent me an email with a brief review of the Pacific Northwest Wine of the Week, the 2004 Barrister Cabernet Franc. The review ended with the declaration ... Rated "Outstanding" by Wine Press Northwest magazine.
I was shocked. There was no way this wine deserved such a rating. Do any of the WLDG tasters recall tasting this wine? If so, what was your impression?
-- Clark
The point tally revealed that the 2004 Barrister Columbia Valley Cabernet Franc finished in last place. It wasn't even close to the fourth place wine. I was surprised by this result, because I had heard very good things about Barrister Cab Franc. The wine ended up with one 2nd place vote, two 3rd place votes, two 4th place votes and three 5th place votes. Mine was one of the 5th place votes.
Today, a friend sent me an email with a brief review of the Pacific Northwest Wine of the Week, the 2004 Barrister Cabernet Franc. The review ended with the declaration ... Rated "Outstanding" by Wine Press Northwest magazine.
I was shocked. There was no way this wine deserved such a rating. Do any of the WLDG tasters recall tasting this wine? If so, what was your impression?
-- Clark