I needed to look up Langtons Classification for Australian wines to be able to comment properly on the Palinda wines, and when I did, I got a surprise. I had missed out on the last one (V) and this newest one (VI) had only 3 categories, which cause me no end of confusion. The 5th classification came out sometime in 2010, but somehow I wasn't looking in this direction.
The latest version was published earlier this year. The newest classification basically amalgamated the lowest two categories "because the margin of difference between Excellent and Distinguished was increasingly difficult to define." This latest one included 139 wines, 16 more than the last one and a long way from the original 34 in the first version of 1990. As it says on its Website, this is a market barometer and I'm sure it will continue to evolve and change.
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