WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for March 3, 2018

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for  March 3,  2018

 

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.

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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+542183    RAVANAL GRAN RESERVA CABERNET SAUVIGNON Colchagua Valley    2015    $15.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92

R+545939    MARQUÉS DE TORO FINCA LA MOURA Single vineyard, DO Mencia    2012    $12.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92

R+412247    CASETTA BARBARESCO    DOCG    2008    $34.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

 

20 under $20

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W+251116    HENRY OF PELHAM FAMILY TREE WHITE    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2016    $17.95      13.5  % ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+538371    SABOT DE VÉNUS APREMONT SAVOIE AC    2016    $18.95     MVC/QPR: 89

W+540732    MULLERI SOFFIO VERMENTINO DI SARDEGNA    DOC    2016    $16.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+523555    CASA FERREIRINHA VINHA GRANDE BRANCO    DOC Douro    2015    $16.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+350041    PACO & LOLA ALBARIÑO DO Rías Baixas 2016 $19.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+682005    JIM JIM (THE DOWN-UNDERDOG) SHIRAZ    South Australia    2014    $17.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+68775    NEDERBURG MANOR HOUSE SHIRAZ    WO Western Cape    2014    $16.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+276477    GEORGES DUBOEUF DOMAINE MONT CHAVY MORGON    AC    2014    $19.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+320499    BASTIDE MIRAFLORS SYRAH/VIEILLES VIGNES GRENACHE    AP Côtes du Roussillon    2015    $19.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+356048    CARPINETO CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG 2015    $19.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+230649    CASTELFORTE CORVINA    IGT Veronese    2014    $14.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+377481    LÓPEZ DE HARO CRIANZA    DOCa Rioja    2013    $14.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

R+293464    NACIDO DEL QUÓRUM SELECCIÓN MONASTRELL    DO Jumilla    2011    $17.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

W+518969    WEINGUT NADLER GRÜNER VELTLINER    Carnuntum    2016    $16.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR:  88

W+224246    DOMAINE DU BOIS-MALINGE SUR LIE MUSCADET SÈVRE ET MAINE    AP    2016    $14.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+546119    CHÂTEAU DE RIBEBON    AC Bordeaux Supérieur    2015    $17 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+146522    GLORIA RESERVA    DOC Douro    2015    $16.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+143214    MONTES ALPHA PINOT NOIR    Aconcagua Coast    2015    $19.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

 

20 over $20

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W+68817    HIDDEN BENCH ESTATE CHARDONNAY    VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2016    $29.95           13 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+441998    COLUMBIA CREST H3 CHARDONNAY    Horse Heaven Hills, Columbia Valley    2014    $21.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+455618    SPIER VINTAGE SELECTION CHENIN BLANC    WO Swartland    2015    $17.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+185736    HERVÉ AZO CHABLIS    AC    2015    $27.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+538454    DOMAINE SYLVAIN LANGOUREAU SAINT-AUBIN    AC    2015    $41.95 13.8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+213926    DIEVOLE NOVECENTO RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG    2014    $37.95 13.4% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+485904    MARCHESI DI BAROLO PEIRAGAL BARBERA D'ALBA    DOC    2015    $34.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+529081    EVOLUTION PINOT NOIR    Willamette Valley 2015 $24.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+63891    EMILIANA COYAM    Los Robles Estate, Colchagua Valley    2013    $29.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR:  89

R+333229    WYNNS COONAWARRA ESTATE THE SIDING CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Coonawarra, South Australia    2012    $22.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+480426    GLENELLY LADY MAY CABERNET SAUVIGNON    WO Stellenbosch    2011    $34.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+192906    CHÂTEAU CAPBERN GASQUETON    AC Saint-Estèphe    2012    $41.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+527069    CHÂTEAU DE CHAMBRUN    AC Lalande-de-Pomerol    2008    $49.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+527911    CHANSON PÈRE & FILS SANTENAY    AC    2015    $43.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+86207    ZONIN AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA    DOCG    2013    $41.95    15.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+103473    ATTECA OLD VINES GARNACHA    DO Calatayud    2015    $24.95    15.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+976662    FAUSTINO I GRAN RESERVA    DOCa Rioja    2005    $34.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR:  91

R+594002    JACKSON-TRIGGS GRAND RESERVE MERITAGE    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2015    $24.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+461566    THIRTY BENCH SMALL LOT PINOT NOIR    VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Peninsula    2015    $34.95    13.4% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

 

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