We opened the popular Marlborough, New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc the other night. It was somewhere between ok and good. It smelled like a bag of Skittles, very tropical fruity as the bottle said it would be. The bottle also said I'd smell grass, but I didn't sneeze when I took a whiff. It had a little too much grapefruit tart for my taste. Beth said she tasted grass and swears she didn't hear me talking about the back label with my mother-in-law. Grass? Really?
Anyway, this bottle gave me an idea for a new rating scale. A 1-4 scale to coincide with the letter grade that I use now. Let me run it by you:
1- Dump it. Regardless of price.
2- Just alright. Maybe save it for tomorrow but have no intentions of polishing off the bottle.
3- Pretty good. Pour it out evenly and enjoy.
4- Great. Hope you get more than your fair share, especially if drinking with someone who may not appreciate it.
Grade: B- / 2.5
Beth's Grade: C+
