Robert Parker Jr
Robert Parker Jr. is a leading U.S. wine
critic with an international influence,
second to none. His wine ratings on a
50-100 point scale and his extremely
descriptive tasting notes, published in
his newsletter 'The Wine Advocate', helped define modern
American wine criticism and are probably
the most significant contributing factor
in setting the prices for newly released
Bordeaux Wines.
Wine Advocate has over 50,000
subscribers worldwide from over 38
countries and Parker’s WA publications,
along with his numerical rating system,
have resulted in him becoming the most
influential wine critic in the world.
The scale, now widely imitated in other
publications, ranks wine on a scale from
50 to 100 points based upon the wine's
colour and appearance, aroma and
bouquet, flavour and finish, and overall
quality level or potential. Therefore,
51 rather than 100 different ratings are
possible.
Parker – whose nose is insured for $1
million – has the power to make or break
wine vintages. Wines that receive the
‘perfect’ Parker score of 100 points can
be earmarked for significant growth and
some examples of this growth from
previous 100-point wines can be seen
below.
