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The appendix separates questions about identity, origin, quality, vintage and style. Style asks what the wine is trying to be; simple immediate pleasure and ambitious aging are different valid purposes. Jackson advises judging success within the chosen style rather than personal prejudice.
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The appendix separates questions about identity, origin, quality, vintage and style. Style asks what the wine is trying to be; simple immediate pleasure and ambitious aging are different valid purposes. Jackson advises judging success within the chosen style rather than personal prejudice.
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Exam rewards are not current certification policy verified here. Warm-vintage and acid-versus-fruit finish guesses are not proof. This passage qualifies simplistic intensity/ageability hierarchies elsewhere and supports keeping target fit separate from descriptive scores.
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Retain the source's personal and wine-specific context. Do not turn the observation into a fixed whiskey property, a tested blend formula or an unsourced causal claim.
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