'THE JUDGEMENT OF PRINCETON' wine tasting took place on June 15th, 2012, which was modeled after the famous 1976 'JUDGEMENT OF PARIS' blind wine tasting.
In the 1976 blind tasting ,California wines emerged as victors over the French wines, thus creating the present California wine frenzy.
George Taber, former journalist for TIME magazine, who covered the 1976 event, recreated the details to mirror the 1976 event. Scoring, like in 1976, was on a 20 point basis. A panel of nine judges was assembled to blind taste four French wines and six from New Jersey, from each of the three categories. The categories included white, 100% Chardonnay and reds that came from any of the Bordeaux blend grapes; Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot and had to be grown in New Jersey.
New Jersey wines for the competition were submitted to an informal panel of judges who were not eligible to taste wines at the final competition.
The final panel of judges for the competition included vineyard owners, international wine critics and journalists, including three from Belgium and France. Each judge sampled ten wines from each class, white and red.
The results: New Jersey wines took three out of the top four in whites and ranked third and fifth highest in reds. The tasting took part at a four day conference on the campus of Princeton University, hosted by the American Association of Wine Economists.
Below are the rankings:
Whites
1 JOSEPH DROUHIN BEAUNE Clos MOUCHES 2009 (France)
2 UNIONVILLE Chardonnay 2010 (New Jersey)
3 HERITAGE Chardonnay 2010 (New Jersey)
4 SILVER DECOY "Black Feather" (New Jersey)
5 SOMAINE LEFLAIVE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET GRAND CRU 2009 (France)
6 (tied) BELLVIEW Chardonnay 2010 (New Jersey)
7 (tied) DOMAINE MACR-ANTONIN BATARD-MONTRACHET GRAND CRU 2009 (France)
8 AMALTHEA CELLARS Chardonnay 2008 (New Jersey)
9 VENTIMIGLIA Chardonnay 2010 (New Jersey)
10 JEAN-LATOUR LABILLE MERSAULT-CHARMES PREMIER CRU 2008 (France)
Reds
1 CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHCHILD 2004 (France)
2 CHATEAU HAUT-BRION 2004 (France)
3 HERITAGE ESTATE RESERVE BDX 2010 (New Jersey)
4 CHATEAU MONTROSE 2004 (France)
5 TOMASELLO CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'Oak Reserve' 2007 (New Jersey)
6 CHATEAU LEOVILLE Las CASES 2004 (France)
7 BELLVIEW LUMIERE 2010 (New Jersey)
8 SILVER DECOY CABERNET FRANC 2008 (New Jersey)
9 AMALTHEA CELLARS EUROPA VI 2008 (New Jersey)
10 FOUR JG's CABERNET FRANC 2008 (New Jersey)
The tasting results will go down in history, as did the results in 1976. But from the state of New Jersey??
PHILIP S. KAMPE
/•/ Luiz Alberto, #winelover. Founder of the #winelover community, judge at International wine competitions, wine educator and communicator. /•/ Philip S. Kampe, #winelover: Growing up in New Orleans has opened my eyes to the world of wine, food, and culture. My heritage is a combination of French, British, and Hungarian. Add eight years of European life coupled with a wife of Italian roots and you will understand my journey into this amazing world.
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This is totally amazing. Napa is easy to believe, but, New Jersey is even more incredible.
The results are historical.
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