WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for April 15, 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+261784 PAPALE LINEA ORO PRIMITIVO DI MANDURIA DOP Varvaglione 2013 $18.95
14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
W+401398 M. CHAPOUTIER TOURNON MATHILDA Victoria 2014 $17.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91.
20 under $20
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R+2378 Georges Duboeuf DOMAINE DES QUATRE VENTS FLEURIE 2014 $19.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+349274 CHÂTEAU LA VERRIÈRE Bordeaux Supérieur 2014 $17.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+348292 CHÂTEAU VRAI CAILLOU BordeauxSupérieur 2014 $16.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+370346 ROCKWAY VINEYARDS CABERNET/MERLOT VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2013 $16.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+380238 LORCA SELECCIÓN MONASTRELL DO Bullas 2008 $15.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+385302 ANIMUS DOC Douro Vicente Faria 2014 $12.95 13 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+389262 ZUCCARDI SERIE A TORRONTÉS IP Salta 2015 $16.95 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+428383 ALKOOMI WHITE LABEL SÉMILLON/SAUVIGNON BLANC Frankland River, Western Australia 2016 $16.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+469742 JEAN GEILER RIESLING AC Alsace 2014 $16.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+479683 CHATEAU D'AIGUEVILLE CÔTE DU RHÔNE-VILLAGES 2015 $14.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+479808 LÉGENDE BORDEAUX BLANC AC Bordeaux Domaine Barons de Rothschild 2015 $17.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+481085 JASPI NEGRE DO Montsant Coca I Fito 2013 $17.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+485284 ECHEVERRIA GRAN RESERVA PINOT NOIR Leyda Valley 2014 $15.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+485300 JUNTA MOMENTOS RESERVE CABERNET SAUVIGNON Curicó Valley 2015 $16.95
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+995704 ZENATO VALPOLICELLA SUPERIORE 2014 $17.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+80234 FEATHERSTONE BLACK SHEEP RIESLING VQA Niagara Peninsula 2016 $16.95 10% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+484840 LIVIA FETEASCA ALBA DOC-CMD Cotesti 2015 $14.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+670505 CHÂTEAU DE TRÉVIAC AP Corbières Arnaud Sié 2014 $16.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+681668 CHÂTEAU CROZE DE PYS PRESTIGE MALBEC CAHORS Domaines Roche, récolt. 2012 $17.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+948182 LA GRIFFE BERNARD CHÉREAU MUSCADET SÈVRE & MAINE Sur Lie, AP Chéreau-Carré 2015 $16.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
20 over $20
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R+70607 WATERBROOK SYRAH Columbia Valley 2013 $24.95 13.4% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+200063 DOMAINE DE RIAUX POUILLY-FUMÉ 2015 $25.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+356220 TOMMASI AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO DOCG 2012 $49.95
15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+363101 CHÂTEAU DES LANDES CUVÉE PRESTIGE AC Lussac-Saint-Émilion 2012 $24.95
13.4% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+395186 NIPOZZANO VECCHIE VITI RISERVA CHIANTI RÚFINA DOCG Marchesi De' Frescobaldi 2012 $29.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 87
R+439836 MURUA RESERVA DOCa Rioja 2008 $23.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+441113 MADISON'S RANCH CHARDONNAY Napa Valley 2014 $22.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 87
W+485318 CHANSON PÈRE ET FILS MONTMAINS CHABLIS 1ER CRU AC 2013 $44.95
12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+485854 CHÂTEAU DE NAGES JT WHITE Costières de Nîmes Michel Gassier 2013 $25.95
14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+487090 TORNATORE NERELLO MASCALESE/NERELLO CAPPUCCIO DOC Etna Rosso 2014 $21.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+489666 COCKFIGHTER'S GHOST SEMILLON Hunter Valley, New South Wales 2014 $22.95
11.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+489823 DOMAINE SÉBASTIEN MAGNIEN VIEILLES VIGNES HAUTES-CÔTES DE BEAUNE 2014 $23.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+490326 SACRED HILL RESERVE SAUVIGNON BLANC Marlborough, South Island 2016 $21.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+719435 LA CREMA SONOMA COAST PINOT NOIR Sonoma Coast 2014 $29.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+743310 MUGA PRADO ENEA GRAN RESERVA DOCa Rioja 2009 $57.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+993279 CLOS DE L'ORATOIRE DES PAPES CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE 2014 $49.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+145888 CLOSSON CHASE CLOSSON CHASE VINEYARD PINOT NOIR VQA Prince Edward County 2014 $29.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+299180 PENINSULA RIDGE RESERVE MERITAGE VQA Niagara Peninsula 2015 $24.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+933317 FONTODI CHIANTI CLASSICO 2013 $36.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+480202 ROCKCLIFFE THIRD REEF CHARDONNAY Great Southern, Western Australia 2015 $24.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
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