Guide Hachette des Vins

The Guide Hachette des Vins is a French wine buying guide published by Hachette Livre (Hachette Pratique). Its first edition was released in 1985.[1] It is France's best-selling wine guide and one of France's oldest.[2] The Guide Hachette des Vins is considered to be France' most authoritative guide and commonly referred to as the bible of the French wine industry.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Blind tasting panels

The Guide Hachette uses blind tasting panels to evaluate wines by appellation.[1] Each year 40,000 wines are tasted blind and rated by experts.[1][7]

No fee is required to submit samples.[9] Only the most recently bottled vintage is allowed to be submitted for blind tasting.[1]

Wine tastings are organized locally in each region between January and May.[1] Blind tasting sessions composed of a panel wine professionals (enologists, wine merchants, wine brokers, sommeliers) are organized with the Syndicat Viticole or Winegrower's Syndicate of each appellation present in the guide.[1]

Rating system

Each wine is rated on a scale of 0 to 5.[7][9]

Taster's grade Wine Quality Final Wine Rating
0 Faulty wine Eliminated
1 Poor or mediocre Eliminated
2 Good Commended (no stars)
3 Excellent *
4 Remarkable **
5 Exceptional ***

The top rated wines are subject to a second round of blind tasting.[7] After the second tasting, the panel votes on one or two wines to receive Coup de Coeur [Judges' Favorite].[7] The Coup de Coeur is considered to be the highest recommendation.[6][10][11][12][13]

Regions covered

The 2016 edition covers:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Le Guide Hachette des Vins : présentation et notation des vins". Hachettevins.com (in French). Hachette Livre. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Le Guide Hachette des Vins 2016 vient de paraître !". Hachette Vins (in French). Hachette Livre. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "This Week's Tasting The 'Little' Champagne that Ranked with the Best". Federal Wine & Spirits. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Le Guide Hachette des Vins". Wine-searcher. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Face value: After the musketeer". The Economist. 20 March 2003. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Wine Critics and Competitions". Big Red Wine Company. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Fiorina, Tom (5 April 2013). "Bringing some 'international' taste to France's wine 'Bible'". The Vine Route. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Goode, Jamie. "Buying guides". Wine Anorak. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  9. 1 2 Corson-Schneider, Séverine; Cuperly, Christine; de Lavaur, Juliette (eds.). "Le Guide Hachette des Vins: Mode d'Emploi". Le Guide Hachette des Vins 2016 (in French). Vanves: Hachette Livre. p. 6. ISBN 9782013962643.
  10. ↑ isa (1 December 2014). "Coup de Coeur Guide Hachette des vins 2015 !!". Domaine de Maouries (in French). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "CRU CLISSON 2010 : coup de coeur au GUIDE HACHETTE 2015". Domaine de l'Epinay (in French). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Grand Ardèche blanc - Prix "Coup de Coeur" du Guide Hachette des Vins 2010". Thiébaud. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "COUP DE COEUR POUR LE GUIDE HACHETTE". Cave de Bonnieux. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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