:56:01
It's for those
with a modern outlook.
:56:05
'82 was the revolution, right?
:56:07
'82 was the big revolution!
:56:10
That's when the critics were born.
:56:13
Before that
they hardly mattered.
:56:15
Among the critics,
:56:18
Robert Parker
got the lion's share of influence.
:56:53
Wasn't it Michel Rolland who...?
:57:02
Didn't he make
Valandraud's reputation?
:57:05
No.
:57:09
It was Parker.
:57:11
Parker counts the most
in terms of media power.
:57:14
That's why they say
Valandraud's a "Parkerized wine".
:57:16
What makes an estate famous is:
:57:19
Parker's ratings,
:57:21
the price you can get,
and media attention.
:57:24
And if an owner's got charisma,
he can make the wine famous.
:57:34
Personally, I have a lot of respect
for Robert Parker.
:57:36
You can think what you want
of him.
:57:39
He has a taste for certain wines,
right? Not always our taste, right?
:57:44
But he's very honest.
Straight.
:57:48
I'll never forget the day
he came to Château Kirwan.
:57:52
He was so nervous.
He was the nervous one.
:57:55
My sister-in-law and I
hadn't slept all night.