WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: under $20 and over $20 for May 11, 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 - 60 different labels out of about 125- 150 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 – 60 different 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.
PART ONE: The "best" of a reduced tasting – 64 wines were offered to sample...
THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL FINDS --
Rose +556209 GÉRARD BERTRAND PERLES DE GRENACHE ROSÉ IGP Pays d'Oc 2018 $18.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90.5
Rose +490961 IZADI LARROSA ROSÉ DOCa Rioja 2018 $16.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
Rose +493130 SUSANA BALBO SIGNATURE ROSÉ Uco Valley, Mendoza 2018 $21.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
Rose +30445 CABRIZ ROSÉ DOC Dão 2018 $13.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
Rose +39974 FLAT ROCK PINK TWISTED ROSÉ VQA Niagara Peninsula 2018 $17.95
12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
Sparkling +122846 QUEENSTON MILE VINEYARD PINOT NOIR ROSÉ PÉT-NAT SPARKLING Unfiltered, ancestral method, VQA St. David's Bench, Niagara-on-the-Lake 2018 $39.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88 [an acquired taste for many but a good example of the style]
Under $20
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W+251116 HENRY OF PELHAM FAMILY TREE WHITE VQA Niagara Peninsula 2016 $17.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+Y 636019 EDGEBASTON CHARDONNAY WO Stellenbosch 2017 $15.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
W+469023 CUDDY BY TAWSE CHARDONNAY VQA Niagara Peninsula 2013 $25.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+9167 MOMO ORGANIC SAUVIGNON BLANC Marlborough, South Island 2016 $19.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+635854 OHH POITOU SAUVIGNON BLANC AP Haut-Poitou 2017 $16.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
W+631697 LATIUM MORINI SOAVE DOC 2017 $14.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+606764 ARBOLEDA SINGLE VINEYARD CABERNET SAUVIGNON DO Aconcagua Valley 2017 $19.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.5
R+311258 WITS END LUNA SHIRAZ McLaren Vale, South Australia 2017 $17.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+273672 STORIA ANTICA RIPASSO VALPOLICELLA SUPERIORE DOC 2016 $17.95
14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+999946 REMO FARINA RIPASSO VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO SUPERIORE DOC 2017 $18.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89.5
R+646521 CREEKSIDE GAMAY VQA Niagara Peninsula 2017 $18.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+981175 DOMAINE DE LA MADONE LE PERRÉON BEAUJOLAIS-VILLAGES AC 2017 $16.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+540831 CHÂTEAU DU GRAND CAUMONT CUVÉE TRADITION CORBIÈRES AP 2016 $13.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+647230 CAVINO PANDORA PGI Peloponnese 2017 $12.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+640201 PODERE LA CORTE LE DUE LUNE MONFERRATO ROSSO DOC 2016 $16.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+366955 MASSERIA ALTEMURA SASSEO PRIMITIVO IGT Salento 2016 $16.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+632877 MINA VELHA RESERVA Vinho Regional Lisboa 2015 $16.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+168815 BURGO VIEJO CRIANZA DOCa Rioja 2014 $16.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+ 167684 HONORO VERA MONASTRELL DOP Jumilla 2017 $13.95 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
R+ 166579 MONASTERIO DE LAS VIÑAS RESERVA GARNACHA/TEMPRANILLO /CARIÑENA DOP Cariñena 2014 $14.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+645028 TRES REYES TEMPRANILLO/SYRAH Vino de la Tierra de Castilla 2015 $16.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
Over $20
W+643361 HENRY OF PELHAM SPECK FAMILY RESERVE RIESLING VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2018 $24.95 10.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+630632 LOVEBLOCK LOVE LETTER ESTATE BLEND SAUVIGNON BLANC Awatere Valley, Marlborough, South Island 2017 $23.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+507517 PADDY BORTHWICK CHARDONNAY Wairarapa, North Island 2017 $25.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+648519 VIGNERONS DE BEL AIR BOURGOGNE PINOT NOIR AC 2017 $22.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+186171 DECOY CABERNET SAUVIGNON Sonoma County 2016 $37.95 13.9% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+645184 RAPAURA SPRINGS RESERVE PINOT NOIR Central Otago, South Island 2017 $24.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+645242 TOHU SINGLE VINEYARD PINOT NOIR Marlborough, South Island 2016 $34.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+676692 ALLÉE BLEUE SHIRAZ WO Franschhoek 2015 $22.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+680496 CASTELLO DI QUERCETO CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG 2016 $23.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+645069 AVENTINO 200 BARRELS Ribera del Douro 2011 $29.9514.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+638551 LE PARVIS CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE AC 2016 $53.95 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+73817 RUTHERFORD RANCH CABERNET SAUVIGNON Napa Valley 2016 $39.95 14%ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
PART TWO: The "rest" of the release [not offered to media] --
13961 UNITED STARS KINDZMARAULI PDO Kindzmarauli, Kakheti 2017 17.95 THE DOCHAS COMPANY INC.
698027 ADAMO LEGACY PÉT-NAT SPARKLING Ancestral method, VQA Niagara Lakeshore, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario 2018 20.95 ADAMO ESTATE WINERY 523845 CHARLES BAKER B-SIDE RIESLING VQA Niagara Peninsula 2017 21.95 STRATUS VINEYARDS
147512 13TH STREET JUNE'S VINEYARD RIESLING VQA Creek Shores, Niagara Peninsula 2018 19.95 THE THIRTEENTH STREET WINE CORP.
716928 RAYMOND RESERVE SELECTION CHARDONNAY Napa Valley 2016 27.95 CHARTON HOBBS INC
333286 DUCK POND FRIES FAMILY CELLARS PINOT GRIS Willamette Valley 2016 19.95 DIONYSUS WINES & SPIRITS LTD.
414144 ESSAY CHENIN BLANC/VIOGNIER/ROUSSANNE WO Coastal Region 2018 14.95 VON TERRA ENTERPRISES LTD.
445239 CHÂTEAU DE CHAINTRÉ POUILLY-FUISSÉ AC 2016 34.95 OLD CELLAR COLLECTION
477877 FEUDO MACCARI OLLI GRILLO DOC Sicilia 2017 15.95 TRIALTO WINE GROUP LTD.
489583 CVNE MONOPOLE CLÁSICO DOCa Rioja 2015 31.95 VON TERRA ENTERPRISES LTD.
315945 CREW CABERNET FRANC VQA Lake Erie North Shore 2016 22.95 EPIC WINES AND SPIRITS INC.
256644 HITCHING POST HOMETOWN PINOT NOIR Central Coast 2016 32.95 GLEN-WARD WINES INC.
183186 IRONY SMALL LOT RESERVE MERLOT Napa Valley 2014 24.95 SELECT WINE MERCHANTS INC.
943472 SILVER OAK ALEXANDER VALLEY CABERNET SAUVIGNON Alexander Valley, Sonoma County 2014 124.95 HALPERN ENTERPRISES
657940 KENDALL-JACKSON VINTNER'S RESERVE PINOT NOIR California 2017 24.95 BREAKTHRU BEVERAGE CANADA INC.
974287 WILLAMETTE VALLEY VINEYARDS ESTATE PINOT NOIR Willamette Valley 2016 39.95 WOODMAN WINES & SPIRITS
220376 DUSTED VALLEY BOOMTOWN CABERNET SAUVIGNON Columbia Valley 2017 23.95 GLEN-WARD WINES INC.
983742 L.A. CETTO PETITE SIRAH Guadalupe Valley, Baja California 2016 13.95 JOSEPH CIPELLI WINES & SPIRITS
34942 SANTA CAROLINA RESERVA DE FAMILIA CARMENÈRE DO Rapel Valley 2015 22.95 CHARTON HOBBS INC
214742 TAHBILK ESTATE SHIRAZ Nagambie Lakes, Central Victoria 2016 22.95 GRAPE EXPECTATIONS WINE AGENCY
68767 NEDERBURG MANOR HOUSE CABERNET SAUVIGNON WO Western Cape 2015 16.95 PMA CANADA LTD.
486761 CAP ROYAL ROUGE AC Bordeaux Supérieur 2015 18.95 LIFFORD WINE & SPIRITS
546119 CHÂTEAU DE RIBEBON AC Bordeaux Supérieur 2015 15.95 TRADESA CORP.
374264 CHÂTEAU VIEILLE DYNASTIE AC Lalande-de-Pomerol 2016 28.95 EX-CELLARS WINE SERVICES
512509 CHÂTEAU CHAPELLE D'ALIÉNOR AC Bordeaux Supérieur 2015 21.95 TRADESA CORP.
511204 MARCEL CABELIER VIEILLES VIGNES PINOT NOIR AP Côtes du Jura 2016 19.95 ANDREW PELLER IMPORT AGENCY
295618 CAVINO NEMEA GRANDE RESERVE PDO Nemea 2012 18.95 VINETER
454488 DAMILANO LECINQUEVIGNE BAROLO DOCG 2013 45.95 VINOLUNA
747030 LA VITE LUCENTE IGT Toscana 2016 34.95 MARK ANTHONY WINE & SPIRITS
35295 CASTELGIOCONDO BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DOCG 2013 27.95 PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
540914 SCARANTO GOVERNO ALL'USO IGT Toscana 2016 18.95 FRONTIER WINE MERCHANTS
535336 GUICCIARDINI STROZZI MOMI DOP Maremma Toscana 2016 21.95 LE SOMMELIER INC.
496794 BOTTER AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA DOCG 2015 44.95 THE CASE FOR WINE
431262 REDE RESERVA DOC Douro 2011 14.95 VINYA
313270 DON JACOBO RESERVA DOCa Rioja 2011 23.95 SAINT GERMAIN LTD.
223958 BURMESTER 10-YEAR-OLD TAWNY PORT DOP 28.95 EUROVINTAGE INTERNATIONAL INC
390351 PONDVIEW GOLD SERIES VIDAL ICEWINE VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario 2015 19.95 PONDVIEW ESTATE WINERY
FLAT ROCK CELLARS
654871 LIQUEUR DU 9E CENTENAIRE CHARTREUSE France $81.95 NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
610527 FAILLA SONOMA COAST CHARDONNAY Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County 2015 $56.95 ALL THE RIGHT GRAPES INC.
247023 TRIMBACH RÉSERVE RIESLING AC Alsace 2016 $34.95 WOODMAN WINES & SPIRITS
636563 LES VIEUX MURS POUILLY-FUISSÉ AC 2015 $43.95 B AND W WINES
635821 DOMAINE DU LANDREAU LE PETIT CLOS AC Coteaux du Layon 2015 $24.95 CLASSIQUE IMPORTS
610501 SEBASTIANI GRAVEL BED RED Sonoma County 2016 $44.95 SELECT WINE MERCHANTS INC.
646190 JOEL GOTT CABERNET SAUVIGNON Napa Valley 2014 $97.95 PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
648378 ABREMUNDOS OCTAVA BASSA MALBEC Argentina 2014 $32.95 WINEONLINE MARKETING COMPANY LTD
633875 CHÂTEAU MALESCASSE Cru Bourgeois, AC Haut-Médoc 2008 $36.95 UNIVINS AND SPIRITS CANADA INC.
647008 CHÂTEAU D'AGASSAC AC Haut-Médoc 2010 $49.95 LUNAE WINES & SPIRITS LTD
635805 LE GRIOTTIER AC Morgon 2015 $24.95 HEXAGON WINES 638346 QUINTA NOVA UNOAKED RED BLEND DOC Douro 2017 $24.95 LE SOMMELIER INC.
359927 FINCA LA EMPERATRIZ RESERVA DOCa Rioja 2014 $31.95 30 50 IMPORTS
644922 ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE RIVESALTES AMBRÉ TRADITION 5 YEARS Vin doux naturel, AP, Languedoc, France $22.95 BANQPAY INTERNATIONAL 48132 LUSTAU CAPATAZ ANDRÉS DELUXE CREAM SWEET SHERRY DO $15.95 JOHN HANNA & SONS LIMITED
648089 CHÂTEAU D'ESCLANS GARRUS ROSÉ AP Côtes de Provence 2017 $179.95 HALPERN ENTERPRISES
648071 CHÂTEAU D'ESLANS LES CLANS ROSÉ AP Côtes de Provence, France 2017 $79.95 HALPERN ENTERPRISES
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