WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: under $20 and over $20 for April 13, 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 good 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).
NOTE: The first report is based on my sampling of the wines chosen by the LCBO from this release for tasting. That presentation is about 50 different labels out of about 125 released every two weeks. Thus, my report will not be as voluminous as in the past and comes from a restricted database. I did not taste every one of the 50 wines, nor did I rate several of the wines I did sample because they did not seem to be of particularly good value.
NOTE: The second report (at the end) is a simple listing of those wines that were NOT presented to me, and are given here simply as a record of what sampling I could not do. I have left in the name of the agency in fairness to all.
REPORT #1 -- Under $20
Rose+552562 THREE OF HEARTS ROSÉ VQA Niagara Peninsula 2018 $19.95 11.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
Fizz+171785 CAVE DE HOEN MAUSBERG BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT CRÉMANT D'ALSACE Traditional method, AC, Alsace, France $18.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
Fizz+645309 KEW VINEYARDS ORGANIC RIESLING SPARKLING VQA Ontario 2017 $19.95
12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
Fizz+536607 EMILIANA ORGANIC BRUT SPARKLING Traditional method, DO Casablanca Valley, Chile $19.95 MVC/QPR: 89
W+356873 FLAT ROCK GOOD KHARMA CHARDONNAY VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2016 $16.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+232694 SANTA JULIA ORGANIC TORRONTÉS Mendoza, Argentina 2018 $13.95 MVC/QPR: 89
W+203547 FROGPOND FARM ORGANIC CHARDONNAY VQA Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario 2017 $16.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 87
W+288217 YALUMBA ORGANIC VIOGNIER South Australia 2017 $16.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+387787 CHÂTEAU LES HAUTS DE LAGARDE BLANC AC Bordeaux, France 2018 $17.95
MVC/QPR: 87
W+646794 ABBOTTS & DELAUNAY LES FLEURS SAUVAGES VIOGNIER IGP Pays d'Oc 2017 $16.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 87
W+628867 PG ZAUMAU TEMPRANILLO BLANCO DOCa Rioja 2017 $18.95 MVC/QPR: 87
R+161398 LANDER-JENKINS CABERNET SAUVIGNON California 2017 $19.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+644393 GÉRARD BERTRAND NATURAE CABERNET SAUVIGNON IGP Pays d'Oc, Languedoc, France 2018 $19.95 13%ABV,MVC/QPR: 89
R+646513 VIENI FOUNDER'S BLEND RESERVE VQA Ontario 2016 $15.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+632638 FERNGROVE FRANKLAND RIVER CABERNET/MERLOT Frankland River, Western Australia 2016 $16.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+163972 MOMO PINOT NOIR Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand 2016 $19.95
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+652289 GLENELLY ESTATE RESERVE RED BLEND WO Stellenbosch 2011 $19.95
14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+649582 DOMAINE PARDON CUVÉE DE L'ERMITAGE BEAUJOLAIS-VILLAGES AC 2017 $16.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+645317 MAS DES TANNES ROUGE IGP Pays d'Oc, Languedoc, France 2017 $16.95
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+638312 FONTANAFREDDA LANGHE NEBBIOLO DOC 2017 $19.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+644849 TERRE NATUZZI ROSSO IGT Toscana $13.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+631499 CALEM CURVA TINTO DOC Douro 2016 $15.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+645788 L'OCA CIUCA CHIANTI DOCG 2016 $14.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 87
R+638692 DOMAINE ST-JACQUES CÔTES DU RHONE AC, Rhône, France 2017 $17.95
15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
Over $20
W+638437 SANTA EMA AMPLUS CHARDONNAY DO Leyda Valley 2017 $21.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+735043 SERESIN SAUVIGNON BLANC Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand 2016 $24.95 MVC/QPR: 88
W+633750 LAMOREAUX LANDING DRY RIESLING Estate bottled, Finger Lakes 2016 $24.95 12.9% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+941757 CAMIGLIANO BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DOCG 2013 $60.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+1560 FLAT ROCK GRAVITY PINOT NOIR VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2015 $34.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+644872 PRIETO PARIENTE LA PROVINCIA Vino de la Tierra de Castilla y León 2015 $24.95 14.9% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+297945 CHÂTEAU LAROSE-TRINTAUDON Cru Bourgeois, AC Haut-Médoc 2009 $29.95 13.7% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+636761 CHÂTEAU MAGONDEAU AC Fronsac 2015 $22.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+437954 CHÂTEAU PIERRE DE MONTIGNAC Cru Bourgeois, AC Médoc 2014 $24.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+647065 CHÂTEAU SAINT HUBERT AC Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé 2010 $34.95
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+643239 M. CHAPOUTIER BILA-HAUT OCCULTUM LAPIDEM AC Côtes du Roussillon-Villages Latour-de-France 2016 $26.95 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+382945 IL MOLINO DI GRACE RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG 2014 $24.95 MVC/QPR: 89
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REPORT #2: The rest (i.e. NOT presented for the media tasting )
43281 Canada -- Ontario FLAT ROCK RIESLING VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment 750 $15.95 FLAT ROCK CELLARS FLAT ROCK CELLARS
1578 Canada -- Ontario FLAT ROCK TWISTED WHITE VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment 750 $17.95 FLAT ROCK CELLARS FLAT ROCK CELLARS
342436 USA -- California BONTERRA CHARDONNAY Mendocino County, California 750 ESCALADE WINE & SPIRITS
342428 USA -- California BONTERRA CABERNET SAUVIGNON California 750 ESCALADE WINE & SPIRITS
327452 United Kingdom -- Scotland GLENMORANGIE SIGNET HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY 750 $339.95 CHARTON HOBBS INC
415901 Canada -- Ontario CAVE SPRING INDIAN SUMMER RIESLING Select Late Harvest, VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario 2016 375 $24.95 CAVE SPRING CELLARS LTD.,
438200 Canada -- Ontario WESTCOTT VIOLETTE SPARKLING VQA Ontario 2017 750 $25.95 WESTCOTT VINEYARDS
369074 Luxembourg BERNARD-MASSARD CUVÉE DE L'ÉCUSSON PINOT NOIR BRUT ROSÉ Traditional method, Luxembourg 750 $19.95 UNIVINS AND SPIRITS CANADA INC.
485276 Canada -- Ontario TZAFONA CELLARS COLD CLIMATE UNOAKED CHARDONNAY KP VQA Niagara Peninsula 2015 750 $22.95 TRAJECTORY BEVERAGE PARTNERS
539130 USA -- California FAR NIENTE CHARDONNAY Napa Valley 2017 750 $99.95 NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
556365 South Africa -- Stellenbosch L'AVENIR FAR & NEAR CHENIN BLANC WO Stellenbosch 2018 750 $15.95 SELECT WINE MERCHANTS INC.
382200 South Africa -- Stellenbosch GLENELLY ESTATE RESERVE CHARDONNAY WO Stellenbosch 2016 750 $18.95 H.H.D. IMPORTS
315119 France -- Alsace JEAN GEILER PINOT GRIS AC Alsace 2016 750 $19.95 LAMPRECHT INTERNATIONAL
91371 France -- Bordeaux CHÂTEAU DE ROCHEMORIN BLANC AC Pessac-Léognan André Lurton 2015 750 $31.95 TRAJECTORY BEVERAGE PARTNERS
468751 France -- Burgundy LOUIS JADOT CHABLIS AC 2016 750 $31.95 HALPERN ENTERPRISES
299867 France -- Burgundy MAISON ROCHE DE BELLENE VIEILLES VIGNES BOURGOGNE CHARDONNAY AC 2016 750 $23.95 NICHOLAS PEARCE WINES INC
525154 France -- Loire JOSEPH MELLOT LA CHATELLENIE SANCERRE AC 2017 750 $29.95 LIFFORD WINE & SPIRITS
254375 France -- Midi JEAN PERRIER & FILS CUVÉE GASTRONOMIE ROUSSETTE DE SAVOIE AP 2017 750 $21.95 DACIA FELIX
370098 France -- Midi PAUL MAS ESTATE VIOGNIER IGP Pays d'Oc 2017 750 $13.95 AUTHENTIC WINE & SPIRITS MERCHANTS
672345 France HENRI BOURGEOIS PETIT BOURGEOIS SAUVIGNON BLANC Vin de France 2017 750 $16.95 CHARTON HOBBS INC
200097 Italy -- Veneto S. CRISTINA MASSONI LUGANA DOC Azienda Zenato 2017 750 $23.95 JOSEPH CIPELLI WINES & SPIRITS
413039 Italy -- Venezie CORTE GIACOBBE PINOT GRIGIO DOC delle Venezie Dal Cero 2017 750 $17.95 THE DOCHAS COMPANY INC.
127332 Canada -- Ontario THE FOREIGN AFFAIR PINOT NOIR VQA Niagara Peninsula 2013 750 $34.95 CORBY SPIRIT AND WINE LIMITED
515270 Canada -- Ontario KEW BARREL AGED GAMAY NOIR VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2016 750 $17.95 KEW VINEYARDS ESTATE WINERY LTD
493981 Canada -- Ontario TZAFONA CELLARS COLD CLIMATE CABERNET SAUVIGNON KP VQA Niagara Peninsula 2014 750 $29.95 TRAJECTORY BEVERAGE PARTNERS
266551 USA -- California ANTICA MOUNTAIN SELECT CABERNET SAUVIGNON Atlas Peak, Napa Valley Antinori 2016 750 $68.95 HALPERN ENTERPRISES
906420 USA -- California HESS COLLECTION ALLOMI CABERNET SAUVIGNON Napa Valley 2016 750 $39.95 LIFFORD WINE & SPIRITS
483321 USA -- California NOBLE VINES 337 CABERNET SAUVIGNON Lodi 2016 750 $19.95 SELECT WINE MERCHANTS INC.
238261 USA -- California FAUST CABERNET SAUVIGNON Napa Valley 2016 750 $59.95 ROGERS & COMPANY
548297 USA -- California PICKETT CABERNET SAUVIGNON Napa Valley Araujo Estate Wines 2015 750 $97.95 HALPERN ENTERPRISES
473744 USA -- California PEDRONCELLI MOTHER CLONE ZINFANDEL Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County 2015 750 $26.95 JOHN GIBSON AGENCIES
982413 USA -- California RIDGE LYTTON SPRINGS Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County 2016 750 $74.95 ROGERS & COMPANY
909499 USA -- Oregon ARGYLE PINOT NOIR Willamette Valley 2016 750 $34.95 BARRIQUE WINE IMPORTS LTD.
494518 Argentina -- Mendoza MANOS NEGRAS ATREVIDA MALBEC Mendoza Manos Negras 2016 750 $17.95 NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
439166 Chile -- Colchagua Valley CARMEN GRAN RESERVA CARMENÈRE El Peñasco Vineyard, Apalta, DO Colchagua Valley 2017 750 $16.95 SELECT WINE MERCHANTS INC.
439356 Chile -- Colchagua Valley PRIMUS CARMENÈRE Apalta, Colchagua Valley 2017 750 $19.95 ROGERS & COMPANY
146407 Chile -- San Antonio Valley MATETIC CORRALILLO SYRAH DO San Antonio Valley 2015 750 $26.95 H.H.D. IMPORTS
389221 Chile -- Central Valley ECHEVERRIA LIMITED EDITION CABERNET SAUVIGNON DO Central Valley 2014 750 $29.95 LIFFORD WINE & SPIRITS
396481 Australia -- South Australia ZONTE'S FOOTSTEP CHOCOLATE FACTORY SHIRAZ McLaren Vale, South Australia 2016 750 $18.95 CRU WINE MERCHANTS
251165 South Africa -- Stellenbosch THE BEAN COFFEE PINOTAGE WO Western Cape Roos Family Vineyards 2017 750 $15.95 VERGINA IMPORT INTERNATIONAL INC.
276477 France -- Beaujolais GEORGES DUBOEUF DOMAINE MONT CHAVY MORGON AC 2016 750 $20.95 PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
408153 France -- Burgundy MAISON CHANZY BOURGOGNE PINOT NOIR AC 2017 750 $25.95 TASTEVIN SELECTIONS
283184 France -- Rhône DOMAINE ROCHE CAIRANNE CÔTES DU RHÔNE-VILLAGES AP 2015 750 $22.95 SIGNATURE WINES & SPIRITS
717900 France -- Southwest CHÂTEAU D'AYDIE ODÉ D'AYDIE MADIRAN AP Pierre Laplace 2015 750 $23.95 ROUGE ET BLANC LTD
548719 Italy -- Piedmont GIANNI GAGLIARDO BAROLO DOCG 2014 750 $58.95 WINE LOVERS AGENCY INC.
713628 Italy -- Piedmont BERSANO NIRVASCO BAROLO DOCG 2014 750 $34.95 BARRIQUE WINE IMPORTS LTD.
177295 Italy -- Puglia RIVERA IL FALCONE RISERVA CASTEL DEL MONTE DOCG 2012 750 $24.95 S. SCHIRALLI AGENCIES LTD.,
969428 Italy -- Tuscany ROCCA DELLE MACÌE CAMPO MACCIONE MORELLINO DI SCANSANO DOCG 2017 750 $17.95 VIN VINO WINE MERCHANTS INC.
429142 Italy -- Umbria SIGNAE SAGRANTINO DI MONTEFALCO DOCG 2011 750 $28.95 DIONYSUS WINES & SPIRITS LTD.
324137 Italy -- Veneto MASI RISERVA DI COSTASERA AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO DOCG 2013 750 $69.95 AUTHENTIC WINE & SPIRITS MERCHANTS
527077 Italy -- Venezie TOMMASI PALANCA IGT Rosso delle Venezie 2016 750 $16.95 UNIVINS AND SPIRITS CANADA INC.
606921 Italy -- Venezie MASI GRANDARELLA REFOSCO IGT Refosco delle Venezie 2014 750 $28.95 AUTHENTIC WINE & SPIRITS MERCHANTS
439729 Spain -- Castilla y León LAGAR DE ROBLA PREMIUM Vino de la Tierra de Castilla y León Viños de Arganza 2012 750 $14.85 TERRA FINE WINES
674564 Spain -- Rioja PALACIOS REMONDO LA VENDIMIA DOCa Rioja 2017 750 $18.95 WOODMAN WINES & SPIRITS
642496 Spain -- Rioja BARÓN DE LEY GRAN RESERVA DOCa Rioja 2012 750 $29.95 NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
471854 Spain -- Rioja RIOJA VEGA CRIANZA DOCa Rioja 2015 750 $16.95 AZUREAU WINE AGENCY
461913 Italy -- Piedmont GIULIO COCCHI STORICO VERMOUTH DI TORINO Italy 750 $27.95 AZUREAU WINE AGENCY
197202 Portugal -- Douro WARRE'S WARRIOR FINEST RESERVE PORT DOP 750 $19.95 DIONYSUS WINES & SPIRITS LTD.
437467 Spain -- Jerez WILLIAMS & HUMBERT WALNUT BROWN MEDIUM SWEET SHERRY DO 750 $14.95 PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
581942 Greece KECHRIS KECHRIBARI RETSINA Greece 500 $8.95 THE KOLONAKI GROUP INC
635516 Chile -- Bío Bío Valley CABALLO LOCO GRAND CRU BRUT NATURE SPARKLING Traditional method, Bío Bío Valley Viña Valdivieso 2014 750 $44.95 WINE LOVERS AGENCY INC. WINE LOVERS AGENCY INC.
635516 Chile -- Bío Bío Valley CABALLO LOCO GRAND CRU BRUT NATURE SPARKLING Traditional method, Bío Bío Valley Viña Valdivieso 2014 750 $44.95 WINE LOVERS AGENCY INC.
613729 USA -- California THE CALLING DUTTON RANCH CHARDONNAY Russian River Valley, Sonoma County 2016 750 $45.00 TRAJECTORY BEVERAGE PARTNERS
613786 USA -- California RAMEY CHARDONNAY Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County 2014 750 $51.00 LIFFORD WINE & SPIRITS
482984 Argentina -- Mendoza EL ENEMIGO CHARDONNAY Mendoza 2016 750 $29.95 TRIALTO WINE GROUP LTD.
633859 France -- Bordeaux CHÂTEAU SUDUIRAUT LIONS DE SUDUIRAUT AC Sauternes 2014 375 $23.95 SYLVESTRE WINES & SPIRITS INC.
628479 Italy -- Tuscany CA' MARCANDA VISTAMARE IGP Toscana Gaja 2017 750 $68.95 STEM WINE GROUP
966655 Italy -- Veneto ANSELMI CAPITEL CROCE IGT Veneto 2015 750 $26.95 NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
629485 Spain -- Rias Baixas LA TRUCHA ALBARIÑO DO Rías Baixas 2017 750 $29.95 PHILIP MIRABELLI FINE WINES
613661 USA -- California THE CALLING PINOT NOIR Russian River Valley, Sonoma County 2016 750 $61.00 TRAJECTORY BEVERAGE PARTNERS
377242 USA -- California FAUST CABERNET SAUVIGNON Napa Valley 2016 1500 $139.95 ROGERS & COMPANY
633933 USA -- Washington CLOUDLIFT HALCYON CABERNET SAUVIGNON Columbia Valley 2013 750 $34.95 LOYAL IMPORTS
633073 France -- Bordeaux MARQUIS DE MONS AC Margaux 2014 750 $39.95 LIFFORD WINE & SPIRITS
700922 France -- Rhône LE VIEUX DONJON CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE AC 2016 750 $67.95 MIH SELECTIONS
638320 Italy -- Piedmont GIANNI GAGLIARDO DA BATIE NEBBIOLO DOC Langhe 2017 750 $24.95 WINE LOVERS AGENCY INC.
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