Bourgogne Party
Some people want to see the world a better place. I didn’t watch the Ocean’s Twelve movie. But I guess they depicted something similar to what happened this Friday. Twelve people, eight magnificent bottles from Burgundy and only 90 minutes to taste them blindly, rate and attempt to guess. A bit stressful in a therapeutic way. Vova Ulianov knows how to finish this daunting week. And he sets a high bar when it comes to wine tasting events. Bravo.
Any rules? All bottles are served blind, and no one except the waiter knows the order. All wines are revealed at the end. The list of wines is known upfront. What? You say it’s easy? Believe it or not, only 25% of participants guessed at least half of the bottles.
Anyway, here is the list of wines in the order they were served.
- Philippe Pacalet Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes 2016
- Chandon de Briailles Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Les Vergelesses 2019
- Domaine Derain Pommard Les Petits Noizons 2018
- Sylvain Pataille Marsannay Chardonnay rose 2020
- Frédéric Cossard Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières 2018
- Leroy Bourgogne Blanc 2017
- Domaine de Chassorney Saint-Romain Combe Bazin 2018
- Alice et Olivier De Moor Chablis 1er Cru Vau de Vey 2018
Scores

Wine #1 | Wine #2 | Wine #3 | Wine #4 | Wine #5 | Wine #6 | Wine #7 | Wine #8 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vova | 4.20 | 4.30 | 3.90 | 4.00 | 4.30 | 4.00 | 4.20 | 4.40 |
Diana | 3.90 | 4.00 | 3.80 | 4.10 | 4.40 | 3.80 | 3.70 | 4.00 |
Serhii | 4.00 | 4.20 | 4.20 | 4.10 | 4.10 | 4.00 | 4.30 | 4.00 |
Andrii | 4.10 | 4.30 | 4.10 | 4.00 | 4.40 | 3.90 | 4.10 | 4.10 |
Viktoriya | 4.10 | 4.00 | 4.20 | 4.00 | 4.30 | 3.70 | 4.00 | 4.20 |
Roman | 4.10 | 4.20 | 4.00 | 4.30 | 4.20 | 4.10 | 4.00 | 4.20 |
Mykola | 4.30 | 4.10 | 4.00 | 4.30 | 4.20 | 4.10 | 4.00 | 4.30 |
Anya | 4.10 | 4.20 | 3.90 | 4.20 | 4.30 | 4.10 | 4.10 | 4.30 |
Maksym | 4.15 | 4.28 | 3.95 | 4.20 | 4.55 | 4.44 | 4.50 | 4.25 |
David | 4.30 | 4.20 | 3.70 | 4.00 | 4.10 | 4.30 | 4.00 | 4.30 |
Anastasiia | 4.20 | 4.20 | 4.00 | 4.30 | 4.10 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.10 |
Boris | 4.20 | 4.00 | 3.80 | 4.00 | 4.40 | 4.10 | 4.30 | 4.20 |
rms | sdev | favourite | price | QPR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wine #1 | 4.1390 | 0.0121 | 2.00 | 5490.00 | 0.5389 |
Wine #2 | 4.1664 | 0.0118 | 1.00 | 2490.00 | 1.2395 |
Wine #3 | 3.9653 | 0.0221 | 0.00 | 2450.00 | 0.9259 |
Wine #4 | 4.1268 | 0.0152 | 1.00 | 1950.00 | 1.4883 |
Wine #5 | 4.2814 | 0.0189 | 4.00 | 10900.00 | 0.3381 |
Wine #6 | 4.0495 | 0.0366 | 0.00 | 5900.00 | 0.4354 |
Wine #7 | 4.1047 | 0.0383 | 1.00 | 2390.00 | 1.1687 |
Wine #8 | 4.1975 | 0.0144 | 3.00 | 2271.00 | 1.4253 |
How to read this table:
rms
is root mean square or quadratic mean. The problem with arithmetic mean is that it is very sensitive to deviations and extreme values in data sets, meaning that even single 5 or 1 might ‘drastically’ affect the score.sdev
is standard deviation. The bigger this value the more controversial the wine is, meaning that people have different opinions on this one.favourite
is amount of people who marked this wine as favourite of the event.price
is wine price in UAH.QPR
is quality price ratio, calculated in as100 * factorial(rms)/price
. The reason behind this totally unprofessional formula is simple. At some point you have to pay more and more to get a little fraction of satisfaction. Factorial used in this formula rewards scores close to the upper bound 120 times more than scores close to the lower bound.
Philippe Pacalet Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes 2016
- producer: Philippe Pacalet
- name: Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes
- vintage: 2016
- grapes: Pinot Noir
- appellation: Vosne-Romanée AOC
- location: Burgundy, France
- alcohol: 13
- sugar: N/A
- price: 5490 UAH
Chandon de Briailles Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Les Vergelesses 2019
- producer: Chandon de Briailles
- name: Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Les Vergelesses
- vintage: 2019
- grapes: Pinot Noir
- appellation: Pernand-Vergelesses AOC
- location: Burgundy, France
- alcohol: 13.5
- sugar: 1
- price: 1790 UAH
Domaine Derain Pommard Les Petits Noizons 2018
- producer: Domaine Derain
- name: Pommard Les Petits Noizons
- vintage: 2018
- grapes: Pinot Noir
- appellation: Pommard AOC
- location: Burgundy, France
- alcohol: 13.5
- sugar: 1
- price: 2450 UAH
Sylvain Pataille Marsannay Chardonnay rose 2020
- producer: Sylvain Pataille
- name: Marsannay Chardonnay rose
- vintage: 2020
- grapes: Chardonnay
- appellation: Marsannay AOC
- location: Burgundy, France
- alcohol: 13.5
- sugar: N/A
- price: 1950 UAH
Frédéric Cossard Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières 2018
- producer: Frédéric Cossard
- name: Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières
- vintage: 2018
- grapes: Chardonnay
- appellation: Puligny-Montrachet AOC
- location: Burgundy, France
- alcohol: 13.5
- sugar: 2
- price: 10500 UAH
Leroy Bourgogne Blanc 2017
- producer: Leroy
- name: Bourgogne Blanc
- vintage: 2017
- grapes: Chardonnay
- appellation: Bourgogne AOC
- location: Burgundy, France
- alcohol: 12.5
- sugar: 0
- price: 5900 UAH
Domaine de Chassorney Saint-Romain Combe Bazin 2018
- producer: Domaine de Chassorney
- name: Saint-Romain Combe Bazin
- vintage: 2018
- grapes: Chardonnay
- appellation: Saint-Romain AOC
- location: Burgundy, France
- alcohol: 13.5
- sugar: 1
- price: 1890 UAH
Alice et Olivier De Moor Chablis 1er Cru Vau de Vey 2018
- producer: Alice et Olivier De Moor
- name: Chablis 1er Cru Vau de Vey
- vintage: 2018
- grapes: Chardonnay
- appellation: Chablis Premier Cru AOC
- location: Burgundy, France
- alcohol: 13
- sugar: 2.2
- price: 2271 UAH