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Judgement+50:
THE VERDICT
In 1976, a blind tasting - since nicknamed the 'Judgement of Paris'
- pitted top French wines against Californian upstarts.
Shockingly, the upstarts won.
Fifty years on, we staged a retrial - France against the world.
The results were diverse: The top 2 whites came from different regions, in New Zealand and Napa Valley. The top 2 reds came from two other regions, in South Africa and Chile..
The Louis Jadot Puligny-Montrachet placed in a virtual tie for 3rd place amongst the whites but received the 2nd-highest number of ‘favourite’ votes, after the Kumeu River. Click to see the Full Results
JUDGEMENT+50 EUROPE AFRICA
221 PARTICIPANTS
8 VENUES, CONTINENTS and 12,000 MILES
ONE SHARED SCOREBOARD
THE LARGEST COORDINATED BLIND TASTING
The Tasting
Like 50 years ago, the blind tasting consisted two flights of wine, Chardonnays and Bordeaux Blends.
However, to reflect today’s broad wine world, the tasting was expanded beyond a California vs France head-to-head tasting. French wines faced-off against entrants from North and South America, South Africa and Oceania.
