WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for February 4, 2017.
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By DEAN TUDOR, Gothic Epicures Writing deantudor@deantudor.com. My Internet compendium "Wines, Beers and Spirits of the Net", a guide to thousands of news items and RSS feeds, plus references to wines, beers and spirits, has been at http://www.deantudor.com since 1994.
So many people have asked me for wine recommendations, with numbers only. The readers' most common response is that while they like what I say, they only relate to the score. The score is a combination of MVC (Modal Varietal Character, where e.g. a Southern Rhone tastes like a Southern Rhone and not like a Northern Rhone) and Quality/Price Ratio. Let's take it for granted that, e.g., a Riesling tastes like a Riesling, and the wine has some value in the marketplace either above or below its selling price. This way too I can also cover more wines.
This restructured wine newsletter for the Ontario market (with wines available through the LCBO and Vintages on a bi-weekly basis) can always be found at http://www.gothicepicures.blogspot.ca/ or at http://www.deantudor.com
FIND OF THE MONTH --
R+89003 RIDGEPOINT PINOT NOIR VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2011 $14.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 93
20 under $20
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R+143206 TRAPICHE FINCA LAS PALMAS GRAN RESERVA CABERNET SAUVIGNON Mendoza 2014 $16.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+190520 SIERRA CANTABRIA SELECCIÓN Rioja 2014 $15.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+268136 PODERI ANGELINI PRIMITIVO DI MANDURI 2012 $18.95 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+278390 RUSTENBERG RM NICHOLSON WO Stellenbosch 2014 $19.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+350066 SANTA EMA BARREL RESERVE 60/40 CABERNET SAUVIGNON/MERLOT Maipo Valley 2014 $16.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+391581 Bodega Del Abad GOTIN DEL RISC MENCIA Bierzo 2010 $15.95 14.6% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+468215 SCHÖNLAUB PINOT BLANC Qualitätswein 2015 $12.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+471284 CURVOS LOUREIRO Vinho Verde 2015 $12.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+475988 DAINERO IGT Toscana Castiglion Del Bosco 2013 $19.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+479774 VALPIDIO Ribera del Duero Calvo Casajús 2013 $18.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
W+80764 TUSSOCK JUMPER CHENIN BLANC WO Western Cape 2015 $12.95 MVC/QPR: 90
R+480822 Bodega Volcanes TECTONIA CABERNET SAUVIGNON Maipo Valley 2013 $19.95
14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+480905 Miguel Torres SANTA DIGNA RESERVA SYRAH Central Valley 2013 $14.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+745349 DOMAINE JACKY MARTEAU SAUVIGNON TOURAINE 2015 $14.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+195107 CHATEAU SAINT-ROCH VIEILLES VIGNES SYRAH/GRENACHE Côtes de Roussillon 2014 $15.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+347740 MATETIC CORRALILLO SAUVIGNON BLANC San Antonio Valley 2015 $15.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+435479 BARONE MONTALTO COLLEZIONE DI FAMIGLIA VIOGNIER IGT Terre Siciliane 2015 $15.95 MVC/QPR: 88
W+439554 AVONDALE JONTY'S DUCKS PEKIN WHITE WO Paarl 2015 $15.95 MVC/QPR: 88
W+479667 SIMONNET-FEBVRE BOURGOGNE CHITRY AC Bourgogne 2014 $19.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
20 over $20
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R+276030 MURIEL RESERVA VENDIMIA SELECCIONADA Rioja 2011 $20.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+286492 CHÂTEAU D'ANGLÉS GRAND VIN LA CLAPE AC 2012 $28.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+360016 PIER RIO SORDO BARBARESCO 2009 $30.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+366815 ELIAS MORA CRIANZA Toro 2012 $21.95 15 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+392738 DOMAINE QUEYLUS TRADITION PINOT NOIR VQA Niagara Peninsula 2013 $29.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+395699 BERINGER LUMINUS CHARDONNAY Oak Knoll District, Napa Valley 2014 $39.95 14.3% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+418178 OCHOA RESERVA Single vineyard, DO Navarra 2009 $24.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+465864 TWO RIVERS TRIBUTARY PINOT NOIR Marlborough, South Island 2014 $28.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+469767 JEAN BIECHER & FILS SCHOENENBOURG RIESLING AC Alsace Grand Cru 2014 $23.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
R+484022 CASTELL DE RAIMAT TEMPRANILLO Costers del Segre 2012 $14.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+489591 DOMAINE QUEYLUS TRADITION CHARDONNAY VQA Niagara Peninsula 2014 $24.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+512384 MARCHESE ANTINORI CHIANTI CLASSICO RISERVA 2013 $42.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
W+685222 LA CHABLISIENNE GRANDE CUVÉE CHABLIS 1ER CRU 2014 $29.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+708842 MOUNT VEEDER WINERY CABERNET SAUVIGNON Napa 2013 $49.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+320507 PIPOLI AGLIANICO DEL VULTURE 2013 $15.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+70797 TOMMASI POGGIO AL TUFO ALICANTE IGT Toscana 2013 $22.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+324137 MASI COSTASERA RISERVA AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO 2011 $69.95 15.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+403618 THE MENTORS SHIRAZ WO Paarl KWV 2012 $29.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+468314 CHÂTEAU LES CHARMES GODARD AC Côtes de Franc 2012 $22.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
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