WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for March 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
THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL FINDS --
R+209874 COLUMBIA CREST H3 MERLOT Horse Heaven Hills, Columbia Valley 2014 $20.95 14.5
% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
R+472720 VIÑA BUJANDA GRAN RESERVA DOCa Rioja 2009 $27.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+480020 LA GARNACHA SALVAJE DEL MONCAYO DO Navarra Proyecto Garnachas de España 2014 $14.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
20 under $20
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W+246140 DIRTY LAUNDRY WOO WOO VINES GEWÜRZTRAMINER BC VQA Okanagan Valley 2015 $18.95 13.8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+388363 HÃHÃ SAUVIGNON BLANC Marlborough, South Island 2015 $16.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+408443 PIETRO MARINI TORRONTÉS Salta 2015 $13.95 MVC/QPR: 89
W+464495 DOMAINE BOYAR QUANTUM TRAMINER 2015 $15.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+470955 DOMAINE A DEUX SAUVIGNON BLANC IGP Val de Loire 2015 $13.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+477737 LUNGAROTTI CABERNET SAUVIGNON IGT Umbria 2014 $14.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+480996 MAYU RESERVA CARMENÈRE/SYRAH Elquí Valley 2014 $15.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+481002 CONCHA Y TORO CASILLERO DEL DIABLO PRIVADA RESERVA CABERNET SAUVIGNON Maipo Valley 2015 $17.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+694737 SPINYBACK SAUVIGNON BLANC Nelson, South Island Waimea Estates 2015 $19.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+739995 VINUM AFRICA CHENIN BLANC WO Stellenbosch The Winery of Good Hope 2015 $15.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+973271 CHÂTEAU LAMARTINE PRESTIGE DU MALBEC AC Cahors Alain Gayraud, Prop., Vign. 2013 $19.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+86106 ROBERT OATLEY SIGNATURE SERIES SAUVIGNON BLANC Margaret River 2016 $18.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+265983 MCMANIS CHARDONNAY River Junction 2015 $19.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+65997 DASHWOOD PINOT GRIS Marlborough, South Island 2015 $18.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+485326 FERGIE JENKINS LIMITED EDITION RIESLING VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment Rockway Vineyards 2014 $15.95 10% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+350041 PACO & LOLA ALBARIÑO DO Rías Baixas 2015 $17.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+353177 SALENTEIN RESERVE CABERNET SAUVIGNON Uco Valley, Mendoza 2014 $19.95
14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+467290 ANTON BAUER GMÖRK GRÜNER VELTLINER Wagram/Osterreich 2014 $18.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+477976 BARONE MONTALTO COLLEZIONE DI FAMIGLIA PASSIVENTO NERO D'AVOLA IGT Terre Siciliane 2015 $17.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+482455 S. DELAFONT LANGUEDOC 2015 $17.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+483909 PIEDRA NEGRA RESERVA MALBEC Uco Valley, Mendoza François Lurton 2015 $17.00
14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.
20 over $20
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R2+4430 CHÂTEAU CANTENAC AC Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2012 $34.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+64329 MEERLUST RUBICON WO Western Cape 2010 $43.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+74922 LUIGI BOSCA D.O.C MALBEC Single vineyard, DOC Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza 2013 $29.95 14 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+140525 DOMAINE BONNARD SANCERRE AC 2015 $24.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+142240 LOIMER LANGENLOIS GRÜNER VELTLINER DAC Kamptal 2015 $21.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 87
R+142398 WAKEFIELD JARAMAN CABERNET SAUVIGNON Clare Valley/Coonawarra, South Australia 2014 $24.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+204792 BOLLA LE ORIGINI AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO DOC 2009 $47.95 16.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.
R+229781 A TO Z WINEWORKS PINOT NOIR Oregon 2014 $25.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+275552 RODNEY STRONG CHALK HILL CHARDONNAY Sonoma County 2014 $26.95 14.5
% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+377770 QUAILS' GATE CHARDONNAY BC VQA Okanagan Valley 2014 $23.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+382945 IL MOLINO DI GRACE RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG 2009 $24.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+437681 12 LINAJES RESERVA DO Ribera del Duero Bodegas Gormaz 2009 $32.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.
R+438580 QUERCECCHIO BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2011 $33.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+472977 VALDEMAR INSPIRACION LAS CANTERAS DOCa Rioja 2012 $34.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+480061 VIÑA OLABARRI RESERVA DOCa Rioja 2011 $21.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+485342 CHÂTEAU DE LAVERNETTE CUVÉE JEAN JACQUES DE BOISSIEU POUILLY FUISSE 2013 $37.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+585737 BURROWING OWL MERLOT BC VQA Okanagan Valley 2013 $40.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.
R+642496 BARÓN DE LEY GRAN RESERVA DOC Rioja 2010 $29.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+344416 CASTELGREVE RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG Castelli del Grevepesa 2011 $21.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89.
W+461640 WILLIAM FÈVRE CHAMPS ROYAUX CHABLIS 2015 $23.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
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