WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for June 10, 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 --
W+224626 JOSEPH CATTIN GEWURZTRAMINER AC Alsace 2015 $19.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
W+333211 MOUNTADAM ESTATE CHARDONNAY High Eden, Eden Valley, South Australia 2015 $24.95 MVC/QPR: 92
W+496497 SCHLOSS SCHOENBURN HATTENHEIMER NUSBRUNNEN RIESLING KABINETT QmP 2008 $19.95 8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 93
20 under $20
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R+168716 M. CHAPOUTIER LES VIGNES DE BILA-HAUT CÔTES DE ROUSSILLON AC 2015 $15.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+360636 SISTER'S RUN BETHLEHEM BLOCK CABERNET SAUVIGNON Gomersal, Barossa, South Australia 2014 $18.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+366245 Klein Constantia KC CABERNET SAUVIGNON/MERLOT WO Western Cape 2013 $17.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+487868 CHÂTEAU L'ESPÉRANCE AC Côtes de Bordeaux – Blaye 2010 $19.95
14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+488395 CHÂTEAU DE LIONNE AC Graves 2015 $16.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+489252 LES BOIS DE VAUX SEC VOUVRAYAC 2015 $18.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR:89
R+489757 OVIDIO GARCÍA ESENCIA CRIANZA DO Cigales 2009 $18.95
14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+489773 MONTE HINIESTA DO Toro Allegro Con Spirito 2011 $15.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+489914 BYRON & HAROLD SECRET VINEYARD CABERNET/MERLOT Western Australia 2015 $18.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+493635 GÉRARD BERTRAND GRAND TERROIR GRÈS DE MONTPELLIER SYRAH/GRENACHE AP Languedoc Grès de Montpellier 2014 $18.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+734798 THORNBURY SAUVIGNON BLANC Marlborough, South Island 2016 $18.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+224188 TOMMASI ARELE PARZIALE APPASSIMENTO IGT Verona 2015 $19.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+247544 LIONEL OSMIN & CIE CAHORS MALBEC AP Cahors 2012 $16.95
12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+313346 CHÂTEAU ROQUEFORT BLANC AC Bordeaux 2016 $16.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+368134 STÉPHANE AVIRON VIEILLES VIGNES MOULIN-À-VENT AC 2013 $19.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+424176 ROCKWAY VINEYARDS SMALL LOT BLOCK 150-183 RIESLING VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2014 $19.95 10% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+484956 MARKUS HUBER TERRASSEN GRÜNER VELTLINER DAC Traisent 2015 $19.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+489948 FRANKLIN TATE ESTATES SHIRAZ Margaret River, Western Australia 2015 $19.95 13.9% ABV, MVC/QPR: 99
W+268342 HENRY OF PELHAM ESTATE CHARDONNAY VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Peninsula 2015 $19.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
20 over $20
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R+57901 INTRIGA CABERNET SAUVIGNON Maipo Valley Viña Montgras 2013 $22.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+209148 MARQUÉS DE MURRIETA FINCA YGAY RESERVA DOCa Rioja 2012 $29.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
R+353201 RUFFINO DUCALE ORO RISERVA GRAN SELEZIONE CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG 2011 $44.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90.
R+392449 MEYER PINOT NOIR BC VQA Okanagan Valley 2015 $24.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+466003 ERADUS PINOT NOIR Single vineyard, Awatere Valley, Marlborough, South Island 2014 $24.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+483750 GHOST CORNER SAUVIGNON BLANC Elim, Cape Agulhas David Nieuwoudt 2015 $21.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+487777 STELLA BELLA CABERNET SAUVIGNON Margaret River, Western Australia 2012 $29.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+392738 DOMAINE QUEYLUS TRADITION PINOT NOIR VQA Niagara Peninsula 2013 $29.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+264168 CREEKSIDE RESERVE VIOGNIER Queenston Road Vineyard, VQA St. David's Bench, Niagara-on-the-Lake 2014 $29.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+334300 LATIUM MORINI CAMPO LEÒN AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA DOC 2011 $46.95 16.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+337642 JOURNEY'S END SHIRAZ Barrel Selection, WO Stellenbosch Gabb Family Winery 2012 $20.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+354217 PIERRE AMADIEU LE PAS DE L'AIGLE GIGONDAS AC 2013 $36.95 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+365288 CASAJÚS ANTIGUOS VIÑEDOS DO Ribera del Duero 2012 $38.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+432211 NAPA CELLARS CABERNET SAUVIGNON Napa Valley 2014 $34.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+487017 UNDERWOOD PINOT GRIS Oregon 2015 $22.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+488536 HMC MCWATTERS COLLECTION CHARDONNAY TIME Estate Winery 2014 BC Okanagan $30.95 13.9% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+489906 DOMAINE NATURALISTE DISCOVERY CABERNET SAUVIGNON Margaret River, Western Australia By Bruce Dukes 2014 $24.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+493536 DOMAINE LES BUGADELLES IGP Pays d'Oc 2014 $25.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+959999 CHÂTEAU FORTIA CUVÉE DU BARON CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE Propriété du Baron Le Roy de Boiseaumarié 2013 $44.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
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