Data Analysis of Sensory Scores, Evaluations of Panelists and Wine Score Cards

ABSTRACT Forty wines of Vitis Vinifera variety Pinot Noir from France and the United States were evaluated by a panel of 16 judges. A modified wine score card, which incorporated the Davis score card and quantitative descriptive analysis, was used. Principal component factor analysis was applied to the scores on a reference wine to determine the consistency of individual judges and uniformity among them. Data were also analyzed by least‐square multi‐linear regression analysis to evaluate the modified score card. Comparisons of the modified score card and Davis score card are given.