Something about my scoring system. You can read some of my views on the topic in this post, but to sum up quickly, I give medals, not marks. The scale from top to bottom runs as follows:-

• T  (trophy) – I’d say this translated to 97-100
• G  (gold) – or 92-96
• S (silver) – or 87-91
• B (bronze) – or 82-86
• C (commended) – or 77-81
• 0 (zero) – or 76 and below**

and I split these into five layers – S+, S(+), S, S(-) and S-, for example.

** someone asked me, ‘Why score out of 100 and then really only from 76 onwards?’ That’s part of the reason I use the medals instead of 100 points. Wines I give ‘0’ to aren’t all of the same quality – some could be boring but drinkable, others could be actively nasty.