WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for November 24, 2018

 

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for November 24, 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 --

 

+745901 Italy    PO' DI POLI MORBIDA SMOOTH MOSCATO GRAPPA Italy    700ml  $67.95  

+471094 Hidalgo Napoleon Amontillado Sherry 500 mL $23.95

Joseph Drouhin Beaujolais Villages Nouveau 2018  LCBO Vintages, $17.95 MVC/QPR: 88

 

20 under $20

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W+673806    SIMI CHARDONNAY Sonoma County    2017    $19.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92

R+360636    SISTER'S RUN BETHLEHEM BLOCK CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Barossa, South Australia    2016    $18.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+287979    SMALL GULLY MR. BLACK'S LITTLE BOOK SHIRAZ South Australia    2015    $19.95 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+287425    COLUMBIA CREST H3 LES CHEVAUX RED BLEND    Horse Heaven Hills, Columbia Valley    2014    $19.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+446971    LONE BIRCH CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Yakima Valley, Columbia Valley    2016    $19.95 14.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+18721    VIÑA TARAPACÁ GRAN RESERVA CABERNET SAUVIGNON    DO Maipo Valley    2016    $17.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+673913    NEIL ELLIS GROENEKLOOF SAUVIGNON BLANC    WO Groenekloof    2017    $17.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

R++610303    POÇAS VALE DE CAVALOS RED    DOC Douro    2015    $19.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+259788    JOSEPH CATTIN RIESLING AC Alsace    2016    $15.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+516765    JEAN-PIERRE MOUEIX BORDEAUX    2015    $17.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR:  88

R+343509    TESSELLAE VIEILLES VIGNES CARIGNAN    IGP Côtes Catalanes    2015    $18.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+247973    QUINTA DE CABRIZ COLHEITA SELECIONADA    DOC Dão    2015    $13.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+166579    MONASTERIO DE LAS VIÑAS RESERVA GARNACHA/TEMPRANILLO/CARIÑENA DOP  Cariñena 2012  $14.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+168716    M. CHAPOUTIER LES VIGNES DE BILA-HAUT CÔTES DU ROUSSILLON-VILLAGES    AC    2017    $15.95     14%ABV,MVC/QPR: 88

R+438796    DOMAINE DE LA BAUME ELISABETH VIOGNIER    IGP Pays d'Oc    2016    $16.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+599274 LOOSEN BROS. DR. L RIESLING Qualitätswein 2017 $14.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+707158    ZENATO SAN BENEDETTO LUGANA    DOC    2017    $18.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

 

20 over $20

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W+57430    MISSION HILL RESERVE SAUVIGNON BLANC    BC VQA Okanagan Valley    2017    $22.95    12.8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+241182    CHARLES BAKER PICONE VINEYARD RIESLING    VQA Vinemount Ridge, Niagara Escarpment    2015    $36.95    11.8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

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

W+581603    SOUTHBROOK TRIOMPHE ORGANIC RIESLING    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2016    $22.95    11% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+149211    THE FOREIGN AFFAIR CHARDONNAY    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2015    $26.95    14.2% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+677450    DOG POINT SAUVIGNON BLANC    Marlborough, South Island    2017    $26.95

12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+324228    STONELEIGH LATITUDE SAUVIGNON BLANC    Marlborough, South Island    2017    $21.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+505610    HIDDEN BENCH TERROIR CACHÉ    Unfiltered, VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2015    $44.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+392738    QUEYLUS TRADITION PINOT NOIR    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2015    $29.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

R+582056    VINELAND ESTATES RESERVE CABERNET SAUVIGNON    VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2015    $49.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+129353    THE CHOCOLATE BLOCK     WO Swartland 2016    $39.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+433060    WYNNS COONAWARRA ESTATE SHIRAZ    Coonawarra, South Australia    2016    $23.95 13.8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+186171    DECOY CABERNET SAUVIGNON Sonoma County 2016 $37.95 13.9% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+577494    RODNEY STRONG UPSHOT RED BLEND    Sonoma County    2016    $29.95    14.5%ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+961284    DOMAINE DROUHIN OREGON PINOT NOIR    Dundee Hills, Willamette Valley    2015    $49.95    14.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+458240    SONVIDA RESERVE MALBEC    Paraje Altmira, Mendoza    2015    $29.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+317008 VERSADO MALBEC Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza 2014 $22.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+995910    REMO FARINA AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO    DOCG    2015    $42.95  15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+397448    FONTANAFREDDA EBBIO NEBBIOLO    DOC Langhe    2014    $21.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

R+189761    PIETRANERA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO    DOCG    2013    $45.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+577742    PALATINE HILLS NEUFELD VINEYARD CHARDONNAY    VQA Niagara Lakeshore, Niagara-on-the-Lake    2016    $24.95    14.6% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

R+727636    TENUTA SETTE PONTI CROGNOLO    IGT Toscana    2015    $32.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+437673    BALBÁS CRIANZA    DO Ribera del Duero    2013    $21.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+423509    HACIENDA VALVARÉS    DOCa Rioja    2015    $20.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

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