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DUO-TRIO

Test Duo-Trio

Min. Tasters1 7

Use Comparison to a reference wine

Samples One reference sample (Ref)


Two coded test samples (A,B)
A is the same wine as the reference (control wine)
B is the wine to test

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Basic method Tasters assess the reference (Ref), then the two test samples
(A,B).
Tasters are asked to indicate which test sample is the same as the
reference.
Possible serving orders3: Ref,A,B; Ref,B,A

Example:
Results:
 correct responses = 7

 total responses = 7

 significant difference for 7/7 = yes

Results Are the wines significantly different?

Correct response – Taster picks A as the same as the reference.

Notes:
Significance – Required no. of correct/total responses2:
1
 Indicates the minimum number of tasters required for testing to achieve a statistically
significant result (p < 0.05).
Single tasting: 7/7 7/8 8/9 9/10
2
 Figures denote minimum number of correct responses required out of the total
Repeated
number tasting: to conclude
of responses 10/12 the 11/14
wines are 12/16 13/18
significantly different from each other.
3
 Serving orders denote possible arrangements of the samples to be presented randomly
to tasters.

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