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WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for November 25, 2017.

 
WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for November 25,  2017.
 
By DEAN TUDOR, Gothic Epicures Writing deantudor@deantudor.com. My "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.
These notes for wines available through the LCBO Vintages (on a bi-weekly basis)  can always be found at http://www.gothicepicures.blogspot.ca/ or at  http://www.deantudor.com
 
Scores are a combination of MVC (Modal Varietal Character, e.g. a Southern Rhone tastes like a Southern Rhone) and QPR (Quality/Price Ratio value in the marketplace above or below its price).
 
THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL FINDS --
 
R+538090    CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE CABERNET SAUVIGNON Special 50th anniversary bottling, Columbia Valley 2015    MAGNUM 1500mL $44.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+461277    VIÑA OLABARRI CRIANZA DOCa Rioja    2013    $14.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
 
20 under $20
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R+18721    VIÑA TARAPACÁ GRAN RESERVA CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Maipo Valley        2014    $17.95           14 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+89029    TAWSE SKETCHES OF NIAGARA RIESLING    VQA Niagara Peninsula        2015    $18.95    10% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+268342    HENRY OF PELHAM ESTATE CHARDONNAY    VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment        2016    $19.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+522342    ZONTE'S FOOTSTEP HILLS ARE ALIVE SHIRAZ    Adelaide Hills, South Australia        2015    $19.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+524892    LAPOSTOLLE RED BLEND Rapel Valley    2013    $17.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+662775    D'ARENBERG THE HERMIT CRAB VIOGNIER/MARSANNE    McLaren Vale, South Australia        2016    $17.95    13.3% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+81588    CRASTO VINHO TINTO    DOC Douro    2015    $17.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+167684    HONORO VERA MONASTRELL Jumilla    2016 $13.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+171371    LA FERME DU MONT LE PONNANT CÔTES DU RHÔNE-VILLAGES    Unfiltered, AP        2015    $19.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+251645    LA FERME DU MONT PREMIÈRE CÔTE CÔTES DU RHÔNE    Unfiltered, AP        2015    $17.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+268136    PODERI ANGELINI PRIMITIVO DI MANDURIA    DOC        2012    $18.95
15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+280552    BARÓN DE MAGAÑA DO Navarra 2011    $19.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+380238    LORCA SELECCIÓN MONASTRELL    DO Bullas        2008    $15.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
W+452540    DOMAINE DE LA CHAISE TOURAINE SAUVIGNON    AC    Christophe Davault, vign.    2016    $16.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+508630    JERZU MARGHIA CANNONAU DI SARDEGNA    DOC        2014    $16.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+527853    CHÂTEAU JOININ    AC Bordeaux        2015    $14.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+534602    ICARIO VINO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO    DOCG        2011    $19.95  14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+526533    DOMAINE DE NUGUES BEAUJOLAIS-VILLAGES    AC        2014    $16.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+164491    FIELDING UNOAKED CHARDONNAY    VQA Niagara Peninsula 2016 $14.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
 
20 over $20
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R+18879    THE HESS COLLECTION 19 BLOCK MOUNTAIN CUVÉE    Mount Veeder/Napa Valley        2013    $54.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+68817    HIDDEN BENCH ESTATE CHARDONNAY    VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment        2015    $29.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+209858    FESS PARKER BIEN NACIDO VINEYARD PINOT NOIR    Santa Barbara County        2014    $64.95    14.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+210039    RODNEY STRONG RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY RESERVE CHARDONNAY    Russian River Valley, Sonoma County 2014    $49.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+241182    CHARLES BAKER PICONE VINEYARD RIESLING    VQA Vinemount Ridge, Niagara Escarpment    Stratus    2014    $34.95    10.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+392738    DOMAINE QUEYLUS TRADITION PINOT NOIR    VQA Niagara Peninsula        2014    $29.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+410019    HOWARD PARK MIAMUP CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Margaret River, Western Australia        2014    $22.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+566026    CAVE SPRING CSV RIESLING    Cave Spring Vineyard, VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment     2015    $29.95    11.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+906404    LA CREMA RUSSIAN RIVER PINOT NOIR    Russian River Valley, Sonoma County        2014    $45.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+961284    DOMAINE DROUHIN OREGON PINOT NOIR    Dundee Hills        2014    $49.95 14.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+995910    REMO FARINA AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO    DOCG        2013    $39.95    15.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+61176    DOMAINES SCHLUMBERGER KESSLER RIESLING    AC Alsace Grand Cru        2014    $27.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+155408    MARCHESI DI BAROLO BARBARESCO    DOCG        2013    $23.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+216309    CASTELLO DI GABBIANO RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG        2013    $22.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+216408    VALLE REALE MONTEPULCIANO D'ABRUZZO    DOC        2007    $21.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+259770    JOSEPH CATTIN HATSCHBOURG GEWURZTRAMINER    AC Alsace Grand Cru        2015    $24.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
R+437954    CHÂTEAU PIERRE DE MONTIGNAC    Cru Bourgeois, AP Médoc        2009    $23.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+525931    CHÂTEAUX VIEUX CHEVROL    AC Lalande-de-Pomerol        2010    $28.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+572230    CAVE DE TAIN GRAND CLASSIQUE CROZES-HERMITAGE    AC        2015    $23.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+682492    CHÂTEAU L'HOSPITALET LA RÉSERVE ROUGE    La Clape, AC Coteaux du Languedoc        2014    $28.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

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