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Sunday, October 20, 2019

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: under/over $20 for OCTOBER 26, 2019

 
WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES:  under/over $20 for OCTOBER 26, 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 FINDS --
 
Fizz+48801    LOUIS BOUILLOT PERLE D'IVOIRE BRUT BLANC DE BLANCS CRÉMANT DE BOURGOGNE Traditional method, AC, Burgundy, France $19.95
 
Under $20
=========
W+ 547877    THIRTY BENCH WINEMAKER'S BLEND CHARDONNAY    VQA Niagara Peninsula 2017    $19.95   13.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
W+10770    NOVAS GRAN RESERVA PINOT GRIS    Bío Bío Valley    2018    $15.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+149328    RUSSIAN JACK SAUVIGNON BLANC    Marlborough, South Island    2018    $19.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+667774    WILLM RÉSERVE PINOT BLANC    AC Alsace    2017    $17.95     12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+12009    DOMAINE LA BAZILLÈRE MUSCADET SÈVRE ET MAINE SUR LIE    AC    2018    $13.95  12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+391847    THIERRY DELAUNAY TOURAINE SAUVIGNON BLANC    AP    2018    $16.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
W+570457    KELLEREI BOZEN BOLZANO CHARDONNAY    DOC Südtirol-Alto Adige    2018 $18.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+10945    BALBÁS VERDEJO    DO Rueda    2018    $15.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+648915    CHÂTEAU DUBRAUD    AP Côtes de Bordeaux - Blaye    2015    $17.95     12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+10315    CHÂTEAU LAMARTINE PRESTIGE DU MALBEC    AP Cahors    2015    $17.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+10816    PARADISO DARIONE PODERE BELMANTELLO PRIMITIVO    IGP Puglia    2017    $17.95  14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+10402    VELARINO SUSUMANIELLO SALENTO    IGT    2017    $16.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+10682    POTENTE    DO Montsant    2016    $18.95     14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+297317    XAVIER VIGNON CÔTES DU RHÔNE    AP    2017    $16.95     14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+10340    LA COURONNE DE PRINCE    AC Côtes du Rhône    2016    $19.95     14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+247882    HENRY OF PELHAM FAMILY TREE RED VQA Ontario 2016    $18.95   13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+10688    LINAJES CRIANZA    DO Ribera del Duero    2014    $19.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
 
 
Over $20
=========
W+10338    ROPITEAU CHABLIS    AC    2017    $25.95     12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+231712    GIRARD CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Napa Valley    2016    $44.95     14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+330704    BENI DI BATASIOLO RISERVA BAROLO    DOCG    2010    $39.95     14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+522235    PETER LEHMANN THE BAROSSAN SHIRAZ    Barossa Valley, South Australia    2017    $21.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+420760    ELOUAN PINOT NOIR    Oregon    2016    $29.95     13.6% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+10443    TINTO NEGRO FINCA LA ESCUELA LA PIEDRA MALBEC    Mendoza    2016    $24.95  14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+11834    CHÂTEAU DE SAINT-PEY    AC Saint-Émilion Grand Cru     2016    $34.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+416735    CHÂTEAU LE DOYENNÉ    AC Côtes de Bordeaux    2014    $24.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+994608    CASTELLO DI BOSSI C. BERARDENGA CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG    2015    $22.95  14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+438580    QUERCECCHIO BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO    DOCG    2014    $34.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+995910    REMO FARINA AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO    DOCG    2016    $42.95     15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+10829    ÁLVAREZ DE TOLEDO COLECCIÓN DE FAMILIA MENCÍA    DO Bierzo    2015    $23.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+239277    MONTECILLO GRAN RESERVA    DOCa Rioja    2009    $29.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+646075    CRASTO SUPERIOR    DOC Douro    2015    $24.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+671164    ST. FRANCIS CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Sonoma County    2016    $34.95 14.8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+616433    HENRY OF PELHAM SPECK FAMILY RESERVE CABERNET/MERLOT VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2015 $39.95  13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+332858    CHÂTEAU DES CHARMES PAUL BOSC ESTATE VINEYARD PINOT NOIR VQA St. David's Bench, Niagara-on-the-Lake    2016 $39.95  13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
 
PART TWO: The "rest" of the release [not offered for sampling by media] with agents --
 
    274761    G. MARQUIS SILVER LINE BLANC DE NOIRS ICE ROSÉ SPARKLING    Traditional method, Icewine dosage, VQA Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario        $29.95    MAGNOTTA WINERY
    37499    JANSZ PREMIUM SPARKLING ROSÉ    Traditional method, Tasmania        $28.95    B AND W WINES
    558825    SEGURA VIUDAS HEREDAD RESERVA BRUT CAVA    Traditional method, DO, Spain        $32.95    BARRIQUE WINE IMPORTS LTD.
    511428    REDSTONE CHARDONNAY    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2013    $25.70    TAWSE WINERY INC.
    431593    TAWSE LIMESTONE RIDGE-NORTH ESTATE BOTTLED RIESLING    VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2016    $25.95    TAWSE WINERY INC.
    302059    CAVE SPRING ESTATE GEWÜRZTRAMINER    Cave Spring Vineyard, VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2017    $18.95    CAVE SPRING CELLARS LTD.,
    68015    FLAT ROCK UNPLUGGED CHARDONNAY    VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2018    $17.95    FLAT ROCK CELLARS
    537076    MISSION HILL RESERVE PINOT GRIS    BC VQA Okanagan Valley    2018    $22.95    MARK ANTHONY WINE & SPIRITS
    317131    ST. FRANCIS CHARDONNAY    Sonoma County    2017    $22.95    CHARTON HOBBS INC
    541557    LAKE SONOMA CHARDONNAY    Russian River Valley, Sonoma County    2017    $26.95    HOBBS & COMPANY
    235945    CROSSBARN CHARDONNAY    Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County    2017    $34.95    ROGERS & COMPANY
    713552    FROG'S LEAP CHARDONNAY    Napa Valley    2017    $44.95    ROGERS & COMPANY
    232702    ZUCCARDI Q CHARDONNAY    Tupungato, Uco Valley, Mendoza    2017    $19.95    DIONYSUS WINES & SPIRITS LTD.
    332494    STAETE LANDT JOSEPHINE CHARDONNAY    Marlborough, South Island    2016    $27.95    LIFFORD WINE & SPIRITS
    328559     CELLAR CHARDONNAY    WO Western Cape    2016    $17.95    PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
    732917    LOUIS JADOT POUILLY-FUISSÉ    AC    2017    $38.95    HALPERN ENTERPRISES
    322628    HENRI BOURGEOIS LA CHAPELLE DES AUGUSTINS SANCERRE    AC    2016    $39.95    CHARTON HOBBS INC
    599274    LOOSEN BROS. DR. L RIESLING    Qualitätswein    2017    $14.95    SELECT WINE MERCHANTS INC.
    512376    CASTELLO DELLA SALA CERVARO DELLA SALA    IGT Umbria    2017    $74.95    HALPERN ENTERPRISES
    707158    ZENATO SAN BENEDETTO LUGANA    DOC    2018    $19.95    JOSEPH CIPELLI WINES & SPIRITS
    408146    MARIA PAPOILA LOUREIRO/ALVARINHO    DOC Vinho Verde    2018    $16.95    THE VINE AGENCY
    427500    WESTCOTT ESTATE PINOT NOIR    VQA Vinemount Ridge, Niagara Peninsula    2015    $29.95    WESTCOTT VINEYARDS
    522938    CROSSBARN PINOT NOIR    Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County    2016    $49.95    ROGERS & COMPANY
    590356    STAGS' LEAP WINERY PETITE SIRAH    Napa Valley    2016    $58.95    MARK ANTHONY WINE & SPIRITS
    16915    J. LOHR SEVEN OAKS CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Paso Robles    2016    $47.95    BARRIQUE WINE IMPORTS LTD.
    328377    EASTON ZINFANDEL    Amador County, Sierra Foothills    2015    $29.95    VINEXX
    260919    SUSANA BALBO SIGNATURE CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Uco Valley, Mendoza    2017    $20.95    BARRIQUE WINE IMPORTS LTD.
    118067    VIÑA COBOS FELINO MALBEC    Mendoza    2017    $19.95    ROGERS & COMPANY
    712463    PRIMUS THE BLEND    DO Colchagua Valley    2015    $19.95    ROGERS & COMPANY
    562918    CONCHA Y TORO TERRUNYO CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Las Terrazas Block, Pirque Vineyard, DO Pirque, Maipo Valley    2016    $34.95    ESCALADE WINE & SPIRITS
    387910    VIÑA ERRAZURIZ SYRAH    Aconcagua Costa    2017    $21.95    PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
    59899    CHAIN OF PONDS THE LEDGE SHIRAZ    Single vineyard, Adelaide Hills, South Australia    2016    $24.95    CHURCHILL CELLARS LTD.
    219469    TWO HANDS SEXY BEAST CABERNET SAUVIGNON    McLaren Vale, South Australia    2018    $26.95    B AND W WINES
    478271    SISTER'S RUN OLD TESTAMENT CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Coonawarra, South Australia    2017    $17.95    NICHOLAS PEARCE WINES INC
    PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
    446609    SIDEWOOD MAPPINGA SHIRAZ    Adelaide Hills, South Australia    2015    $49.95    VINOLUNA
    327387    ROBERT OATLEY SIGNATURE SERIES SHIRAZ    McLaren Vale, South Australia    2017    $19.95    EPIC WINES AND SPIRITS INC.
    520528    PEPPER TREE MERLOT    Estate grown, Wrattonbully, South Australia    2016    $22.95    AZUREAU WINE AGENCY
    90241    TURKEY FLAT BUTCHERS BLOCK SHIRAZ/GRENACHE/MOURVÈDRE    Barossa Valley, South Australia    2016    $19.95    TRIALTO WINE GROUP LTD.
    538918    ASTROLABE PROVINCE MARLBOROUGH PINOT NOIR    Marlborough, South Island    2015    $29.95    ROGERS & COMPANY
    666586    BEL ORMEAU LES CLOS    AP Côtes de Bordeaux - Blaye    2015    $16.95    TERRA FIRMA WINES
    534339    VAUCHER PÈRE & FILS FLEURIE    AC    2016    $16.95    VINOLUNA
    448464    LES DARONS    AP Languedoc    2017    $16.95    ROUGE ET BLANC LTD
    381020    DOMAINE DE BILA-HAUT L'ESQUERDA    AC Côtes du Roussillon-Villages Lesquerde    2017    $27.95    PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
    17400    PIERRE AMADIEU ROMANE-MACHOTTE GIGONDAS    AC    2016    $28.95    MACDONALD AND COMPANY
    494674    LES CASSAGNES DE LA NERTHE CÔTES DU RHÔNE-VILLAGES    AP    2016    $24.95    WOODMAN WINES & SPIRITS
    354191    DOMAINE LAFAGE CUVÉE NICOLAS VIEILLES VIGNES GRENACHE NOIR    IGP Côtes Catalanes    2017    $18.95    GLENCAIRN WINE MERCHANTS
    140111    BOUTARI GRANDE RESERVE XINOMAVRO    PDO Naoussa    2013    $22.95    THE KOLONAKI GROUP INC
    216309    CASTELLO DI GABBIANO RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG    2015    $22.95    MARK ANTHONY WINE & SPIRITS
    384552    ANTINORI BADIA A PASSIGNANO GRAN SELEZIONE CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG    2015    $49.95    HALPERN ENTERPRISES
    480533    SASSICAIA    DOC Bolgheri-Sassicaia    2016    $229.95    SYLVESTRE WINES & SPIRITS INC.
    747030    LA VITE LUCENTE    IGT Toscana    2017    $34.95    MARK ANTHONY WINE & SPIRITS
    13755    TOMMASI POGGIO AL TUFO ROMPICOLLO    IGT Toscana    2016    $18.95    UNIVINS AND SPIRITS CANADA INC.
    147876    TENUTA SAN GUIDO LE DIFESE    IGT Toscana    2017    $35.95    SYLVESTRE WINES & SPIRITS INC.
    72439    TENUTA SAN GUIDO GUIDALBERTO    IGT Toscana    2017    $62.95    SYLVESTRE WINES & SPIRITS INC.
    995704    ZENATO VALPOLICELLA SUPERIORE    DOC    2016    $18.95    JOSEPH CIPELLI WINES & SPIRITS
    976092    MASI BROLO CAMPOFIORIN ORO    IGT Rosso Verona    2015    $26.95    AUTHENTIC WINE & SPIRITS MERCHANTS
    440305    QUADRUS RED    DOC Douro    2014    $22.95    HALPERN ENTERPRISES
    67843    BUIL & GINÉ GINÉ GINÉ    DOCa Priorat    2016    $29.95    ROGERS & COMPANY
    398925    ALCEÑO 12 MESES MONASTRELL    DO Jumilla    2014    $15.95    THE CASE FOR WINE
    533364    DOW'S LBV PORT    DOP    2012    $24.95    CHURCHILL CELLARS LTD.
    87577    GONZALEZ BYASS NECTAR PEDRO XIMÉNEZ DULCE SHERRY    DO        $24.95    WOODMAN WINES & SPIRITS
    515817    EMILIO LUSTAU ALMACENISTA FINO DEL PUERTO OBREGÓN SHERRY    DO        $24.95    JOHN HANNA & SONS LIMITED
    347401    GEORGIAN HILLS BARTLETT FROZEN TO THE CORE    Blue Mountains, Ontario    2015    $21.95    DIONYSUS WINES & SPIRITS LTD.
    987263    MONIACK MEAD    United Kingdom        $18.95    MARCHANDS DES AMERIQUES INC
    422584    DOM PÉRIGNON LUMINOUS BRUT CHAMPAGNE    AC    2008    $285.95    CHARTON HOBBS INC
    429365    DOM PÉRIGNON LUMINOUS ROSÉ CHAMPAGNE    AC    2006    $373.95    CHARTON HOBBS INC
    520403    BACHELDER WISMER VINEYARD #1 WINGFIELD BLOCK CHARDONNAY    VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2015    $47.95    S. SCHIRALLI AGENCIES LTD.,
    10873    COPAIN DUPRATT CHARDONNAY    Anderson Valley, Mendocino    2016    $64.95    HALPERN ENTERPRISES
    931006    HAMILTON RUSSELL CHARDONNAY    WO Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, Walker Bay    2018    $47.95    TRIALTO WINE GROUP LTD.
    361816    BACHELDER LOWREY VINEYARD OLD VINES PINOT NOIR    VQA St. David's Bench, Niagara-on-the-Lake    2016    $47.95    S. SCHIRALLI AGENCIES LTD.,
    11847    CULMINA MERLOT    BC VQA Golden Mile Bench, Okanagan Valley    2014    $43.95    WOODMAN WINES & SPIRITS
    10962    MASI BROLO CAMPOFIORIN ORO    IGT Rosso Verona    2015    $56.95    AUTHENTIC WINE & SPIRITS MERCHANTS
    452102    MIGUEL TORRES PURGATORI    DO Costers del Segre    2014    $44.9    PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
 

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