WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for October 13, 2018

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for October 13, 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 --

 

Fizz - +48801 Louis Bouillot Perle d'Ivoire Brut Blanc de Blancs Cremant de Bourgogne $19.95

12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92

Brandy – +271726 G.E. Massenez Vieux Calvados 700mL $52.95  41% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

Port – +264259 Calem Colheita Single Harvest Tawny Port 2000 $46.95 20% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92

 

20 under $20

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W+68015      FLAT ROCK UNPLUGGED CHARDONNAY    VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment        2016    $17.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+485326    ROCKWAY FERGIE JENKINS LIMITED EDITION RIESLING    VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment        2016    $16.95    10.3% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+557165    HENRY OF PELHAM ESTATE RIESLING    VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment        2017    $19.95    11.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+575985    LUIGI BOSCA CHARDONNAY Mendoza     2017    $18.95    13.9% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+450668    TE PA SAUVIGNON BLANC    Marlborough, South Island        2017    $19.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+948182    LA GRIFFE BERNARD CHÉREAU SUR LIE MUSCADET SÈVRE ET MAINE    Sur lie, AP    Chéreau-Carré     2017    $17.95    12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+453639    SERIOUSLY COOL RED    VQA Ontario    Southbrook Winery    2016    $15.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+568873    KADABRA CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Tupungato, Uco Valley, Mendoza    Bodega Estancia    2016    $15.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+269464    SISTER'S RUN EPIPHANY SHIRAZ    Epiphany vineyard, McLaren Vale, South Australia        2016    $16.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

R+744235    WAKEFIELD CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Clare Valley, South Australia     2016    $19.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+278564    WIRRA WIRRA CATAPULT SHIRAZ    McLaren Vale, South Australia        2016    $19.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+227983    VIGNERONS DE BUXY BUISSONNIER PINOT NOIR    AC Bourgogne Côte Chalonnaise        2015    $18.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+478263    DOMAINE LES PINS CUVÉE LES ROCHETTES BOURGUEIL    AP        2015    $18.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92

R+168690    THUNEVIN-CALVET CUVÉE CONSTANCE    AC Côtes du Roussillon-Villages        2015    $18.95    15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+413211    XAVIER VENTOUX    AP    2016    $15.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+370262    GÉRARD BERTRAND GRAND TERROIR LA CLAPE SYRAH/CARIGNAN/MOURVÈDRE AP La Clape    2015    $18.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+568220    TEROLDEGO VIGNETI DELLE DOLOMITI    IGT    Cantina Lavis    2016    $13.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+434373    CANTINE DUE PALME ETTAMIANO PRIMITIVO    IGP Salento        2016    $19.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+399907    SAN VINCENTI CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG 2015 $18.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+398933    ALCEÑO PREMIUM 50 BARRICAS SYRAH    DO Jumilla        2015    $16.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+132597    ESCONDIDO TEMPRANILLO    DO Ribera del Duero    Bodega La Milagrosa    2015    $18.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+575571    LOMA GORDA VINO DE PARCELA CERVERA DE LA CAÑADA    DOP Catalunya    Bodega San Gregorio    2013    $16.95    15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+723452    ONDARRE RESERVA DOCa Rioja        2014    $17.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

R+336719    LUIS CAÑAS CRIANZA DOCa Rioja    2015    $18.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

 

20 over $20

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W+609297    SOUMAH HEXHAM SINGLE VINEYARD CHARDONNAY    Yarra Valley, Victoria        2017    $34.95 12.8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

W+205815    DAVIS BYNUM RIVER WEST VINEYARD CHARDONNAY    Russian River Valley, Sonoma County    2015    $29.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+681056    DOMAINE JEAN-PIERRE SÈVE TERROIR POUILLY-FUISSÉ    AC    2016    $30.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+556373    HENRI DE VILLAMONT BOURGOGNE CHARDONNAY    AC Bourgogne        2014    $22.95    % ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+593053    BLACK SAGE VINEYARD MERLOT    BC VQA Okanagan Valley    2015    $29.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+393827    MORAINE PINOT NOIR    BC VQA Okanagan Valley    2016    $31.95    13.3% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+673798    RAVENSWOOD OLD VINE ZINFANDEL    Sonoma County 2014    $21.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+416172    CHÂTEAU BEL AIR    Cru Bourgeois, AC Haut-Médoc 2011    $27.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+550327    CHÂTEAU LE TEMPLE    AC Médoc    Denis Bergey, prop.    2010    $27.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+961847    CHÂTEAU PUY-BLANQUET    AC Saint-Émilion Grand Cru        2009    $42.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+438580    QUERCECCHIO BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO    DOCG        2013    $35.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+173211    ALTO MONCAYO VERATON GARNACHA    DO Campo de Borja        2015    $36.95    15.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+246728    TARÓN RESERVA    DOCa Rioja        2008    $22.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

R+520783    16 MILE CELLAR REBEL PINOT NOIR    Unfiltered, VQA Niagara Peninsula        2014    $22.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+622571    CLOS DE LOS SIETE    Uco Valley, Mendoza    Michel Rolland    2014    $23.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

 

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