Results of Touraine Cult Wine Contest

There was spirited discussion and voting at the Chambers Street Wines tasting on Saturday to determine the Cult Touraine Wine of the Year. The category was expanded by the judges at the last minute to include the Clos Roche Blanche Touraine Sauvignon Blanc 2003 and the Thierry Puzelat Sauvignon Blanc 2003.

One word of caution: the wines were just shipped to America and only recently bottled. It will be interesting to see how the wines develop.

The results:

54 ballots were recorded:

Touraine Sauvignon Blanc
15 for Clos Roche Blanche
21 for Thierry Puzelat
18 considered the two wines of equal quality

Touraine Gamay
18 for Clos Roche Blanche
35 for Thierry Puzelat
One write-in for Henri Marionnet

2 ballots were eliminated due to illegible markings. One attendee attempted to vote twice and both of his ballots were eliminated.

We'd like to thank everyone for participating in this scientific and spirited event.




- Joe Dressner 5-10-2004 10:36 am


Obviously, these results have left us speechless.

BTW, what's the margin of error?
- anonymous (guest) 5-14-2004 6:38 pm


3 points either way
- Joe Dressner 5-14-2004 8:17 pm


Is that on a 100-point scale or a 20-point scale?
- anonymous (guest) 5-14-2004 9:04 pm