WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for May 27, 2017.

 

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for  May 27,  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 FIND --

 

W+653535    SCHLOSS SCHÖNBORN ESTATE RIESLING    Qualitätswein    2011    $16.95 10% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

 

20 under $20

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W+65086    FRESCOBALDI CASTELLO DI POMINO POMINO BIANCO    DOC    2015    $19.95         12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+425488    SELLA & MOSCA CANNONAU DI SARDEGNA RISERVA    DOC    2012    $16.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+439364    CONO SUR SINGLE VINEYARD EL RECURSO BLOCK 18 CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Maipo Valley    2015    $19.95     14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+478057    BROCCATELLI GALLI MONTEFALCO ROSSO    DOC    2014    $15.95  14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+480863    DOMAINE GUISSET    AP Côtes du Roussillon 2014    $15.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+488874    DOMAINE SAINT GERMAIN MÂCON AZÉ CHARDONNAY    AC    2015    $15.95     12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+489955    CLOS DE BEAUREGARD VIEILLES VIGNES MUSCADET SÈVRE ET MAINE    Sur Lie, AC    Guilbaud Frères    2015    $16.95     12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+492595    ALMADI CORVINA    I GT Veronese        2014    $15.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+493197    MAGNIFICAT GRECO DI TUFO    DOCG    Vigna Maurisi    2015    $17.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+642421    VALPANTENA TORRE DEL FALASCO RIPASSO VALPOLICELLA    DOC    2014    $17.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+673590    CHÂTEAU HAUT-MONPLAISIR MALBEC    AC Cahors    Cathy et Daniel Fournié, prop.-récolt.    2014    $17.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+974527    VILLA MARIA CELLAR SELECTION SAUVIGNON BLANC    Marlborough, South Island    2016    $17.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+66126    J.M. SOHLER HEISSENBERG RIESLING    AC Alsace    2015    $18.95   

13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+350124    BEAUVIGNAC PICPOUL DE PINET    AP    Les Costières Pomerols 2016    $14.95     12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+404418    PORTAS DA HERDADE RESERVA Vinho Regional Alentejano    Das Quintas    2014    $15.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+486050    CHILCAS RESERVA CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Lolol, Colchagua Valley 2014    $17.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+488353    CARDONE ARCHITA GIOIA DEL COLLE PRIMITIVO    DOP    2014    $16.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+143768    MAYCAS DEL LIMARÍ RESERVA ESPECIAL CHARDONNAY Limarí Valley 2015    $18.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 87

W+146217    LUIS CAÑAS FERMENTADO EN BARRICA BLANCO    DOCa Rioja    2015    $18.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 87

 

20 over $20

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R+63891    EMILIANA COYAM     Los Robles Estate, Colchagua Valley 2013    $29.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90.

R+85183    BALBAS RESERVA    DOC Ribera del Duero 2005    $21.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+112227    DOMAINE CHEVALLIER CHABLIS    AP    2015    $24.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+147454    PAHLMEYER CHARDONNAY Napa Valley 2014    $123.95 14.9% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+329805    JULES TAYLOR PINOT NOIR    Marlborough, South Island    2014    $25.95

14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+354118    LA FERME DU MONT CÔTES JUGUNDA GIGONDAS     Unfiltered, AP 2015    $32.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+384552    ANTINORI BADIA A PASSIGNANO GRAN SELEZIONE CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG        2011    $49.95     14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+416727    CHÂTEAU BLAIGNAN    Cru Bourgeois, AC Médoc    2010    $21.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+496091    FATTORIA DEI BARBI RISERVA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DOCG    2007    $76.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+497073    CHÂTEAU CLOS DE SARPE    AC Saint-Émilion Grand Cru     1995    $53.95

13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+503904    CHÂTEAU CLARKE    AC Listrac-Médoc    Baron Edmond de Rothschild 2010    $41.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+709980    MICHELE SATTA PIASTRAIA    DOC Bolgheri Superiore 2012 $38.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+718452    CHATEAU MONTELENA CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Calistoga, Napa Valley 2013    $74.95    14.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+983650    DOMAINE DU VIEUX LAZARET CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE AC Jérôme Quiot    2013    $39.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+183491    HIDDEN BENCH ESTATE RIESLING VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment        2015    $23.95     11% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+357228    BACHELDER LA PETITE CHARMOTTE NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES    AC    2011    $49.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+388348    CHÂTEAU TOUR BAYARD AC Montagne-Saint-Émilion 2012    $21.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+429415    MARCHESI DE' FRESCOBALDI CAMPO AI SASSI ROSSO DI MONTALCINO    DOC    2014    $22.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+483032    ATAMISQUE ASSEMBLAGE    Tupungato, Uco Valley, Mendoza 2012    $45.95     14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+493312    FLYING FISH COVE WILDBERRY RESERVE CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Margaret River, Western Australia 2013    $37.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

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