WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: under/over $20 for AUGUST 17, 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" wines of a reduced tasting --
THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL FIND --
Fizz+644773 COOPER'S HAWK NORTH BLOCK SPARKLING Charmat method, VQA Ontario 2016 $23.95. 12%ABV, MVC/QPR: 89.5
Under $20
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W+277228 CHÂTEAU DES CHARMES OLD VINES RIESLING VQA Niagara-on-the-Lake 2015 $18.95 MVC/QPR: 89
W+483958 LAKEVIEW CELLARS SAUVIGNON BLANC VQA Niagara Peninsula 2017 $18.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+115329 CINCO SENTIDOS RESERVA TORRONTÉS Mendoza 2017 $16.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+ 10411 MOUNTADAM EDEN VALLEY CHARDONNAY Eden Valley, South Australia 2017 $19.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+647735 WINZER KREMS GRÜNER VELTLINER DAC Kremstal 2017 $15.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+667766 MARQUIS DE GOULAINE VOUVRAY AP 2017 $19.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.5
W+665992 DR. SIEMENS HERRENBERG RIESLING SPÄTLESE FEINHERB Prädikatswein 2009 $19.95 10% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+562454 INDOMITO FALANGHINA DEL BENEVENTANO IGT 2018 $14.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.5
W+105908 EDETÀRIA VIA TERRA GARNATXA BLANCA DO Terra Alta 2017 $16.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+10704 WESTMOUNT PINOT NOIR Willamette Valley 2015 $19.95 13.8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.5
R+107102 SAGELANDS MERLOT Columbia Valley 2016 $19.95 13.8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+272575 GÉRARD BERTRAND GRAND TERROIR TAUTAVEL AP Côtes du Roussillon-Villages 2016 $19.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+591974 DI MAJO NORANTE SANGIOVESE IGT Terre degli Osci 2017 $17.95
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.5
R+232637 BENMARCO CABERNET SAUVIGNON Los Árboles, Uco Valley, Mendoza 2016 $18.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+492736 FABRE MONTMAYOU RESERVA CABERNET FRANC Mendoza 2016 $18.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+114983 H J. FABRE BARREL SELECTION MALBEC Patagonia 2016 $18.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+271205 MANOS NEGRAS MALBEC Uco Valley, Mendoza 2017 $17.95 14 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+10435 EMILIANA SIGNOS DE ORIGEN LA CANTERA GARNACHA/MOURVÈDRE/SYRAH DO Colchagua Valley 2015 $19.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+638791 JUAN CARRAU TANNAT Las Violetas, Canelones 2017 $15.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+121731 LUCIANO ARDUINI FONTANA DEL FONGO VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO DOC 2017 $15.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+122002 PROVOLO TENUTA CA'NOVE VALPOLICELLA RIPASSO SUPERIORE DOC 2014 $17.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+646083 CARMIM TERRA LENTA PREMIUM REGUENGOS DOC Alentejo 2016 $13.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+10638 BARAHONDA ORGANIC MONASTRELL/MERLOT DO Yecla 2017 $14.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+10635 MONASTERIO DE LAS VIÑAS SPECIAL SELECTION OLD VINE GARNACHA DOP Cariñena 2016 $16.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
Over $20
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W+644740 LEANING POST WISMER-FOXCROFT VINEYARD RIESLING VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2016 $24.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.5
W+644732 LUNDY MANOR CHARDONNAY VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2016 $25.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+688077 SUSANA BALBO SIGNATURE BARREL FERMENTED CHARDONNAY Finca Dominio Gualta, Gualtallary, Uco Valley, Mendoza 2016 $20.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+649855 JEAN BOUCHARD PETIT-CHABLIS AC Petit Chablis 2017 $23.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+113191 EL ESTECO MALBEC Calchaquí Valley 2015 $21.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+10042 VALLEY OF THE MOON CABERNET SAUVIGNON Sonoma County 2015 $29.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+ 668749 TRAPICHE COSTA & PAMPA PINOT NOIR Chapadmalal, Buenos Aires 2017 $23.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+477315 COLOMÉ ESTATE MALBEC Calchaquí Valley, Salta 2016 $24.95 14.9%ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+647974 CHÂTEAU PONTET-FUMET AC Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2015 $34.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+645200 DOMAINE BELLE CUVÉE LOUIS BELLE CROZES-HERMITAGE AC 2015 $43.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+646901 DESTINO FIFTH EMPIRE RED BLEND DOC Douro 2015 $22.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+648204 HAZAÑA VIÑAS VIEJAS DOCa Rioja 2014 $21.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
PART TWO: The "rest" of the release [not offered for sampling by media] with agents --
317842 FORREST THE DOCTOR'S SAUVIGNON BLANC 2018 Marlborough South Island $19.95 ABCON INTERNATIONAL WINE MERCHANTS
485656 LES VIGNES DE BILA-HAUT CÔTES DU ROUSSILLON BLANC AC 2017 $15.95 PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
366948 FONTANAFREDDA GAVI DI GAVI DOCG 2017 $19.95 PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
316968 QUINTA DA LIXA POUCO COMUM ALVARINHO Vinho Regional Minho 2017 $14.95 GLENCAIRN WINE MERCHANTS
645119 PACO & LOLA PRIME ALBARIÑO DO Rías Baixas 2016 $27.95 AZUREAU WINE AGENCY
117960 CREEKSIDE LAURA'S RED VQA Niagara Peninsula 2016 $24.95 HOBBS & COMPANY
86363 WILDASS RED VQA Niagara-on-the-Lake 2016 $19.95 STRATUS VINEYARDS
613059 EASTDELL PINOT NOIR VQA Niagara Peninsula 2017 $15.95 TRAJECTORY BEVERAGE PARTNERS
942599 RAVENSWOOD OLD VINE ZINFANDEL Lodi 2016 $21.95 ARTERRA WINES CANADA INC.
186171 DECOY CABERNET SAUVIGNON Sonoma County 2016 $37.95 ROGERS & COMPANY
10098 CHOP SHOP CABERNET SAUVIGNON California 2017 $19.95 ROGERS & COMPANY
380188 LAKE SONOMA WINERY CABERNET SAUVIGNON Sonoma County 2016 $34.95 HOBBS & COMPANY
486043 PRIMUS CABERNET SAUVIGNON Maipo Valley 2015 $19.95 ROGERS & COMPANY
89599 MAXWELL SILVER HAMMER SHIRAZ McLaren Vale, South Australia 2016 $19.95 ALTO VINO
295873 YALUMBA THE STRAPPER GSM Barossa Valley, South Australia 2016 $19.95 BREAKTHRU BEVERAGE CANADA INC.
327106 MOLLYDOOKER TWO LEFT FEET South Australia 2016 $31.95 B AND W WINES
142398 WAKEFIELD JARAMAN CABERNET SAUVIGNON Coonawarra & Clare Valley, South Australia 2016 $24.95 VIN VINO WINE MERCHANTS INC.
522342 ZONTE'S FOOTSTEP HILLS ARE ALIVE SHIRAZ Adelaide Hills, South Australia 2017 $23.95 CRU WINE MERCHANTS
743989 CHAPEL HILL SHIRAZ McLaren Vale, South Australia 2016 $28.95 THE CASE FOR WINE
590414 OYSTER BAY PINOT NOIR Marlborough, South Island 2017 $20.95 DELEGAT CANADA LIMITED
349308 CHÂTEAU PEY LA TOUR RÉSERVE DU CHÂTEAU AC Bordeaux Supérieur 2016 $21.95 PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
647933 CHÂTEAU BEAU-SITE AC Saint-Estèphe 2015 $51.95 NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
404285 CHÂTEAU PLAISANCE AC Bordeaux Supérieur 2006 $19.95 NICHOLAS PEARCE WINES INC
123489 CHÂTEAU HAUCHAT AC Fronsac 2016 $17.95 CONNEXION OENOPHILIA
368134 STÉPHANE AVIRON VIEILLES VIGNES MOULIN-À-VENT AC 2016 $23.95 NICHOLAS PEARCE WINES INC
65995 DOMAINE BONNARD SANCERRE RED AC 2016 $26.95 M.C.O.
370254 CHÂTEAU DE SÉGURE VIEILLES VIGNES FITOU AP 2017 $17.95 AUTHENTIC WINE & SPIRITS MERCHANTS
276956 HALOS DE JUPITER CÔTES DU RHÔNE AC 2017 $17.95 HALPERN ENTERPRISES
224915 DOMAINES ANDRÉ AUBERT VISAN AC Côtes du Rhône-Villages 2016 $15.95 NICHOLAS PEARCE WINES INC
493403 DOMAINE COMTE DE LAUZE CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE AC 2016 $41.95 LAMPRECHT INTERNATIONAL
102954 CHÂTEAU LA CAMINADE MALBEC/MERLOT AC Cahors 2017 $19.95 THE CASE FOR WINE
142109 TBILVINO ALAZANI VALLEY RED Kakheti 2018 $15.95 BANQPAY INTERNATIONAL
908079 BENI DI BATASIOLO NEBBIOLO DOC Langhe 2017 $17.95 CHARTON HOBBS INC
181396 PECCHENINO SAN GIUSEPPE BAROLO DOCG 2014 $66.95 THE CASE FOR WINE
569954 ROMIO PRIMITIVO IGT Puglia 2017 $13.95 DU CHASSE WINES & SPIRITS
730804 LAMOLE GRAN SELEZIONE CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG 2012 $34.95 VIN VINO WINE MERCHANTS INC.
644997 BANFI POGGIO ALLE MURA ROSSO DI MONTALCINO DOC 2016 $28.95 AUTHENTIC WINE & SPIRITS MERCHANTS
713719 VAL DI SUGA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DOCG 2013 $54.95 CHURCHILL CELLARS LTD.
735597 ORENO IGT Toscana 2016 $86.95 TRIALTO WINE GROUP LTD.
121160 VILLA TRASQUA CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG 2015 $18.95 FRONTIER WINE MERCHANTS
517029 IL PALAGIO MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE IGT Toscana 2016 $24.95 LE SOMMELIER INC.
487074 TENUTA DI GRACCIANO DELLA SETA VINO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO DOCG 2015 $29.95 NEWGENWINES
356089 CONDE VALDEMAR CRIANZA TEMPRANILLO DOCa Rioja 2015 $16.95 WINE GURU SELECTION INC
368720 SUE-ANN STAFF VIDAL ICEWINE VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario 2016 $24.95 SUE-ANN STAFF ESTATE WINERY
498758 GAME CHANGER THE MEMORY ROSÉ VQA Niagara Peninsula 2018 $14.95 VINELAND ESTATE WINES LTD.,
409771 DOMAINE DE TRIENNES ROSÉ IGP Méditerranée 2018 $19.95 HALPERN ENTERPRISES
450908 XAVIER VIGNON CÔTES DU RHÔNE ROSÉ AP 2018 $16.95 NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
496919 CHÂTEAU DE NAGES VIEILLES VIGNES ROSÉ AC Costières de Nîmes 2018 $19.95 DU CHASSE WINES & SPIRITS
451146 DUCA CATEMARIO COLLEZIONE PRIVATA PINOT GRIGIO ROSÉ IGT delle Venezie 2018 $14.95 GLENCAIRN WINE MERCHANTS
747386 LOUIS ROEDERER PREMIER BRUT CHAMPAGNE AC $485.00 AUTHENTIC WINE & SPIRITS MERCHANTS
994939 GREYWACKE MARLBOROUGH PINOT GRIS Marlborough, South Island 2016 $28.95 CONNEXION OENOPHILIA
636753 CHÂTEAU D'ARCHE 2e cru, AC Sauternes 2010 $40.95 CONNEXION OENOPHILIA
665950 SELBACH OSTER RIESLING KABINETT Qualitätswein 2017 $29.95 TRIALTO WINE GROUP LTD.
336644 LUNAE VERMENTINO DOC Colli di Luni 2017 $36.95 NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
252304 MATETIC VINEYARDS EQ SYRAH DO Casablanca 2014 $34.95 H.H.D. IMPORTS
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