In 19 cases (years), it was possible to get ratings for all 10 wines in 14 cases, this was only possible for 9 wines, etc. Notes: Table 2b shows the frequencies of available ratings.

This may be due to one of the two following possibilities: (a) judges overrated the wine in 1976 or (b) Stag's Leap Cabernet Sauvignon was an outlier in 1973. As we shall see, we find that Stag's Leap Cabernet Sauvignon is far from being first in most subsequent years.

In this short paper, we follow another path and check whether the number one position of Stag's Leap Cabernet Sauvignon (as well as the position of the other nine wines) has remained stable over time. Footnote 3 Ginsburgh and Zang ( Reference Ginsburgh and Zang2012) and Gergaud, Ginsburgh, and Moreno-Ternero ( Reference Ginsburgh2021) studied other voting protocols, which also changed the outcomes of the Judgment. Hulkower ( Reference Hulkower2009) noted that Château Haut-Brion would have been first if the votes had been aggregated via the so-called Borda rule. This slightly changed the rankings, but Stag's Leap Cabernet Sauvignon remained first. Ashenfelter and Quandt ( Reference Ashenfelter and Quandt1999) stated that tasters should have ranked the wines instead of rating them, to guarantee that each judge had the same influence on the outcome. The outcome of the Paris tasting was, nevertheless, controversial. It opened the door for this phenomenon today of the globalization of wine.” Maria Godoy ( Reference Godoy2016), the senior science and health editor and correspondent for National Public Radio News in charge of that segment, punned that this was “the blind taste test that decanted the wine world.” In a segment for National Public Radio News he is quoted saying that the Judgment of Paris “turned out to be the most important event, because it broke the myth that only in France could you make great wine. George Taber, a journalist working for Time magazine, published a book on the event (Taber, Reference Taber2005). It is often said that the Judgment of Paris gave worldwide visibility to American wines. The wines are: A: Stag's Leap Cabernet Sauvignon, 1973, B: Château Mouton-Rothschild, 1970, C: Château Montrose, 1970, D: Château Haut-Brion, 1970, E: Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon, 1971, F: Château Léoville Las Cases, 1971, G: Heitz Wine Cellars Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, 1970, H: Clos du Val Cabernet Sauvignon, 1972, I: Mayacamas Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, 1971, J: Freemark Abbey Winery Cabernet Sauvignon, 1969. The last rows provide the aggregate ratings and the corresponding ranking that resulted from them when taking all 11 judges or only the 9 official (French) judges. But it was the terroir of Stags’ Leap that drew him to California.Notes: Each column gathers the ratings from the nine official (French) judges, and the two non-official judges for the ten red wines. Christophe’s career has spanned the industry from sales to winemaking, and his impressive background includes positions at Chateau d’Yquem and Gruaud-Larose as well as projects in Chile, Spain and Washington State. Christophe Paubert - Winemakerįor Christophe Paubert, Winemaker and General Manager at Stags’ Leap Winery, the identity of a wine is found through the terroir. The wine aged for 21 months prior to bottling. After pressing off the skins for 3–4 weeks, 54% of the wine went into new French oak barrels while the remainder went to seasoned French oak this combination preserves freshness and gives the fruit more room to express itself.

While the grapes for this wine were undergoing fermentation and maceration, our winemaking team tasted and tested each lot daily to determine the pump overs regime, how much air the wine needed, and the best temperature to optimize maceration and extraction. The first several weeks of a wine’s life are crucial.

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