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Spectacular | Sublime character and intensity. The absolute pinnacle of the style. | ||
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| Exceptional + Exceptional Exceptional – |
A perfect wine in every way. | |||
| Chablis |
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| Burgundy |
Excellent + Excellent Excellent – |
A wine of complexity, character and intensity. | ||
| Red Burgundy | ||||
| White Burgundy | ||||
| Very Good + Very Good Very Good - |
A classy wine with all of its components in balance. | |||
| Alsace |
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| The
Rhone Valley |
Good + Good Good – |
Sound varietal fruit, but lacking finesse. | ||
| Cote Rotie | ||||
| Condrieu | ||||
St Joseph & Cote du Rhone |
OK + OK OK – |
Technically sound, but affording little drinking pleasure. | ||
| Red Hermitage | ||||
| White Hermitage | ||||
| Crozes Hermitage | Poor + Poor Poor – |
Faulty or distinctly lacking in some way. | ||
| Chateauneuf-du-Pape | ||||
| Bordeaux |
Very Poor | Undrinkable. | ||
| St Emilion & Pomerol |
These ratings can be approximately correlated with a
points system
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Where
prices are known, they are quoted as direct “cellar door”
rates from the producer, converted approximately to Australian dollars
using the conversion: $1Aus = 3.83 Francs = 0.57 Euro. These prices should be considered as comparative only, as, naturally, retail prices within Australia will be higher after the addition of freight costs and 40% government duties. |
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