Australian Gourmet Pages
Pinot Challenge 2003
The Australian Gourmet
Pages Pinot Challenge was on, once again, at Claude’s Restaurant in Sydney. The
format unchanged; 12 finalists wines, tasted blind, first without, then with
food and rated separately.
The judges this year were:
John Cunnington,
Stephen Doyle, Mathew Evans, Peter Forrestal, Phillip Jones, Max Lake, Stephen Naughton, Jon Osbeiston, Tim Pak Poy, Tim Stock and Sharon Wild.
The finalist wines were:
|
No |
Wine |
Vintage |
|
1 |
Ashton Hills Pinot Noir, Adelaide Hills, SA |
2001 |
|
2 |
Eastern Peake Pinot Noir, Ballarat, VIC |
2000 |
|
3 |
Moorilla Estate, Reserve Pinot Noir, TAS |
2001 |
|
4 |
Picardy Tête de Cuvée, Pemberton, WA |
1999 |
|
5 |
Tinderbox Pinot Noir, TAS |
2001 |
|
6 |
d’meure Pinot Noir, Birchs Bay, TAS |
2001 |
|
7 |
Bindi Original Vineyard Pinot Noir, Macedon Ranges, VIC |
2000 |
|
8 |
Panorama
Vineyard Estate Pinot Noir, Huon Valley, TAS |
2001 |
|
9 |
Domaine A Pinot Noir, TAS |
1999 |
|
10 |
Wantirna Estate Lily Pinot Noir, Yarra Valley, VIC |
2000 |
|
11 |
Diamond Valley White Label Pinot Noir, Yarra Valley, VIC |
2001 |
|
12 |
Providence Miguet Pinot Noir, TAS |
2000 |
Scoring:
The best wine is awarded 1 point, the second best 2 and so forth to the worst wine receiving 12 points. So when the scores are tallied, the wine with the lowest number wins.
The
Scores:
Without Food:
|
Judges |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
|
John Cunnington |
1 |
4 |
10 |
2 |
7 |
3 |
12 |
11 |
5 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
|
Stephen Doyle |
4 |
8 |
10 |
11 |
9 |
1 |
12 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
6 |
|
Mathew Evans |
4 |
10 |
12 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
9 |
11 |
3 |
|
Peter Forrestal |
3 |
12 |
9 |
11 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
10 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
|
Phillip Jones |
6 |
12 |
1 |
7 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
9 |
11 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
|
Max Lake |
12 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
1 |
|
Stephen Naughton |
1 |
12 |
11 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
10 |
4 |
9 |
2 |
7 |
|
Jon Osbeiston |
10 |
9 |
7 |
11 |
3 |
12 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
|
Tim Pak Poy |
9 |
6 |
11 |
7 |
1 |
12 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
|
Tim Stock |
1 |
7 |
10 |
6 |
3 |
12 |
11 |
2 |
8 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
|
Sharon Wild |
2 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
11 |
1 |
9 |
5 |
12 |
2 |
7 |
4 |
|
Total |
53 |
96 |
93 |
82 |
70 |
60 |
74 |
59 |
74 |
68 |
68 |
50 |
Top three without food: Wines number 12 followed by 1
followed by 8
With Food:
|
Judges |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
|
John Cunnington |
1 |
3 |
12 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
12 |
8 |
5 |
9 |
11 |
10 |
|
Stephen Doyle |
8 |
4 |
12 |
9 |
6 |
1 |
11 |
5 |
10 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
|
Mathew Evans |
5 |
11 |
10 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
12 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
11 |
2 |
|
Peter Forrestal |
2 |
12 |
9 |
11 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
|
Phillip Jones |
5 |
12 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
10 |
2 |
9 |
11 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
|
Max Lake |
12 |
10 |
4 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
|
Stephen Naughton |
6 |
9 |
12 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
8 |
11 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
|
Jon Osbeiston |
5 |
10 |
7 |
11 |
3 |
12 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
7 |
9 |
4 |
|
Tim Pak Poy |
2 |
9 |
10 |
6 |
1 |
12 |
11 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
8 |
3 |
|
Tim Stock |
1 |
10 |
6 |
4 |
11 |
12 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
5 |
7 |
|
Sharon Wild |
3 |
12 |
10 |
6 |
8 |
1 |
5 |
9 |
11 |
2 |
7 |
4 |
|
Total |
50 |
102 |
95 |
72 |
59 |
63 |
77 |
72 |
78 |
56 |
76 |
47 |
Top three without food:
Wines number 12 followed by 1 followed by 10
Top two in both categories:
Wine Number 12 followed by wine number 1
Winner, AGP Pinot Challenge 2003
Providence Miguet Pinot Noir 2000, Tasmania
Runner Up:
Ashton Hills Pinot Noir, Adelaide Hills 2001, South Australia