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Wednesday, May 8, 2019

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: under $20 and over $20 for May 11, 2019

 
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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