WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for May 12, 2018

 

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for May 12,  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.

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 --  [atypically, a lot]

 

R+526939    CHÂTEAU PLAISANCE LES PALUES    AC Bordeaux Supérieur        2009    $18.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 93

W+551739    ROCKBURN SAUVIGNON BLANC    Central Otago, South Island        2015    $19.95    12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92

W+328559    CATHEDRAL CELLAR CHARDONNAY    WO Western Cape        2015    $16.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92

R+936971    D'ARENBERG THE LAUGHING MAGPIE SHIRAZ/VIOGNIER    McLaren Vale, South Australia        2012    $29.95     14.4% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92

W+547299    BACHELDER WISMER-FOXCROFT N. 2 CHARDONNAY    VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment        2015    $44.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92

 

20 under $20

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W+547943    SURF SWIM CHARDONNAY California    2016    $17.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR:  89.

W+551556    SHOOFLY CHARDONNAY    Adelaide Hills, South Australia        2015    $15.95

13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+163535    MOMO ORGANIC PINOT GRIS    Marlborough, South Island    Seresin Estate    2017    $19.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+981167    SIMONSIG CHENIN BLANC  Stellenbosch 2017    $13.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

W+474742    TIEFENBRUNNER PINOT GRIGIO    IGT Vignetti delle Dolomiti        2016    $19.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+540930    VILLA PUCCINI    IGT Toscana        2012    $14.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+338939  TOMMASI GRATICCIO APPASSIONATO Italy 2015 $15.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+547125    CAMPARRÓN CRIANZA    DO Toro    2014    $18.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+166579 MONASTERIO DE LAS VIÑAS RESERVA GARNACHA/TEMPRANILLO/CARIÑENA    DO Cariñena        2012    $14.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+551473    DRUMHELLER CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Columbia Valley        2015    $18.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+37911    SAN PEDRO 1865 SELECTED VINEYARDS CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Maipo Valley        2015    $19.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+445510    CHÂTEAU FLEUR HAUT GAUSSENS    AC Bordeaux Supérieur        2010    $18.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+426049    CHÂTEAU GODARD BELLEVUE    AC Côtes de Bordeaux - Francs        2010    $14.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+550418    CHÂTEAU LA BRANDE    AC Côtes de Bordeaux - Castillon        2015    $19.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+413237    GÉRARD BERTRAND SYRAH/GRENACHE    AP Languedoc        2015    $16.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+538009    RÉMY FERBRAS TERRE DE MISTRAL CÔTES DU RHÔNE VILLAGES PLAN DE DIEU    AC        2015    $15.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+547836    NORTH 43 SAUVIGNON BLANC    VQA Niagara Lakeshore        2016    $14.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+551374    SPERLING MARKET WHITE    BC VQA Okanagan Valley        2015    $18.95 11.2% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

 

20 over $20

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W+560748    NORMAN HARDIE CUVÉE PARADOXE    VQA Niagara Peninsula        2016    $29.20     9.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+225375    J. LOHR OCTOBER NIGHT CHARDONNAY    Arroyo Seco, Monterey County        2015    $34.95    14.9% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+282806    GREYWACKE WILD SAUVIGNON    Marlborough, South Island        2014    $39.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+318139    SYLVAIN MOSNIER CÔTE DE LÉCHET CHABLIS 1ER CRU    AC        2015    $35.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+70615    DUSTED VALLEY CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Columbia Valley        2013    $40.95    14.7% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+414557    MARCHAND-TAWSE BOURGOGNE CHARDONNAY    AC 2015    $32.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+551846    ZORZAL EGGO BLANC DE CAL SAUVIGNON BLANC    Tupungato, Mendoza        2016    $29.95     12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+552067    CHÂTEAU LA LOUVIÈRE BLANC    AC Pessac-Léognan    André Lurton    2012    $47.95     12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+331652    NAUTILUS CHARDONNAY    Marlborough, South Island        2016    $27.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+498766    LAKE SONOMA ZINFANDEL    Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County        2014    $26.95    15.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

R+73817    RUTHERFORD RANCH CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Napa Valley        2015    $39.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+317008    VERSADO MALBEC    Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza        2014    $22.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+707323    RUSTENBERG JOHN X MERRIMAN    WO Simonsberg-Stellenbosch        2014    $24.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+550368    CHÂTEAU BUSQUET    AC Lussac-Saint-Émilion        2015    $26.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+437954    CHÂTEAU PIERRE DE MONTIGNAC    Cru Bourgeois, AC Médoc        2010    $24.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+304105    BUENA VISTA PINOT NOIR    Carneros 2013    $28.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+984187    MURIEL GRAN RESERVA     Rioja        2005    $29.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+527960    DOMAINE MALDANT PAUVELOT CHOREY-LÈS-BEAUNE    AP Chorey-lès-Beaune        2015    $32.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+521187 OREGON TRAILS PINOT NOIR Willamette Vly.2015 $24.95 13.2% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+309583 ELEPHANT HILL PINOT NOIR Central Otago, South Island     2013 $29.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

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