WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for July 22, 2017.

 

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for  July 22, 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 --

 

Sparkling+296426    CATHEDRAL CELLAR BRUT SPARKLING 2010 Methode Cap Classique WO Western Cape $16.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92 

W+328559    CATHEDRAL CELLAR CHARDONNAY    WO Western Cape    2015    $16.95

14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

R+496422    CHÂTEAU HAUT ROZIER CUVÉE SAINT VINCENT    AC Côtes de Bordeaux        2010    $16.95  14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91+

 

20 under $20

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W+82461    PIERRE-LUC BOUCHAUD MUSCADET SÈVRE & MAINE    Sur lie, AC        2015    $14.95      12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+190546    ANSELMO MENDES PASSAROS VINHO VERDE DOC 2015    $13.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+267146    OAK BAY PINOT NOIR    BC VQA Okanagan Valley    Gebert Family, St. Hubertus    2013    $19.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+330241    STERLING MERLOT Napa Valley        2012    $19.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+387647    JANARE FALANGHINA DEL SANNIO    DOP    La Guardiense    2015    $16.95

MVC/QPR:  89

R+483404    LAS CEPAS COSTALARBROL DOCa Rioja  2013 $16.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+485656    LES VIGNES DE BILA-HAUT CÔTES DU ROUSSILLON BLANC    AC    M. Chapoutier    2015    $15.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+492546    SARTORI REFOSCO DAL PEDUNCOLO ROSSO IGT Delle Venezie 2015    $16.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+494112    ALTA VISTA CLASSIC MALBEC    Mendoza 2015 $15.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+498915    MADAME CLAUDE PARMENTIER FITOU 2015 $15.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+510339    ARBOLEDA SINGLE VINEYARD SAUVIGNON BLANC    Aconcagua Costa        2015    $17.95     MVC/QPR: 89

R+515270    KEW BARREL AGED GAMAY NOIR    VQA Niagara Peninsula 2014    $17.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+595306    THORN-CLARKE TERRA BAROSSA SHIRAZ    Barossa, South Australia    2015    $16.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+928390    WILLY GISSELBRECHT TRADITION GEWURZTRAMINER    AC Alsace    2015    $19.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+89011    FEATHERSTONE SAUVIGNON BLANC    VQA Niagara Escarpment        2016    $17.95 MVC/QPR: 88

R+134585    UMANI RONCHI MONTIPAGANO MONTEPULCIANO D'ABRUZZO DOC    2015    $13.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+166579    MONASTERIO DE LAS VIÑAS SAN JOSÉ DE AGUARÓN RESERVA    DO Cariñena    2012    $14.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+447292    NORTH 43° CABERNET FRANC    VQA Four Mile Creek, Niagara-on-the-Lake 2013    $12.95     12.8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+295709    RABL GRÜNER VELTLINER DAC Kamptal 2015 $14.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

 

20 over $20

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R+261784    PAPALE LINEA ORO PRIMITIVO DI MANDURIA    DOP        2014    $22.95        14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+377770    QUAILS' GATE CHARDONNAY    BC VQA Okanagan Valley        2014    $23.95

13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+455667    CHÂTEAU LA FLEUR POURRET    AC Saint-Émilion Grand Cru        2009    $38.95

13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+86603    DOMAINE VOARICK CLOS PARADIS MERCUREY 1ER CRU AP 2014    $36.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+167312    LUCA MALBEC Uco Valley, Mendoza    2014    $35.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+241182    CHARLES BAKER PICONE VINEYARD RIESLING    VQA Vinemount Ridge, Niagara Escarpment        2013    $35.20     MVC/QPR: 90

R244814    XAVIER CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE AC     2012    $44.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+295808    CHÂTEAU LA GRAVETTE LACOMBE    AC Médoc    2012    $23.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+357475    DANDELION LIONESS OF MCLAREN VALE SHIRAZ    Single vineyard, McLaren Vale, South Australia        2015    $21.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+410761    BREMERTON COULTHARD CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Langhorne Creek, South Australia        2014    $24.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+420711    SEVEN FALLS MERLOT    Wahluke Slope, Columbia Valley        2012    $20.95

14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+447433    KIM CRAWFORD SMALL PARCELS CORNER 50 VINEYARD MERLOT/CABERNET    Hawkes Bay, North Island        2013    $29.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+487462    THEULOT JUILLOT VIEILLES VIGNES MERCUREY    AC    Natalie Juillot et Jean-Claude Theulot    2015    $31.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+488817 SYLVAIN MOSNIER BEAUROY CHABLIS 1ER CRU 2014 $34.95  MVC/QPR: 88

R+489450    YANNICK ALLÉNO & MICHEL CHAPOUTIER GUER-VAN CROZES-HERMITAGE    AC        2014    $29.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+489468    BERNARD FOUQUET LE PETIT CLOS DRY VOUVRAY    Domaine des Aubuisières, AC        2015    $21.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+496414    CASTELFORTE AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA    DOCG        2013    $29.95

15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+708826    PRODUTTORI DEL BARBARESCO BARBARESCO    DOCG        2012    $46.95

14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

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