WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for June 23, 2018

 

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for June 23, 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 FIND --

+542746 Sanchez Romate Fino Perdido Xeres 8 year old $16.95,  MVC/QPR: 94+

 

20 under $20

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W+256552    CAVE SPRING ESTATE CHARDONNAY    Cave Spring Vineyard, VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment        2016    $18.95    13 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 90+

W+89011    FEATHERSTONE SAUVIGNON BLANC    VQA Niagara Peninsula 2017 $17.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+510339    ARBOLEDA SINGLE VINEYARD SAUVIGNON BLANC    DO Aconcagua Costa        2016    $18.95     MVC/QPR: 89

W+126797    PORCUPINE RIDGE SAUVIGNON BLANC    WO Western Cape        2017    $15.95    12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+747600    PIERRE SPARR RÉSERVE GEWURZTRAMINER    AC Alsace        2016    $18.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+557199    ROSTRE DE BÉLEMNITE BEAUJOLAIS BLANC    AP Beaujolais        2014    $19.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+466052    MOSELLAND GOLDSCHILD SINGLE VINEYARD RIESLING KABINETT    Prädikatswein        2016    $16.95     9% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88+

W+542811    MONTEMISIO OFFIDA PECORINO    DOCG    Cantine di Castignano    2016    $17.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+478271    SISTER'S RUN OLD TESTAMENT CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Coonawarra, South Australia        2016    $16.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88+

R+278390    RUSTENBERG RM NICHOLSON    WO Stellenbosch        2016    $17.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+155804    CAVE DE ROQUEBRUN LA GRANGE DES COMBES SAINT-CHINIAN-ROQUEBRUN    AC        2016    $19.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+168716    M. CHAPOUTIER LES VIGNES DE BILA-HAUT CÔTES DU ROUSSILLON VILLAGES    AC        2016    $15.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+540914    SCARANTO GOVERNO ALL'USO    IGT Toscana        2016    $17.95

14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+168542    LA JOYA GRAN RESERVA VIOGNIER    DO Colchagua Valley    Bisquertt Family Vineyards    2017    $16.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+551549    HOPE ESTATE SÉMILLON    Hunter Valley, New South Wales        2016    $17.95 11.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+326827    DOMAINE DE LA GRENAUDIÈRE SUR LIE MUSCADET SÈVRE ET MAINE    AC        2016    $15.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+80374    MURALHAS DE MONÇÃO VINHO VERDE    DOC    Adega Coop    2016    $15.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+511519    CAMPO ARRIBA OLD VINES MONASTRELL/SYRAH/TINTORERA    DO Yecla    Señorío de Barahonda    2014    $17  14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+549782    TERRA GRANDE RESERVA    Vinho Regional Alentejano        2015    $12.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

 

20 over $20

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W+241182    CHARLES BAKER PICONE VINEYARD RIESLING    VQA Vinemount Ridge, Niagara Escarpment        2015    $36.95    11.8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+560904    STRATUS WEATHER REPORT CHARDONNAY    VQA Niagara-on-the-Lake    Stratus Vineyards    2016    $27.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+556118    ERRÁZURIZ ACONCAGUA COSTA CHARDONNAY    Aconcagua Costa        2016    $21.95    MVC/QPR: 89

W_324228    STONELEIGH LATITUDE SAUVIGNON BLANC    Marlborough, South Island        2017    $21.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+461699    HENRY OF PELHAM SPECK FAMILY RESERVE BACO NOIR    VQA Ontario        2016    $24.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89+

R+616433    HENRY OF PELHAM SPECK FAMILY RESERVE CABERNET/MERLOT    VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment        2012    $39.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+585737    BURROWING OWL MERLOT    BC VQA Okanagan Valley        2014    $39.95 14.8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+330241    STERLING MERLOT  Napa Valley        2014    $34.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+737    ECHEVERRÍA FAMILY RESERVA CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Molina, DO Curicó Valley        2015    $21.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+404459    CHÂTEAU MARJOSSE    AC Bordeaux    Pierre Lurton    2015    $23.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+508002    MANOIR DE MERCEY CHÂTEAUBEAU MERCUREY    AC    Berger Rive    2015    $31.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+539379    ELVIO COGNO CASCINA NUOVA BAROLO    DOCG        2013    $49.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+716266    SAN FELICE IL GRIGIO CHIANTI CLASSICO RISERVA    DOCG        2014    $28.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+393553    CUNE GRAN RESERVA DOCa Rioja 2011    $39.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+570267    FAUSTINO I GRAN RESERVA DOCa Rioja 2009    $34.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+414243    CULMINA HYPOTHESIS    Golden Mile Bench, BC VQA Okanagan Valley        2013    $47.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+568204    CULMINA DILEMMA CHARDONNAY    Margaret's Bench, BC VQA Okanagan Valley        2015    $47.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+974899    LAURÈNE PINOT NOIR    Dundee Hills, Willamette Valley    Domaine Drouhin Oregon    2014    $79.95    14.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+446401    ROGER & DIDIER RAIMBAULT SANCERRE ROUGE    AC        2015    $31.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+558700    FIVE GEESE GANDERS BLEND OLD VINE GRENACHE/SHIRAZ    McLaren Vale, South Australia        2013    $34.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+643361    HENRY OF PELHAM SPECK FAMILY RESERVE RIESLING    VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment        2016    $24.95    12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

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