Decanter's breathless coverage of Robert Parker and his pronouncements on Bordeaux continues...
Following hot on the heels of his "slam" of the 07 barrel samples, the Parkster has released his scores on the 05 vintage, which has now been bottled and which will be on the market later this year. According to Decanter, he has "rebuke[d]" the big producers by holding back on big scores.
However the histrionics may be merited - Parker is on record as having said that 05 is the "greatest vintage" of his 30-year wine career, so it does seem odd that there are only two 100-pointers - Chateau Ausone (pictured) and L'Eglise Clinet.
Nevertheless, there are a number of big names that he scores above 95, which basically means "stunningly good".
According to the article, it seems RP really is concerned about the monster he has unleashed with his 100-point wines and there is some interesting detail on the effect his scores actually have on pricing at the top end in Adam Lechmere and Maggie Rosen's report.
