WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for JANUARY 5, 2019

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for  JANUARY 5,  2019

 

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 should taste like a Southern Rhone) and QPR (Quality/Price Ratio value in the marketplace above or below its price).

 

20 under $20

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W+402172    HOGUE CHARDONNAY Columbia Valley 2016  $14.95  13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+32060    MONTES LIMITED SELECTION SAUVIGNON BLANC    DO Leyda Valley        2017     $14.95  13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+630202    MATAHIWI PINOT GRIS    Wairarapa, North Island    2018     $17.95  13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+694737    SPINYBACK SAUVIGNON BLANC    Nelson, South Island        2017     $16.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+377457    RABL LANGENLOIS GRÜNER VELTLINER    DAC Kamptal        2017     $16.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+621581    BLASON DE BOURGOGNE SAINT-VÉRAN  2016 $19.95  13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+745349    DOMAINE JACKY MARTEAU SAUVIGNON TOURAINE    AC    2017     $15.95  13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+577734    DE ANGELIS OFFIDA PECORINO DOCG 2016     $15.95 13.7% ABV, MVC/QPR:  89

W+471284    CURVOS LOUREIRO DOC Vinho Verde    2017     $12.95  12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+629832    HEREDAD DE URUEÑA SANTO TERROIR TEMPRANILLO    Vino de la Tierra de Castilla y León    2012     $16.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR:  91

R+310151    TARIMA MONASTRELL    DO Alicante    Bodegas Volver    2016     $14.95  14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+636258    SOLÀ FRED    DO Montsant    Celler Masroig 2017     $17.00  14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

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

R+497354    ARANWA RESERVE CABERNET SAUVIGNON  Mendoza        2013     $17.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

R+205567    CALITERRA TRIBUTO CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Single vineyard, DO Colchagua Valley      2016     $13.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+632059    JIM BARRY THE BARRY BROS SHIRAZ/CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Clare Valley, South Australia    Tom & Sam Barry    2016     $19.95  14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+632117    NORFOLK RISE VINEYARD SHIRAZ    Mount Benson, Limestone Coast, South Australia        2017     $14.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+630103    CHÂTEAU LES PETITS ARNAUDS TRADITION    AC Côtes de Bordeaux - Blaye        2015     $16.95  14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+168716    M. CHAPOUTIER LES VIGNES DE BILA-HAUT CÔTES DU ROUSSILLON-VILLAGES    AC        2017     $15.95  14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+380675    DOMAINE AUTRAND CÔTES DU RHÔNE    AC        2016     $14.95  14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+574137    CORTE MEDICEA CLETUS    IGT Toscana    Bollina    2016     $17.95  13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR:  91

R+452797    BARCO NEGRO    DOC Douro        2015     $13.95  13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+631002    ODISSEIA TINTO    DOC Douro        2015     $16.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+477075    I BALZI ROSSO    IGT Veneto    Verga    2016     $15.95  14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+577726    CECCHI LA CAMPANA MONTEFALCO ROSSO    DOC        2014     $14.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+540922    CECCHI STORIA DI FAMIGLIA CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG        2015     $17.95

13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+395053    12 E MEZZO PRIMITIVO DEL SALENTO    IGP    Varvaglione    2016     $14.95

12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

 

 

20 over $20

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W+431783    JOST TIDAL BAY    Nova Scotia    2017     $20.95       11 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+481523    TREANA CHARDONNAY    Central Coast     2015     $24.95       14.5 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+447193    DOMAINE MILLET CHABLIS    AC    2017     $27.95  12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+54080    CLOS DU BOIS SONOMA RESERVE CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Alexander Valley, Sonoma County        2014     $24.95  14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+629972    ZAHA EL CORTE    Toko Vineyard, Paraje Altamira, Mendoza        2014     $24.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+633081    CHÂTEAU DU BREUIL    Cru Bourgeois, AC Haut-Médoc        2014     $24.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+368175    CHÂTEAU BOUTISSE    AC Saint-Émilion Grand Cru        2015     $41.95  14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+62711    DOMAINE DE LA CHARBONNIÈRE CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE    AP    Earl Michel Maret & Filles    2015     $48.95  15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

R+213132    LA PIEVE BAROLO    DOCG        2014     $39.95  14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+33498    FATTOI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO    DOCG        2013     $46.95  14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+574269    PAOLO CONTERNO ANFORTI    IGT Toscana        2015     $24.95  15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+618330    MELIPAL ESTATE BOTTLED BLEND    Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza    2014     $27.95  15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+942599    RAVENSWOOD OLD VINE ZINFANDEL  Lodi        2016     $21.95  14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

 

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