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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for March 2, 2019

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
 

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