In a recent international wine tasting organisted by the german  WEINWIRTSCHAFT magazine, our CHAMBERT 2003 wine scored  91/100 (note: 90+ scores are given to Outstanding wines: wines of superior character and style).

We are very delighted about this high score as it confirms Chambert's position amongst top quality Malbec of international standing. But what delights us most is that this score goes to our main cuvée CHAMBERT with over 100,000 bottles produced! It's almost easy to score with a garage wine cuvée of 5,000 to 10,000 bottle (you basically keep the best berries you can find)...but reaching excellence over all the vineyard so the main (and high volume) cuvée hits high scores is a much bigger challenge that Chambert takes every year.

Therefore, with this 91/100 score, it is the whole Chambert vineyard excellence that is awarded.

We are not real fans about scores, we much prefer to express the wine character, its complexity, flavors and texture...but many wine professionals (not just R. Parker) need a simple way to summarize all this into one flat number. Here is how to read a score:

A score 96-100: Extraordinary wine of profound and complex character displaying all the attributes expected of a classic wine of its variety. Wines of this caliber are worth a special effort to find, purchase, and consume.

90 - 95: Outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. In short, these are terrific wines.

80 - 89: A barely above average to very good wine displaying various degrees of finesse and flavor as well as character with no noticeable flaws.

70 - 79: An average wine with little distinction except that it is a soundly made. In essence, a straightforward, innocuous wine.

60 - 69: A below average wine containing noticeable deficiencies, such as excessive acidity and/or tannin, an absence of flavor, or possibly dirty aromas or flavors.

50 - 59: A wine deemed to be unacceptable.

 

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