Scorecard for Tasting and Evaluating Wine

As part of the tasting process, and as a way of comparing the merits of the various wines, wines are given scores according to a relatively set system. This may be either explicitly weighting different aspects, or by global judgment. These aspects are 1) the appearance of the wine, 2) the nose or smell, 3) the palate or taste, and 4) overall or finish. Different systems weight these differently, but typically, no modern wine would score less than half on any scale. It is more common for wines to be scored out of 20 (including half marks) in Europe and parts of Australasia, and out of 100 in the US. However, different critics tend to have their own preferred system, and some gradings are also given out of 5. Below is a downloadable .PDF Wine Tasting Score Card that you can take with you when you decide to tour the local wineries in Temecula.

• See also: Wine Tasting Descriptions
• See also: Wine Tasting Guide

 

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Wine Tasting Score Card .PDF