Descriptive analysis and quality ratings of 1976 wines from four bordeaux communes

Abstract

Abstract Twenty‐four wines from four communes in Bordeaux were evaluated by descriptive analysis by trained assessors. The same 1976 wines were assigned quality ratings by Masters of Wine (MW). The major aroma difference between the wines was attributed to variation in the intensity of the ‘green bean/green olive’ character by canonical variates analysis (CVA) of the aroma descriptor ratings across wines. The CVA of the flavour by mouth ratings showed the wines to be discriminated primarily on the basis of astringency and bitterness. By multivariate analysis of variance across regions, and by examination of the configurations derived from the CVA across wines, it was shown that the wines did not vary significantly between communes. No significant difference between the wines in quality ratings of the MWs was found.