NOTE: The LCBO is retooling its Wine Media Tasting program to allow curation. We will not begin tasting Vintages releases until March 29, for the April 13 release date. SO: this edition of WORLD WINE WATCH will be my last UNTIL after March 29, since I will have no access to tasting samples until that time. But I will try to cobble something together....
WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for March 2, 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 would 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+377721 BARON DE HOEN RÉSERVE GEWURZTRAMINER AC Alsace 2017 $19.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+480764 TUSSOCK JUMPER CHENIN BLANC WO Western Cape 2017 $12.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
W+631523 SWARTLAND WINEMAKER'S COLLECTION CHENIN BLANC WO Swartland 2018 $12.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
W+485334 KEW MARSANNE VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2016 $19.95
MVC/QPR: 89.5
W+636167 CHÂTEAU CAMILLE GAUCHERAUD SAUVIGNON BLANC AC Côtes de Bordeaux--Blaye 2016 $16.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.5
W+392357 KONZELMANN LATE HARVEST GEWÜRZTRAMINER VQA Niagara Peninsula 2016 $15.95 MVC/QPR: 88
W+579961 LUNDY MANOR PROPRIETOR'S BLEND WHITE VQA Niagara Peninsula 2017 $18.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+632323 SIEGEL SPECIAL RESERVE SAUVIGNON BLANC Leyda Valley 2018 $17.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89.5
W+630558 BABICH BLACK LABEL ESTATE GROWN CHARDONNAY Hawke's Bay, North Island 2017 $19.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.5
W+14340 WAIRAU RIVER SAUVIGNON BLANC Marlborough, South Island 2017 $19.95 MVC/QPR: 90
W+630061 SCHIEFER STEILLAGE FEINHERB RIESLING Qualitätswein 2017 $16.95 10.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+289538 VESEVO BENEVENTANO FALANGHINA IGT Beneventano 2017 $16.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+586396 IZADI BLANCO DOCa Rioja 2017 $19.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.5
W+629436 TRAPICHE MEDALLA CHARDONNAY Uco Valley, Mendoza 2016 $19.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+390203 MONTES ALPHA CHARDONNAY DO Aconcagua Valley 2016 $19.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
% ABV, MVC/QPR:
R+128629 LUIGI BOSCA CABERNET SAUVIGNON Mendoza 2015 $18.95 13.8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+591313 MALIVOIRE GAMAY VQA Niagara Peninsula 2017 $17.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+22228 MONTES ALPHA MERLOT DO Colchagua Valley 2015 $19.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89.5
R+377481 LÓPEZ DE HARO CRIANZA DOCa Rioja 2015 $15.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+490011 LA TREMENDA MONASTRELL DO Alicante 2016 $17.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+631846 FIUZA PREMIUM ALICANTE BOUSCHET DO Tejo 2015 $17.95 14%ABV, MVC/QPR:89
R+530543 LA PRUA APPASSIMENTO IGT Rosso Veneto 2016 $15.95 13.5%ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+644484 CAMPOS DE ENANZO BASIANO TEMPRANILLO DO Navarra 2017 $11.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+443945 EL GORÚ MONASTRELL/SYRAH/PETIT VERDOT DOP Jumilla 2017 $13.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
20 over $20
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W+ 276675 GIRARD RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY CHARDONNAY Russian River Valley, Sonoma County 2015 $39.95 13.9% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+310409 ROBERT MONDAVI NAPA VALLEY CHARDONNAY Napa Valley 2015 $29.95
14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+295717 DOMAINE DU CHALET POUILLY POUILLY-FUISSÉ AP 2016 $33.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+155408 MARCHESI DI BAROLO BARBARESCO DOCG 2014 $37.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+225540 SARTORI CORTE BRÀ AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO DOC 2011 $53.95 15.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+395855 HENRY OF PELHAM ESTATE CABERNET/MERLOT VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2015 $24.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+959627 CHÂTEAU MONT-REDON CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE AC 2015 $49.95 14.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+288530 MAZZEI SER LAPO RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG 2015 $23.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+639484 FLORA SPRINGS CABERNET SAUVIGNON Napa Valley 2015 $64.95 14.2% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+39388 FRANCISCAN CABERNET SAUVIGNON Napa Valley 2015 $29.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+409151 JOSEPH CARR CABERNET SAUVIGNON Napa Valley 2015 $44.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+163022 JOSEF CHROMY PINOT NOIR Tasmania 2017 $34.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+333229 WYNNS COONAWARRA ESTATE THE SIDING CABERNET SAUVIGNON Coonawarra, South Australia 2016 $23.95 13.7% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+48066 CHÂTEAU DE BARBE BLANCHE AC Lussac-Saint-Émilion 2015 $29.95 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89.5
R+17400 PIERRE AMADIEU ROMANE-MACHOTTE GIGONDAS AC 2015 $28.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+334094 LUIS CAÑAS RESERVA DOCa Rioja 2012 $29.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
Chimo! www.deantudor.com
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