| not recommended | unpleasant wine, impure notes | ≤69 |
| acceptable | neutral, trivial wine, without highs and lows, no real typicality | 70 - 74 |
| medium quality, satisfactory | shows typicality (characteristics of the grape variety), offers alredy drinking pleasure | 75 - 79 |
| good | already high quality, character, harmony | 80 - 84 |
| very good | very good quality, good structure, shows finesse and harmony | 85 - 89 |
| excellent | excellent quality, distinctive character and style | 90 - 94 |
| outstanding | great wine offering outstandig tasting pleasure | 95 - 99 |
| inimitable | World class wine, rare wine with unsurpassed quality | 100 |
