Palate

Complexity Concentration
10 Memorable/Seamless/Complexity 10 Exceptionally concentrated
9 Multi-layered complexity 9 Very concentrated
8 Very complex 8 Concentrated
7 Complex 7 Lightly concentrated
6 Good commercial wine 6 Commercial wine
5 Average commercial wine 5 Average commercial wine conccentration
4 Commercial wine 4 Dilute
3 Poor commercial wine 3 Very dilute
2 Carbonated wine 2 Thin
1 Neutral 1 Watery
Fruit
 Length
10 Voluptuous/Exceptionally ripe fruit
 10 20 plus sec
9 Abundant ripe fruit 9 15-20 sec
8 Very young/restrained/subdued 8 10-15 sec
7 Restrained
 7 8-10 sec
6 Subdued 6 5-8 sec
5 Overripe 5 3-5 sec
4 Spoiled 4 2-3 sec
3 Unripe
 3 1-2 sec
2 Green/unripe 2 0-1 sec
1 No fruit 1 0 sec (Neutral)