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]

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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]

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Rating system

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

More information Taster's grade, Wine Quality ...

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]

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Guide Hachette des Vins

Blind tasting panels

Rating system

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