Pinot Group Blind tasting result - Del Dotto, Flowers, Chateau St Jean, Dobbes

Had a group over last night for a blind tasting. Each couple brought 2 bottles at different price points - over $70 and under $30. I tried to do this as “correctly” as possible - we double decanted, used appropriate palate cleansers, etc

Most of this group drinks wine routinely, and usually not real cheap stuff - so we all thought we would be able to differentiate expensive from cheap (although realizing that expensive does not ALWAYS mean better)

I had everyone rank them, and then added the scores, so a low total score was the best (most #1). In the pic, ranking is from left to right.

Funny thing here was that the $10 bottle came in #1. The entire experience was fun & eye opening.

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Wow! What do you think drove those results?

We’re all of the wines the same vintage - 2020?

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There really weren’t large differences in scores between these 4.
The Chateau was a 2019, the Flowers Camp Meeting Ridge a 2021, and the other two were 2020. Maybe the presumably better/expensive ones would differentiate themselves better with some age?

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The CH St Jean came in #1 ?

yep