Is Starting Blocks Chenin Blanc actually good?

Starting Blocks Chenin Blanc sits in the 35.1% percentile against every wine we rank, meaning it scores above 35.1% of them.

How does Starting Blocks Chenin Blanc compare to similar wines?

Within White · South Africa, Starting Blocks Chenin Blanc lands in the 43.6% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a wine for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Starting Blocks Chenin Blanc's score based on?

111 calibrated reviewers stand behind Starting Blocks Chenin Blanc's score.

Simonsig Starting Blocks Chenin Blanc

global pct

35.1

White · Stellenbosch · South Africa

Simonsig Starting Blocks Chenin Blanc

Name: Simonsig Starting Blocks Chenin Blanc
Brand: Simonsig

Scored from 111 calibrated Vivino reviewers. Cohort: White · South Africa (872 wines).

35.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 69,234 ranked wines

43.6%

In-cohort percentile

White · South Africa · 872 wines

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AI-adjusted percentile

not enough calibrated reviewers yet

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Is Starting Blocks Chenin Blanc a good wine?

Summary

Simonsig Starting Blocks Chenin Blanc is a white from Stellenbosch, South Africa.

111 Vivino reviewers are calibrated for this bottle, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 112 reviewers with at least two ratings each feeds the raw-average track. 871 other whites from South Africa form the cohort it is ranked inside.

Cohort: White · South Africa · 872 wines
Calibrated reviewers: none yet
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: White · South Africa

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