Just two comments, Walt: ";Mrs Robinson gave the wine a score that denotes a

Just two comments, Walt:

";Mrs Robinson gave the wine a score that denotes a technically defective wine";

A 12/20 score is the mathematical equivalent of 80/100 or 6/10 on the Verema scale. An 80/100, according to Parker rating system is ";a barely above average wine";, ";with no noticeable flaws";. In, short we are talking about a ’correct’ wine, not a defective wine.

Walt, I agree with you that ";this is a tempest in a teapot"; if we are just talking about a simple difference in the apreciation of a wine tasted en primeur. But if Parker suggests that Jancis is lying (when she said that was a blind tasting) or that she has a personal agenda against “not only all of Perse’s wines, but virtually all of the garagiste wines of St.Emilion.” I believe that this is a very direct personal attack against another professional colleague. In the last case, the teapot can be transformed in a swimming pool... :-)