{"id":1255,"date":"2009-09-21T00:51:40","date_gmt":"2009-09-20T16:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineblogchina.com\/?p=3"},"modified":"2012-01-03T01:05:06","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T17:05:06","slug":"3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineblogchina.com\/?p=1255","title":{"rendered":"Blind tasting of Old and New World wines"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/strong>-Blind tasting of Old and New World wines<\/strong><\/p>\n

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WINEONLINE WINE CLUB WINE TASTING\u00a0<\/p>\n

Maxime LU \/ WINEONLINE WINE CLUB (BEIJING)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Along with the popularization of wine, the concept of the \u201cNew World\u201d and the \u201c Old World\u201d has been referred to in different wine events or media frequently. The \u201cNew World\u201d represents those new wine-producing countries such as the United States, Australia, Chili and South Africa, while the \u201cOld World\u201d represents those traditional wine-producing countries such as French, Italy and Spanish.<\/p>\n

The \u201cNew World\u201d formed a strong force opposed to the \u201cOld World\u201d as it grows up. Those two Worlds faced fierce competition in the target market.<\/p>\n

The \u201cNew World\u201d takes the significant market share in mid-range and low end market with scientific brewing and various brewing concept. Furthermore, it gradually penetrates into high end market through some high standard market behaviors.<\/p>\n

In contrast to the \u201c New World\u201d, the \u201cOld World\u201d has the competitive advantage in high end market with profound culture, technology accumulation and humanity idea and also gradually recovers parts of mid-range and low end market during communication and merging.<\/p>\n

For the sake of fairness, this time we will compare the \u201cNew world\u201d and the \u201cOld World\u201d with the form. of blind tasting.<\/p>\n

I chose five kinds of wines from 5 wine-producing countries, including Old World wines from Italy and France and New World wines from Argentina, Australia and China.<\/p>\n

Specific wines are as follows:<\/p>\n

Wine 1\uff1aCallia Alta Shiraz-Malbec 2007, Argentina
\nWine 2\uff1aDANZANTE MERLOT,DELA SICILIA 2004, Australia
\nWine 3\uff1aPICQUE CAILLOU,La Reserve 2003,Pessac-Leognan, France
\nWine 4\uff1aROSEMOUNT HILL of GOLD,Cabernet Sauvignon,2004, Austalia
\nWine 5\uff1aZhongFa Zhuangyuan(\u4e2d\u6cd5\u5e84\u56ed )\uff0cMarselan, dry red wine,2004\uff0cChina<\/p>\n

The vote result of blind tasting shows that New World wine has an absolute advantage, which is the same as the result of the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976.<\/p>\n

Wine 1: \u00a020 scores\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (market price, <100 yuan\uff09<\/p>\n

Wine 2: \u00a010 scores\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (market price, 100yuan~200yuan\uff09<\/p>\n

Wine 3: \u00a020 scores\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (market price, 200yuan~300yuan\uff09<\/p>\n

Wine 4: \u00a022 scores\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (market price, 200yuan~300yuan\uff09<\/p>\n

Wine 5: \u00a026 scores\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (market price, 300yuan~400yuan\uff09<\/p>\n

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Wine 1 from Argentina with the lowest market price received the same score as wine 3 from France, while wine 2 from Italy didn\u2019t meet with great favor, although its price is higher than wine 1. Apparently, the public prefers the flavor of New World wine.<\/p>\n

Especially, ZhongFaZhuangyuan(\u4e2d\u6cd5\u5e84\u56ed)\uff0cMarselan, dry red wine,2004 stand out above the rest in this blind tasting with its unique style. and standardization of French vineyards, although it comes from young vines. I always think that Marselan\u2019s development in China should not stop so soon. However, ZhongFaZhuangyuan(\u4e2d\u6cd5\u5e84\u56ed) is on sale right now.
\nMy tasting notes are as follows:<\/p>\n

Wine 1\uff1a<\/strong>Callia Alta Shiraz-Malbec 2007, Argentina<\/strong>
\nDeep black red color, intense aromas of blueberries, raspberries with sweet candy flavor; good mouth-feel, medium body, fine tannin but a little bit weak, well-balanced, short-to-medium length. It\u2019s a favorable dry red wine with excellent price-performance ratio.<\/p>\n

Wine 2\uff1aDANZANTE MERLOT,DELA SICILIA 2004, Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deep black red color; with a nose of gravy, almond and cranberries, as well as the flavor of blueberries cheese; medium body, wood-flavor, well-balanced, tannin is a little bit rough; obvious acid especially in after taste. This dry red wine coming from Sicilia is worth the price, but its unique aromas, not well-balancing and obvious acid are not favored.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wine 3\uff1aPICQUE CAILLOU,La Reserve 2003,Pessac-Leognan, France<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deep ruby red color; exquisite blackcurrant aromas with fungus, dead leaves; exquisite tannin with medium power, medium-to-long length with herbal medicine breath, the typical character of Bordeaux<\/p>\n

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Wine 4\uff1a<\/strong>ROSEMOUNT HILL of GOLD,Cabernet Sauvignon,2004, Austalia
\n<\/strong>Deep black red color; intense aromas of blackcurrant, vanilla and cinnamon with typical spicy flavor; semi-sweet mouth-feel, medium-to-full body, medium-to-strong tannin, harmonious-balanced, medium-to-long length. It\u2019s an Australia wine that shows the strength of typical characters of Cabernet Sauvignon.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Wine 5<\/strong>\uff1a<\/strong>ZhongFaZhuangyuan(\u4e2d\u6cd5\u5e84\u56ed)\uff0c<\/strong>Marselan, dry red wine,2004\uff0cChina<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deep ruby red color; intense aromas of longan and blackberries; sweet mouth-feel, light to medium body, light to medium tannin, holly leaf-flavor with a little bit hot after taste. Its distinctive breath is favored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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