In his book "Wines of the World" Andre Simon discussing I believe the early 1820s wrote something like " a second growth cost about about a quarter less than a first growth". Other classes cost about a fifth less than the next higher growth. There were no fifth growths as such, o...

To Chris F. : I completely agree with you and I am sure you could find an 85 point wine for much less. Perhaps I should have chosen say $20 maximum for an 85 point wine and done the process in reverse, but many of the prices would be way lower than I would pay for really good wines. All our Bordeaux...

To jal and William P: you make good points but I am trying to find what would be a reasonable maximum price for me for a wine of given quality. A few years ago I would have paid before taxes and shipping $160 for a left bank red Bordeaux that I gave 100 points (that only happened once, with a 1982 L...

Thanks, Chris. The other forum seems more active. rthomaspaull

Is anybody interested in the above topic? rthomaspaull

Is anyone interested in a simple system I have devised, using a wine's score and the year's Wine Advocate Vintage Rating for its area, for classifying left bank red Bordeaux wines into their proper classified growth classification category (if any) for the year in question? rthomaspaull