Rural Bubbles Party by Vova and Mykola

Posted on July 8, 2023 by Boris
Updated on July 10, 2023

Why would anyone buy a bottle of ancestrale bubbles for $250? Is it connected to a toy cicada glued to the bottle? After a few days of hard thinking, I figured this out. Vova desperately wanted to taste Valentina Passalacqua Calcarius Frecciabomb Bianco NV, Carolina Gatti Ratatuja 2019, Costadilà 280 slm NV and a few other ancestrale bubbles. But drinking all these bottles alone in one evening is not socially acceptable, so he was looking for convives. And here comes the aforementioned toy cicada - this is how he lured us all.

Mykola explained that not all ancestral bubbles are Pet Nats, as they differ in the method. It’s hard to find a more sweet person than me, so I didn’t argue. Without further ado, meet our rural bubbles. And please, don’t imagine how drunk we were.

  1. Valentina Passalacqua Calcarius Frecciabomb Bianco NV
  2. Costadilà 280 slm NV
  3. Serragghia Cicala 2018
  4. Patrice Beguet I’m forever blowing bubbles 2022
  5. Testalonga El Bandito I am the Ninja 2022
  6. Carolina Gatti Ratatuja 2019
  7. Brand Bros Pet Nat Rosé 2022
  8. Patrick Bouju Festejar! Rosé 2022
  9. Mirco Mariotti Surliè! 2019

Scores

Results
rms sdev favourite price QPR
Wine #1 3.7032 0.0233 0.00 780.00 1.9784
Wine #2 3.7659 0.0318 0.00 850.00 1.9846
Wine #3 4.1644 0.0225 8.00 9100.00 0.3374
Wine #4 3.9510 0.0157 2.00 1050.00 2.1173
Wine #5 3.8975 0.0588 1.00 990.00 2.0569
Wine #6 3.6799 0.0115 0.00 1380.00 1.0840
Wine #7 3.5293 0.0303 0.00 850.00 1.4169
Wine #8 3.8390 0.0113 1.00 1090.00 1.7289
Wine #9 3.9056 0.0110 0.00 759.00 2.7399

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 as 100 * 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.

Valentina Passalacqua Calcarius Frecciabomb Bianco NV

Costadilà 280 slm NV

  • producer: Costadilà
  • name: 280 slm
  • vintage: NV
  • grapes: Glera, Verdicchio, Bianchetta Trevigiana
  • appellation: Vino (IT)
  • location: Italy
  • alcohol: 10.5
  • sugar: 2
  • price: 850 UAH

Serragghia Cicala 2018

  • producer: Serragghia
  • name: Cicala
  • vintage: 2018
  • grapes: Zibibbo
  • appellation: IGP Terre Siciliane
  • location: Sicily, Italy
  • alcohol: 11.5
  • sugar: 6.5
  • price: 9100 UAH

Patrice Beguet I’m forever blowing bubbles 2022

Testalonga El Bandito I am the Ninja 2022

  • producer: Testalonga
  • name: El Bandito I am the Ninja
  • vintage: 2022
  • grapes: Chenin Blanc
  • appellation: WO Swartland
  • location: South Africa
  • alcohol: 9.5
  • sugar: 6.2
  • price: 990 UAH

Carolina Gatti Ratatuja 2019

  • producer: Carolina Gatti
  • name: Ratatuja
  • vintage: 2019
  • grapes: Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, Tocai Trevigiana, Verduzzo, Glera
  • appellation: Vino (IT)
  • location: Italy
  • alcohol: 11
  • sugar: 0.1
  • price: 1380 UAH

Brand Bros Pet Nat Rosé 2022

  • producer: Brand Bros
  • name: Pet Nat Rosé
  • vintage: 2022
  • grapes: Pinot Noir
  • appellation: Deutscher Wein
  • location: Germany
  • alcohol: 10
  • sugar: 0.5
  • price: 850 UAH

Patrick Bouju Festejar! Rosé 2022

  • producer: Patrick Bouju
  • name: Festejar! Rosé
  • vintage: 2022
  • grapes: Gamay, Merlot, Pinot Noir
  • appellation: Vin de Table
  • location: France
  • alcohol: 11.5
  • sugar: 1.3
  • price: 1090 UAH

Mirco Mariotti Surliè! 2019

  • producer: Mirco Mariotti
  • name: Surliè!
  • vintage: 2019
  • grapes: Fortana
  • appellation: IGP Emilia
  • location: Emilia-Romagna, Italy
  • alcohol: 12.5
  • sugar: 0
  • price: 759 UAH

Raw scores

Scores
Wine #1 Wine #2 Wine #3 Wine #4 Wine #5 Wine #6 Wine #7 Wine #8 Wine #9
Max D 3.60 3.94 4.44 3.90 3.98 3.64 3.58 3.95 4.05
Daria B 3.60 3.90 4.20 3.80 3.80 3.60 3.50 3.70 3.80
Andrii S 3.60 3.60 4.30 3.90 3.80 3.90 3.20 3.70 3.90
Anya I 3.60 3.80 4.10 4.00 3.90 3.80 3.62 3.90 3.80
Mykola T 3.70 3.80 4.10 4.00 3.90 3.60 3.40 3.90 3.90
Anna P 4.00 3.70 3.80 3.90 3.90 3.70 3.60 4.00 4.00
Serhii H 4.00 3.80 4.20 4.30 3.60 3.60 3.50 4.00 3.80
David H 3.70 4.00 4.20 3.99 3.80 3.60 3.70 3.80 4.10
Vova U 3.80 3.70 4.10 3.90 3.90 3.80 3.60 3.80 4.00
Diana M 3.70 3.30 4.10 3.90 4.60 3.70 3.80 3.80 3.80
Mykola Ch 3.60 3.90 4.30 4.00 3.60 3.70 3.60 3.70 3.90
Boris B 3.50 3.70 4.10 3.80 3.90 3.50 3.20 3.80 3.80