Vintages New Release Collection – August 30, 2025

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MAKING A POINT

Not every wine critic rates wines out of 100 points, but these days, quite a lot of them do. The 100-point system was popularized in the 1980s by wine critic Robert Parker Jr. in his publication The Wine Advocate and assigns each wine a score ranging from 50 to 100 points based on its overall quality and character as determined by a tasting evaluation. According to Parker’s rating system, a wine scoring 50-59 points is deemed unacceptable; 60-69 indicates a wine of below-average quality; 70-79 points, average quality; 80-89 points, above average to very good; 90-95 points, outstanding; and 96-100 points denotes a wine of extraordinary quality.

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