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Blind Wine, Part 1

Conducting the experiment

Joel Smith
Mon, 07/28/2014 - 09:24
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Already relaxed on his first day in Napa, Brutus and his wife, Suzy, decide to visit their favorite winery just before lunch to taste its new Cabernet Sauvignon. The owner recognizes them as they walk in the door and seats them on the patio overlooking the vineyard. Two glasses appear, and as the owner tells them about the new Cabernet, Brutus prepares for an onslaught of blackberry and plum flavors, with some notes of vanilla and leather.

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The wine is poured and as Brutus swirls it in his glass and breathes in the aromas, he picks up some of the oak infused into the wine as it aged in barrels in a cellar beneath where he sits. He takes a first sip, and, ignoring the obvious blackberry and plum flavors, searches for the vanilla and leather. He has little difficulty finding them. As a second sip fills his mouth, he asks the owner if maybe he is detecting some chocolate... the owner pours a glass for himself and after a couple of sips agrees.

Brutus, a Minitab employee, is a knowledgeable wine drinker who has no doubt experienced many wine tastings not altogether different from what was described above.

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