Oct 7/11: 50 Red wines over $14.95 tasted by Wine Writers' Circle of Canada

 The Date and Time: Friday, October 7, 2011  Noon to 2PM

The Event: a tasting of 50 red wines priced at over $14.95 by the Wine Writers' Circle of Canada; there are 50 more wines and these will be tasted in November.

The Venue: LCBO, Scrivener Square

The Target Audience: members of the WWCC

The Availability/Catalogue: all wines are available in Ontario or should be in time for the Holiday season in December.

The Wines: I did not taste all wines.

 

**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-Le Clos Jordanne Pinot Noir Le Grand Clos 2009, $75

-Le Clos Jordanne Pinot Noir Le Clos Jordanne Vineyard 20 Mile Bench 2009, $45

-Ebenezer Shiraz 2006 Barossa

-Z Zinfandel 2008 Massoni Ranch Amador County, $34.95 Vintages  +148809

-Milbrandt Vineyards 2008 Traditions Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley

-Inniskillin Pinot Noir Three Vineyards 2009 VQA Niagara, LCBO General

-Inniskillin Shiraz Cabernet 2009 VQA Niagara

-Martin Berdugo Crianza 2009 Ribera del Duero, $17.95

 

***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-Le Clos Jordanne Pinot Noir Village Reserve 2009, $30

-Le Clos Jordanne Pinot Noir Talon Ridge 2009, $40

-Sokol Blosser Dundee Hills Pinot Noir 2008 Oregon

-Kaiken Ultra Malbec 2009 Mendoza, +50849 Vintages Dec 2011, $19.95

-Jackson Triggs 2008 Puncheon Pinot Noir VQA Niagara, +988143, $44.95 Winery

-Jackson Triggs Delaine Vineyard Syrah 2008 VQA Niagara, $34.95 Winery

-Jackson Triggs Red Meritage 2009 VQA Niagara, +594002 Winery

-Lammershoek Roulette 2006 South Africa, Vintages

-Inniskillin Meritage 2008 VQA Niagara, $18.95 Vintages +586388

-La Porta di Vertine Chianti Classico Riserva 2006 (Kolonaki)

-Marques de Casa Concha Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 Maipo, +337238 Vint Ess $19.95

-Concha y Toro Syrah 2009

-181 Merlot Lodi, +226530 LCBO, $16.95

-Torres Santa Digna Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

-Flagstone Dark Horse Shiraz 2008 South Africa

-Pikes Lenswood Hills Pinot Noir 2010 Adelaide Hills, +215095, $17.35

-Smoking Loon Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

-Irony Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 Amador

-Boutari Grande Reserve Naoussa 2004 Greece (Kolonaki)

 

*** GOOD -- Three Stars (85 – 87 in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-Kaiken Corte Malbec/Bonarda/Petit Verdot 2008 Mendoza, +236463 Vintages, $16.95

-Kaiken Malbec 2009 Mendoza, +58339 Vintages Ess, $14.95

-Jackson Triggs 2009 Merlot VQA Niagara, $24.95 Vintages

-Jackson Triggs 2008 Shiraz VQA Niagara, $19.95 Vintages +985317

-Kangarilla Road McLare4n Vale Shiraz 2009

-Vintage Ink Merlot-Cabernet 2009 VQAQ Niagara, +250209 Vintages, $17.95

-Blackstone Merlot California 2009 (Churchill)

-Gnarly Head Old Vine Zinfandel 2009 Lodi, +678698 Vintages Nov, $16.95

-Gnarly Head CAB Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 Lodi, +68924 LCBO, $14.95

-Xanadu Next of Kin Shiraz 2010 Margaret River, +212662 LCBO, $14.95

-St. Hallett Gamekeeper's Shiraz Cabernet 2009, +212670 LCBO, $14.95

-Pikes Clare Hills Shiraz Cabernet 2008 Clare Valley, +215103, $15.30

-Sebastiani SKN Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 Napa, +218834 LCBO, $16.95

-Little Yering Cabernet Shiraz Yarra Valley 2008, +145326 LCBO, $14.95.

-Sebastiani Pinot Noir 2008 California

 

The Contact Person: sdarby@rogers.com

The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 92

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