Sibling Rivalry Napa Cab. Vs. Sonoma Cab-THE RESULTS! [edit]
Thanks to Andrew Healy and his brilliant scoring method, we were able to release the results of the judges scores early on at the Sibling Rivalry: Napa vs. Sonoma Cab event on Sunday, Feb 21. The highest scoring wine was a Sonoma wine, Stryker Sonoma. The two second highest scoring wines were Rutherford Grove and Ehlers Estate, both from Napa. However, just because a judge scores a wine high, it does mean that it is their favorite. Two wines tied for judges favorite: Rutherford Grove and Stryker Sonoma, with Ehlers Estate coming in as a second favorite.
The judges judged the ten top scoring wines out of the 30 cabs that were submitted. The top ten wines are below, starting from the wine in first place:
Stryker 2006 Alexander valley (Sonoma)
Rutherford Grove 2005 Estate Cab (Napa)
Kristian Story's '06 Rhapsody (Napa)
By analyzing the scores and spending time with the judges, both at the event and before the event, I was able to learn some interesting things about them. Not only did I learn a thing or two about the judges, but James Matuszewski, founder and owner of LocalWino.com, learned something about himself. He loves Sonoma Cabernet! James is the only judge who tried all 30 of the wines that were a part of the competition. While James thoroughly enjoyed the Napa Cabs, I often heard him comment, "That was Sonoma? I liked that one!"
We brought on some girl power this time around, starting with Antonia Quast, wine consultant, Master of Wine student, and owner of The Princess Grape. Antonia joined us for 2 of the 3 pre-event judging sessions. What I learned about Antonia is that she is a total Napa Cab girl. She likes her wine big, complex, and truly seems to appreciate and understand the price of Napa cabs. Rhapsody was her favorite.
William Allen, creator of Simple Hedonisms and advocate of everything that is Sonoma wine, stayed true t his adopted hometown by giving Stryker Sonoma his highest score of the night.
Jil Child, sommelier and founder of Wine Tours of the World, has a Sonoma palate. Her top three wines were Stryker, Emery, and Simi.
Not only did we have girl power, but we added a member a "millennial," Lee Robustelli who works for Dominus Estate. Don't let her youth fool you, Lee has a very good palate. She scored Harvest Moon the highest though her favorites were Rutherford Grove and Ehlers Estate.
Sandrew Montgomery has a palate that just likes good wine, no matter where it comes from. He gave Rutherford Grove his highest marks, but right behind Rutherford Grove was Simi Reserve. Then came a Napa wine, then Sonoma, and so on and so forth. Stryker was his favorite, however.
Michael Meade was much like Sandrew Montgomery, spreading his scores evenly between Napa and Sonoma. He scored Rutherford Grove the highest, but chose Kokomo as his favorite of the night (of the judges wines).
The public tasting consisted of 30 wines, including the top ten judges wines. Napa wines won. Out of 15 tables, they won 8, Sonoma won 5 and 2 tied. However when it came to the blue ticket (the ticket used to vote for your favorite wine overall) Napa was the clear winner. Out of 79 tickets, Napa cab won 51 of the tickets with over half the tickets being given to the top four wines. The top ten wines for the public {(#) indicates number on brown bag}, starting from the one that received the most blue tickets are:
Kristian Story's Rhapsody '06 ~ (19)
The 30 wines that participated are listed below with their corresponding number from the brown bag:
19 Kristian Story Wines '06 (N)
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written by William Allen, February 25, 2010
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written by james matuszewski, February 25, 2010
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written by Antonia, February 26, 2010
wonderful work of getting people, wine and location.
So glad to have been apart of this brainchild of yours.
Cheers to you!( with a big glass of cab;-)
Antonia
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written by Randy, March 04, 2010
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written by ThompsonElvira24, March 31, 2010
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written by swiss replica watch, August 19, 2010
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Thanks for putting on such a great event. It gives us, small boutique, wineries the chance to share our prides and joy!
The turn out was fantastic and we all got the chance to discover and taste some great wines!