This brief article was originally published as part of our 2022 Bordeaux report, but I thought it worth sharing on its own as well. It addresses common misconceptions about score inflation and explains why today’s exceptional wines genuinely deserve their ratings. The Truth About High Scores: Great Wines Deserve Great Ratings It’s common today for both consumers and other publications to accuse critics of score inflation for promotional purposes. Yet given the pushback on high scores from...
