A. Neal Martin 93-95
B. Suckling 90
C. J. Dupont 87-89
D. J. Molesworth 85-87
E. JM Quarin 85-87
F. Y. Beck 85-87
G. Bettane 83-85
H. J. Robinson 81-83
I. Galloni 80-82
J. O. Poels 75-77
K. Leve 68-70
L. M. Jukes 61-62
M. R. Gibb 61-62
N. T. Atkin 61-62
O. Kissack 61-62
J. Anson NR
L. Perrotti-Brown NR
Jeb Dunnuck NR
Parker stopped rating bordeaux with something like the 14 vintage. He is ancient history for them. He should be ancient history for us as well.
I hope he is enjoying a well-deserved retirement and that his health problems have been resolved. He should never ever go back to doing regular reviews
My palate clearly sucks. I like Chris Kissack on Chinon. Broke up with Suckles like 20 years ago!
He still asks about you tho
Where’s Jeff? 
Jeff who?
Having now read all the reviewer reviews, I understand his ranking Suckling highly - he didn’t say that James was a great critic, just that he understood what the game was about. Fun read.
“The evil men do lives on for years after they are gone. The good is oft interred with their bones.” The Bard.
Someday I believe that we will rue the day the 100 point system became the norm for wine sales. It is the first line in the Parker obit. Not so ancient.
Seems like a Bordeaux centric letter. Interesting that neither Allen Meadows nor John Gilman are rated but bloggers are.
a critic must first and foremost be —financially independant— RP qualifies for sure but he’s retired. That leaves Jeff Leve… the others, are in it for the $$$. Generally speaking, it’s a circus filled with clowns
Must?
It has to be a somewhat symbiotic relationship practically I’d have thought. But that’s a fine balancing act.
Another cry baby Bordelais. Of course he likes Suckling. If ever there was a guy who sucked up to winemakers by tossing out high scores like they were dog treats to a puppy, it was Critic B. Too bad he is directly below Martin, who I do not know well but who seemed like a good honest guy the one time I met him. Since my palate aligns more closely with Jeb Dunnuck than anyone else on the list, I guess my review of the letter writer goes like this:
Sadly, this producer does not see his own hypocrisy and let’s his thin skin get in the way of honest discourse. He uses California as an insult, which is all we need to know to understand the bias that he wears on his sleeve. He should spend more time making good wine and less time complaining.
BTW - has anyone identified the author? My French is old and weak, but I did not see it on that site or on wine searcher.
No, an anonymous caviar socialist… what else?
That leaves Jeff Leve…
Do you really consider him to be a critic?!
Who’s laying out the ground rules as to whom qualifies as a “critic”. I consider him as a financially independant wine enthusiast. Travelling and drinking on his own money. He puts his money were his mouth is. Great guy fo sho but hey, most won’t admit this… envy rulez
Critic K
Spoken by Brutus ironically. You might as well quote Iago on the value of his good name, next.
Caesar was a dictator…kind of like…oh nevermind. Maybe it is best to move on! Jonathan you of all people should appreciate history.
And Antony (not Brutus, my mistake) meant precisely that Caesar, as dictator, had done important good and insignificant evil. It’s like quoting Falstaff on discretion being the better part of valor to suggest that that’s what Shakespeare believed.
RP is financially independent after selling his publication?