Sauvignon Blanc Not Popular With Serious Wine Lovers
Sauvignon Blanc may be growing fast in the mainstream market, but the grape fails to ignite a love affair with serious wine drinkers. Corkscore.com user ratings how that wines made from Sauvignon Blanc and Merlot are the lowest rated.
Online, November 9, 2009 (Newswire.com) - "We have often heard in conversations with wine aficionados that Sauvignon Blanc is perceived as a simple, fruit driven and at times one-dimensional wine. Ratings from our users now provide some concrete data", says Lars Herold, CEO of Corkscore. "On the positive side, it should be noted that the best Marlborough Sauvignon Blancs do get ratings of up to 92-94pts."
Corkscore.com is a free service where wine lovers can keep their tasting notes and check wine prices directly when they drink or buy, with mobile, iPhone, SMS, Email and web access. The company regularly analyses its ratings database to discover emerging trends among its growing base of wine lovers.
Sauvignon Blanc based wines score an average rating of 84.5 points on the 100-point scale, which is 2.6 points below the average Corkscore rating of 87.1. From the major varietals only Merlot wines score lower, with an average rating of only 80.3.
Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc also have the highest standard deviation of ratings, which underlines the mixed reception of these varietals among wine aficionados.
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