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Wednesday, July 17, 2019

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: under/over $20 for JULY 20, 2019

 
WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES:  under/over $20 for JULY 20, 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  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 portion  is based on my sampling of the table 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. These wines are basically those that fit the categories of  any of the Featured Themes, Wines of the Month, Local Talent, and "new" -- wines that the LCBO has ordered in sufficient quantities for the Ontario marketplace. Not put out for us are the re-orders (even though they may be of a different vintage) , ISDs, or the expensive wines.  Thus, my report comes from a restricted database. I did not taste every one of these 50+ category wines, nor did I rate several of the wines I did sample because they did not seem to be of particularly good value in terms of their price.
 
NOTE: The second part (at the end) is a simple listing of  those wines that were NOT presented to the media, 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 based on --
 
THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL FINDS --
 
Fizz+647883    FAMÍLIA OLIVEDA JOVE BRUT CAVA    Traditional method, DO, Spain $15.95. MVC/QPR: 90
Fortified+96834    ALVEAR 3 MIRADAS SIERRA DE MONTILLA VINO DE PUEBLO    DOP 
                    Montilla-Moriles 2017    $22.95. MVC/QPR: 91
Rose+450775    HACIENDA LOPEZ DE HARO ROSADO    DOCa Rioja    2018    $13.95. MVC/QPR:90
 
Under $20
=========
W+644765    COLIO BRICKLAYER'S REWARD RIESLING    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2017    $18.95            10.5 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+ 734798    THORNBURY SAUVIGNON BLANC    Marlborough, South Island    2017    $18.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+698274    RUSTENBERG STELLENBOSCH CHENIN BLANC    WO Stellenbosch    2018    $14.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+391847    THIERRY DELAUNAY TOURAINE SAUVIGNON BLANC    AP    2018    $16.95  MVC/QPR:  89
W+573683    CITRA FERZO ABRUZZO PECORINO SUPERIORE    DOP    2017    $18.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+528786    JANARE FIANO    DOP Sannio    2017    $16.95    MVC/QPR: 91
W+631739    LAVA GRECO DI TUFO    DOCG    2017    $19.95    MVC/QPR: 89
W+646067    QUINTA DA AVELEDA COLHEITA SELECIONADA LOUREIRO    DOC Vinho Verde    2017    $13.95    11.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+666057    FOR A SONG CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Columbia Valley    2015    $19.95     14.8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+468280    CHÂTEAU ROC DE LEVRAUT    AC Bordeaux Supérieur    2017    $15.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+413245    GÉRARD BERTRAND GRAND TERROIR LES ASPRES SYRAH/MOURVÈDRE/GRENACHE    AP Côtes du Roussillon    2016    $19.95      14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+952804    GÉRARD BERTRAND MINERVOIS SYRAH/CARIGNAN    AC Minervois    2016    $17.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R548867          CASA SANTOS LIMA COLOSSAL RESERVA    Vinho Regional Lisboa    2016    $15.95     14%ABV/MVC/QPR: 91
R+349274      CHÂTEAU LA VERRIÈRE    AC Bordeaux Supérieur    2016    $18.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+116574    HEARTLAND STICKLEBACK RED    South Australia    2015    $14.95     14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+927723    THOMAS GOSS SHIRAZ    McLaren Vale, South Australia    2016    $16.95      14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+413211    XAVIER VIGNON VENTOUX    AP    2017    $16.95     14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+994616    TERRA D'ALIGI TATONE MONTEPULCIANO D'ABRUZZO    DOC    2014    $15.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+540930    VILLA PUCCINI TOSCANA    IGT Toscana    2014    $14.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+ 543710    BALBÁS BARRICA 5 MESES OLD VINES TEMPRANILLO    DO Ribera del Duero    2015    $15.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+646836    CIMAL GARNACHA    DO La Mancha    2015    $15.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+648196    FINCA BACARA TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE MONASTRELL    DOP Jumilla    2017    $18.95     14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
 
Over $20
=========
W+646182    RUTHERFORD RANCH SAUVIGNON BLANC    Napa Valley    2017    $26.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+665943    FORIS CHARDONNAY    Rogue Valley, Oregon    2017    $23.95   MVC/QPR: 90
W+928218    SERGIO ZENATO RISERVA LUGANA    DOC    2016    $39.95     MVC/QPR: 91
R+597237    BENZIGER CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Sonoma County    2016    $27.95     14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+10204                     FLAVS AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA    DOCG    2015    $39.95    15.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
 
PART TWO: The "rest" of the release [not offered for sampling by media] --
 
    261586    LA POSTA ESTELA ARMANDO BONARDA    Mendoza    2017    $15.95    TRIALTO WINE GROUP LTD.
    63891    EMILIANA COYAM    Los Robles Estate, Colchagua Valley    2015    $29.95    PMA CANADA LTD.
    943456    D'ARENBERG THE HIGH TRELLIS CABERNET SAUVIGNON    McLaren Vale, South Australia    2016    $19.95    CHURCHILL CELLARS LTD.
    558692    SONS OF EDEN KENNEDY GRENACHE/SHIRAZ/MOURVÈDRE    Barossa Valley, South Australia    2016    $24.95    VINOLUNA
    534750    ANGOVE FAMILY CREST GRENACHE/SHIRAZ/MOURVÈDRE    McLaren Vale, South Australia    2017    $21.95    CHURCHILL CELLARS LTD.
    5199    THE LACKEY SHIRAZ    Australia    2017    $17.95    CHARTON HOBBS INC
    444455    SHINGLEBACK DAVEY ESTATE SINGLE VINEYARD CABERNET SAUVIGNON    McLaren Vale, South Australia    2016    $22.95    LIFFORD WINE & SPIRITS
    738120    CHÂTEAU HAUT SELVE    AC Graves    2015    $24.95    VIN VINO WINE MERCHANTS INC.
    7112    CHÂTEAU LA FLEUR DES ROUZES    AC Pomerol    2015    $41.95    LIFFORD WINE & SPIRITS
    463273    CHÂTEAU LANGLAIS    AC Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion    2015    $36.95    VINETER
    299859    ROCHE DE BELLENE CUVÉE RÉSERVE BOURGOGNE PINOT NOIR    AC    2017    $22.95    NICHOLAS PEARCE WINES INC
    297317    XAVIER VIGNON CÔTES DU RHÔNE    AP    2017    $17.95    NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
    998716    ORTAS TRADITION RASTEAU    AC    2017    $17.95    NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
    295410    MICHEL GASSIER NOSTRE PAÏS    AC Costières-de-Nîmes    2016    $22.95    HALPERN ENTERPRISES
    445742    KONCHO SEMI-SWEET RED    Alazanis Valley, Kakheti    2016    $15.95    GLOBAL CELLARS
    4523    CASETTA BAROLO    DOCG    2013    $34.95    SIGNATURE WINES & SPIRITS
    356048    CARPINETO CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG    2016    $19.95    UNIVINS AND SPIRITS CANADA INC.
    991984    LE RAGOSE RIPASSO VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO SUPERIORE    DOC    2014    $21.95    CARPE VINUM INTERNATIONAL
    293431    VIVANCO RESERVA    Selección de Familia, DOCa Rioja    2012    $29.95    MARK ANTHONY WINE & SPIRITS
    552711    G. MARQUIS THE SILVER LINE PINK PINOT ROSÉ    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2017    $17.95    MAGNOTTA WINERY
    119453    LA CADIÉRENNE CUVÉE GRANDE TRADITION BANDOL ROSÉ    AC    2018    $22.95    CONNEXION OENOPHILIA
    719062    FAMILLE PERRIN RÉSERVE ROSÉ    AC Côtes du Rhône    2018    $15.95    CHARTON HOBBS INC
    168237    KÖNIGSCHAFFHAUSER VULKANFELSEN TROCKEN PINOT NOIR ROSÉ    Qualitätswein    2018    $14.95    H.H.D. IMPORTS
    111856    PLANETA ROSÉ    DOC Sicilia    2018    $17.95    NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
    422584    DOM PÉRIGNON LUMINOUS BRUT CHAMPAGNE    AC    2008    $286.00    CHARTON HOBBS INC
    215210    FLOWERS CHARDONNAY    Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County    2017    $59.95    ROGERS & COMPANY
    696518    GLEN CARLOU CURATOR'S COLLECTION CHENIN BLANC    WO Swartland    2018    $29.95    H.H.D. IMPORTS
    232967    ATARAXIA CHARDONNAY    WO Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge    2016    $39.95    M.C.O.
    485854    MICHEL GASSIER CHÂTEAU DE NAGES JT WHITE    AC Costières de Nîmes    2015    $26.95    DU CHASSE WINES & SPIRITS
    645762    PORMENOR RESERVA BRANCO    DOC Douro    2016    $37.95    BRAND NEW DAY WINES & SPIRITS
    283986    BOEDECKER CELLARS ATHENA PINOT NOIR    Willamette Valley    2014    $49.95    BRAND NEW DAY WINES & SPIRITS
    911974    YANGARRA SHIRAZ    McLaren Vale, South Australia    2016    $34.95    BREAKTHRU BEVERAGE CANADA INC.
    329672    DOG POINT PINOT NOIR    Marlborough, South Island    2016    $49.95    TRIALTO WINE GROUP LTD.
    480426    GLENELLY LADY MAY    WO Stellenbosch    2012    $34.95    H.H.D. IMPORTS
    527986    DOMAINE ROUX PÈRE & FILS SAINT-AUBIN LES FRIONNES 1ER CRU    AC    2016    $48.95    VINEXX
    116079    DOMAINE MONTIRIUS TERRE DES AÎNÉS GIGONDAS    AC    2016    $51.95    THE LIVING VINE INC.
    10167    CONTUCCI MULINVECCHIO VINO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO    DOCG    2014    $44.95    KYLIX WINES
    544726    LAS QUEBRADAS MONASTRELL    DO Alicante    2015    $45.95    AZUREAU WINE AGENCY
    378919    VALDESPINO INOCENTE SINGLE VINEYARD FINO DRY SHERRY    DO        $29.95    AZUREAU WINE AGENCY
                       
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