WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: under/over $20 for SEPTEMBER 14, 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 --
Port+11087 MAYNARD'S 10-YEAR-OLD AGED TAWNY PORT DOP $24.95 20%ABV, MVC/QPR: 93
Under $20
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W+246579 CAVE SPRING ESTATE CHARDONNAY MUSQUÉ Cave Spring Vineyard,
VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment $17.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+644716 FEROX PHANTOM RIESLING VQA Four Mile Creek, Niagara-on-the-Lake
2017 $19.95 11.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+148437 MARISCO VINEYARDS LEEFIELD STATION PINOT GRIS Marlborough,
South Island 2017 $17.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
W+688440 CHÂTEAU DE LA VIEILLE TOUR BORDEAUX BLANC AC 2017 $18.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+10349 CAVE DES VIGNERONS DE BUXY BUISSONNIER BOURGOGNE
CHARDONNAY AC 2017 $16.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+286278 FLAT ROCK CHARDONNAY VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment $19.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+371112 MORANDÉ GRAN RESERVA CARMENÈRE Single vineyard, Maipo
Valley 2017 $19.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+492561 FARINA VALPOLICELLA DOC 2018 $15.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+545772 BUENA VISTA THE LEGENDARY BADGE PETITE SIRAH California
2016 $17.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+370247 GÉRARD BERTRAND SAINT CHINIAN SYRAH/MOURVÈDRE AP 2016
$17.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+303800 TRIUS RED 2016 VQA Niagara Peninsula $24.95 13.7% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+64618 FEATHERSTONE CABERNET FRANC VQA Niagara Peninsula
$17.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+11851 CREEKSIDE RED TRACTOR CABERNET/MERLOT VQA Niagara Peninsula 2017
$17.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+10593 PUENTE AUSTRAL GRAN RESERVA CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Colchagua Valley 2015 14 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+667246 CHÂTEAU DU BALLANDREAU CUVÉE EXCELLENCE AC Bordeaux
Supérieur 2015 $15.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+667147 CHÂTEAU DE LA PIERRE LEVÉE RÉVÉLATIONS D'HUBERT DE BOÜARD
AC Côtes de Bordeaux - Castillon 2016 $16.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+546069 CHÂTEAU HAUT-LALANDE AC Côtes de Bordeaux - Blaye 2015 $19.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+698985 CAZAL VIEL VIEILLES VIGNES SAINT CHINIAN AC 2016
$19.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+10657 CAVE DE TAIN KING IN THE NORTH Rhône 2017 $19.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+10605 UGGIANO ROCCIALTA CHIANTI RISERVA DOCG 2015 $15.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+646042 FIUZA EMINENTE RESERVA TINTO Vinho Regional Tejo 2015 $14.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+336719 LUIS CAÑAS CRIANZA DOCa Rioja 2016 $19.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
Over $20
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W+648576 MARCHAND-TAWSE VIRÉ-CLESSÉ AC 2016 $31.95 13.5 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+198853 TAWSE QUARRY ROAD ORGANIC RIESLING VQA Vinemount Ridge,
Niagara Peninsula $23.95 10.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+ 426833 COLCHESTER RIDGE CREW MERITAGE VQA Lake Erie North Shore 2016 $21.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+461699 HENRY OF PELHAM SPECK FAMILY RESERVE BACO NOIR 2016 VQA Ontario $24.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+11681 ICELLARS ESTATE CABERNET FRANC Wismer Foxcroft Vineyard, VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2016 $29.95 14.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+10138 QUEENSTON MILE PINOT NOIR Estate bottled, VQA St. David's Bench, Niagara-on-the-Lake 2017 $39.95 12.7% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+11263 DOMAINE DROUHIN OREGON PINOT NOIR Dundee Hills, Willamette Valley
2016 $38.95 14.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+648931 CHÂTEAU CARIGNAN PRIMA AC Côtes de Bordeaux – Cadillac 2015 $33.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+177295 RIVERA IL FALCONE RISERVA CASTEL DEL MONTE DOCG 2013 $24.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
PART TWO: The "rest" of the release [not offered for sampling by media] with agents --
55830 CHÂTEAU DE LAUBADE XO ARMAGNAC In gift box, AC Bas Armagnac
$114.95 VIN VINO WINE MERCHANTS INC.
442343 CHARLES COLLIN BRUT CHAMPAGNE AC $42.95
RUBY WINES & SPIRITS
593483 GRAHAM BECK BRUT SPARKLING Traditional method, WO Western
Cape, South Africa $19.95 VINEXX
207936 CHÂTEAU MONCONTOUR TÊTE DE CUVÉE BRUT VOUVRAY
Traditional method, AC, Loire, France $19.95 LIFFORD WINE & SPIRITS
311563 CANNONBALL CHARDONNAY California 2017 $19.95 ROGERS & CO.
960120 LIBERTY SCHOOL CHARDONNAY Central Coast 2017
$19.95 MARK ANTHONY WINE & SPIRITS
606772 ARBOLEDA SINGLE VINEYARD CHARDONNAY DO Aconcagua Costa
2017 $19.95 LIFFORD WINE & SPIRITS
117945 TAHBILK MARSANNE Nagambie Lakes, Central Victoria
2018 $17.95 GRAPE EXPECTATIONS WINE AGENCY
441394 KONO SAUVIGNON BLANC Marlborough, South Island 2018
$18.95 CONNEXION OENOPHILIA
429308 SPY VALLEY ENVOY SAUVIGNON BLANC Johnson Vineyard,
Waihopai Valley, Marlborough, South Island 2015 $29.95 TRIALTO WINE GROUP LTD.
372334 NEDERBURG MANOR HOUSE SAUVIGNON BLANC WO Western
Cape 2018 $16.95 PMA CANADA LTD.
469734 PFAFF SPECIAL AC Alsace 2018 $14.95 PHILIPPE
DANDURAND WINES LTD.
983395 PIERRE SPARR RÉSERVE PINOT GRIS AC Alsace 2017 $18.95 DU
CHASSE WINES & SPIRITS
466144 J. MOREAU & FILS CHABLIS AC 2017 $25.95 CHARTON
HOBBS INC
412163 CHÂTEAU DE LA BRETESCHE MUSCADET SÈVRE ET MAINE SUR LIE AC 2017 $14.95 BRAND NEW DAY WINES & SPIRITS
556555 MARCEL MARTIN LE DROISSY VOUVRAY AP 2017
$17.95 ANDREW PELLER IMPORT AGENCY
667782 CLOS DE LA MOTTE SUR LIE MUSCADET SÈVRE ET MAINE AC
2017 $16.95 LEXCELLENT WINES
525295 LES COSTIÈRES DE POMEROLS BEAUVIGNAC VIOGNIER Vins de Pays
d'Oc 2018 $14.95 GRAPE EXPECTATIONS WINE AGENCY
376350 LEITZ EINS-ZWEI-DRY RIESLING Qualitätswein 2017
$19.95 HOBBS & COMPANY
722413 DOMDECHANT WERNER HOCHHEIMER RIESLING KABINETT
Prädikatswein 2017 $20.95 H.H.D. IMPORTS
442178 SKOURAS MOSCOFILERO PGI Peloponnese 2018 $17.95
THE KOLONAKI GROUP INC
577676 TORNATORE ETNA BIANCO DOC 2018 $24.95 NICHOLAS
PEARCE WINES INC
994012 FALCHINI VIGNA A SOLATIO VERNACCIA DI SAN GIMIGNANO DOCG
2017 $19.95 ROGERS & COMPANY
734921 MACULAN PINOT GRIGIO DOC Breganze 2017 $15.95
HALPERN ENTERPRISES
350041 PACO & LOLA ALBARIÑO DO Rías Baixas 2018 $19.95
AZUREAU WINE AGENCY
425405 CAVES ORSAT TREIZE ÉTOILES FENDANT AC Valais 2018
$23.95 M.C.O.
495333 ANGELS & COWBOYS PROPRIETARY RED Sonoma County
2017 $34.95 ROGERS & COMPANY
642207 DRY CREEK VINEYARD CABERNET SAUVIGNON Dry Creek Valley,
Sonoma County 2016 $37.95 WINE LOVERS AGENCY INC.
327502 DECOY ZINFANDEL Sonoma County 2017 $34.95 ROGERS & CO.
524223 PURPLE COWBOY TRAIL BOSS CABERNET SAUVIGNON Paso Robles
2017 $24.95 AZUREAU WINE AGENCY
708842 MOUNT VEEDER WINERY CABERNET SAUVIGNON Napa Valley
2015 $49.95 ARTERRA WINES CANADA INC.
951889 IRONSTONE OLD VINE ZINFANDEL Lodi 2017 $17.95
LIFFORD WINE & SPIRITS
521567 CLOS PEGASE MERLOT Mitsuko's Vineyard, Carneros, Napa Valley
2016 $39.95 AZUREAU WINE AGENCY
459933 ROBERT MONDAVI MAESTRO Napa Valley 2014 $59.95
ARTERRA WINES CANADA INC.
246900 FRANK FAMILY CABERNET SAUVIGNON Napa Valley 2015
$89.95 DA CAPO WINES INC.
570739 MCMANIS PINOT NOIR California 2018 $21.95 THE VINE AGENCY
462721 SIMI LANDSLIDE VINEYARD CABERNET SAUVIGNON Alexander
Valley, Sonoma County 2015 $39.95 ARTERRA WINES CANADA INC.
456764 RIVER'S EDGE BARREL SELECT PINOT NOIR Elkton, Umpqua Valley
2015 $32.95 VINOLUNA
167312 LUCA OLD VINE MALBEC Uco Valley, Mendoza 2015 $34.95
TRIALTO WINE GROUP LTD.
452029 PIATTELLI RESERVE MALBEC Cafayate Valley, Salta 2016
$16.95 IMPRESE INC.
261891 FABRE MONTMAYOU RESERVA CABERNET SAUVIGNON Mendoza
2016 $18.95 GLENCAIRN WINE MERCHANTS
79095 MASI TUPUNGATO CORBEC APPASSIMENTO CORVINA/MALBEC
Tupungato, Uco Valley, Mendoza 2015 $24.95 AUTHENTIC WINE & SPIRITS MERCHANTS
57513 VIÑA TARAPACÁ GRAN RESERVA CARMENÈRE Maipo Valley
2017 $17.95 PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
10627 VUELO GRAND RESERVE CABERNET SAUVIGNON Estate
bottled, DO Colchagua Valley 2016 $16.95 PV W&S
541177 MATETIC CORRALILLO WINEMAKER'S BLEND DO San Antonio Valley 2015 $23.95 H.H.D. IMPORTS
514182 RITUAL PINOT NOIR Casablanca Valley 2016 $21.95
ROGERS & COMPANY
186114 JIP JIP ROCKS SHIRAZ/CABERNET Padthaway, South Australia
2017 $16.95 BARRIQUE WINE IMPORTS LTD.
9480 TWO HANDS ANGELS' SHARE SHIRAZ McLaren Vale, South Australia
2018 $23.95 BREAKTHRU BEVERAGE CANADA INC.
269464 SISTER'S RUN EPIPHANY SHIRAZ Epiphany Vineyard, McLaren Vale,
South Australia 2017 $17.95 NICHOLAS PEARCE WINES INC
163972 MOMO PINOT NOIR Marlborough, South Island 2017 $19.95
DIONYSUS WINES & SPIRITS LTD.
561142 CATHEDRAL CELLAR SHIRAZ WO Western Cape 2016 $17.95
PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
114611 GALIUS AC Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2016 $44.95 SIGNATURE
WINES & SPIRITS
143099 MAS DES BRESSADES CUVÉE TRADITION AP Costières de Nîmes
2017 $16.95 VINEXX
906073 FAMILLE PERRIN LA GILLE GIGONDAS AC 2016 $29.95
CHARTON HOBBS INC
292722 DOMAINE DU VIEUX TÉLÉGRAPHE TÉLÉGRAMME CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE AC 2016 $55.95 JOHN HANNA & SONS LIMITED
10573 MISSION DE PICPUS MALBEC AC Cahors 2016
$17.95 GLENCAIRN WINE MERCHANTS
354134 CHÂTEAU BELLEVUE LA FORÊT AP Fronton 2016
$14.95 PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
466474 THYMIOPOULOS YOUNG VINES XINOMAVRO Unfiltered, PDO
Naoussa 2016 $17.95 VICTORY WINE & SPIRITS INC.
948976 GIRIBALDI BAROLO DOCG 2014 $48.95 THE GOLDEN VALLEY
ESTATE LTD
237263 CORTE PAVONE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DOCG 2012
$57.95 EMPORIO WINES AND SPIRITS
988055 POLIZIANO VINO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO DOCG 2015
$31.95 NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
643205 CASTELLI DEL GREVEPESA CLEMENTE VII RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO
DOCG 2013 $23.95 VIN VINO WINE MERCHANTS INC.
418822 BARONE RICASOLI BROLIO CHIANTI CLASSICO RISERVA DOCG
2015 $34.95 CHURCHILL CELLARS LTD.
651141 PIAN DELLE VIGNE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DOCG 2014
$63.95 HALPERN ENTERPRISES
175091 BANFI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DOCG 2014 $29.95
AUTHENTIC WINE & SPIRITS MERCHANTS
83964 CORTE GIARA LA GROLETTA RIPASSO VALPOLICELLA DOC
2016 $21.95 WOODMAN WINES & SPIRITS
462812 MASI SEREGO ALIGHIERI VAIO ARMARON AMARONE DELLA
VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO DOCG 2013 $89.95 AUTHENTIC WINE & SPIRITS
MERCHANTS
447888 MONTE ZOVO AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA DOCG 2013
$45.95 H.H.D. IMPORTS
976670 MARQUÉS DE CÁCERES GRAN RESERVA DOCa Rioja
2011 $29.95 DIONYSUS WINES & SPIRITS LTD.
85183 BALBÁS RESERVA DO Ribera del Duero 2006 $23.95
TRADESA CORP.
718999 CASTAÑO HÉCULA MONASTRELL DO Yecla 2017 $14.95
AZUREAU WINE AGENCY
417675 CHAPILLON SIENDRA DO Catalayud 2016 $16.95
RUBY WINES & SPIRITS
58974 ALFRED SCHLADERER HIMBEERGEIST BLACK FOREST RASPBERRY
EAU-DE-VIE Germany $39.95 NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
10812 LUSTAU VERMUT BLANCO $28.95 JOHN
HANNA & SONS LIMITED
482869 EMILIO LUSTAU VERMUT DE JEREZ DO $28.95
JOHN HANNA & SONS LIMITED
667444 MAISON SALEYA ROSÉ AP Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence 2018
$19.95 CHARTON HOBBS INC
680801 FAMILLE PERRIN TAVEL AC 2018 $19.95 CHARTON
HOBBS INC
556274 MARQUIS D'AQUERIA TAVEL ROSÉ AP 2018 $19.95
NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
219840 CHÂTEAU BELLEVUE LA FORÊT ROSÉ AP Fronton 2018
$14.95 PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
663427 GLENFARCLAS 30-YEAR-OLD HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT SCOTCH
WHISKY Speyside $794.95 JOHN HANNA & SONS LIMITED
613786 RAMEY CHARDONNAY Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County
2016 $19.95 LIFFORD WINE & SPIRITS
910711 R. LOPEZ DE HEREDIA VIÑA TONDONIA VIÑA GRAVONIA CRIANZA
DOCa Rioja 2010 $38.95 JOHN HANNA & SONS LIMITED
10464 ARGOT ESTATE PINOT NOIR Estate vineyard, Sonoma Mountain, Sonoma
County 2014 $66.95 GREAT NORTH IMPORTS
160481 SPICE ROUTE CHAKALAKA WO Swartland 2015 $34.95
NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
440180 CHÂTEAU TRONQUOY-LALANDE AC Saint-Estèphe 2014
$65.95 NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
644807 CHÂTEAU LA GAFFELIÈRE CLOS LA GAFFELIÈRE AC Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2014 $58.95 RIZZI WINES
437277 CHÂTEAU HAUT FAUGÈRES Second wine of Château Faugères, AC
Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2015 $58.95 DBINO INC.
440263 MARCHAND-TAWSE CÔTE DE NUITS-VILLAGES AC 2016
$43.95 BURGUNDY DIRECT LTD.
648667 CHÂTEAU DE SANTENAY LA COMME 1ER CRU SANTENAY AC
2016 $68.95 GLENCAIRN WINE MERCHANTS
558007 CHÂTEAU ROMASSAN DOMAINES OTT BANDOL AC 2016
$58.95 AUTHENTIC WINE & SPIRITS MERCHANTS
39230 LOU COUCARDIÉ ROUGE AC Costierès de Nîmes 2014
$34.95 HALPERN ENTERPRISES
41921 DOMAINE BELLE LES PIERRELLES CROZES-HERMITAGE AC
2016 $29.95 BRAND NEW DAY WINES & SPIRITS
953828 VOLPAIA CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG 2016 $28.95 ROGERS & CO. 378885 OLARRA ERUDITO RESERVA ESPECIAL DOCa Rioja 2015
$39.95 MACDONALD AND COMPANY
397752 ALONSO DEL YERRO PAYDOS DO Toro 2014 $29.95
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