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Wednesday, June 7, 2017

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for June 10, 2017.

 
WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for  June 10, 2017.
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By DEAN TUDOR, Gothic Epicures Writing deantudor@deantudor.com. My Internet compendium "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.
 
So many people have asked me for wine recommendations, with numbers only. The readers' most common response is that while they like what I say, they only relate to the score. The score is a combination of MVC (Modal Varietal Character, where e.g. a Southern Rhone tastes like a Southern Rhone and not like a Northern Rhone) and Quality/Price Ratio. Let's take it for granted that, e.g., a Riesling tastes like a Riesling, and the wine has some value in the marketplace either above or below its selling price. This way too I can also cover more wines.
 
This restructured wine newsletter for the Ontario market (with wines available through the LCBO and Vintages on a bi-weekly basis)  can always be found at http://www.gothicepicures.blogspot.ca/ or at    http://www.deantudor.com
 
THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL FINDS --
 
W+224626    JOSEPH CATTIN GEWURZTRAMINER    AC Alsace    2015    $19.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR:  92
W+333211    MOUNTADAM ESTATE CHARDONNAY     High Eden, Eden Valley, South Australia 2015    $24.95     MVC/QPR: 92
W+496497    SCHLOSS SCHOENBURN HATTENHEIMER NUSBRUNNEN RIESLING KABINETT    QmP    2008    $19.95     8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 93
 
20 under $20
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R+168716    M. CHAPOUTIER LES VIGNES DE BILA-HAUT CÔTES DE ROUSSILLON    AC        2015    $15.95  14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+360636    SISTER'S RUN BETHLEHEM BLOCK CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Gomersal, Barossa, South Australia    2014    $18.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+366245    Klein Constantia KC CABERNET SAUVIGNON/MERLOT    WO Western Cape        2013    $17.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+487868    CHÂTEAU L'ESPÉRANCE    AC Côtes de Bordeaux – Blaye 2010    $19.95
14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+488395    CHÂTEAU DE LIONNE    AC Graves    2015    $16.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+489252    LES BOIS DE VAUX SEC VOUVRAYAC 2015 $18.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR:89
R+489757    OVIDIO GARCÍA ESENCIA CRIANZA    DO Cigales    2009    $18.95   
14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+489773    MONTE HINIESTA    DO Toro Allegro Con Spirito    2011    $15.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR:  90
R+489914    BYRON & HAROLD SECRET VINEYARD CABERNET/MERLOT    Western Australia    2015    $18.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+493635    GÉRARD BERTRAND GRAND TERROIR GRÈS DE MONTPELLIER SYRAH/GRENACHE AP Languedoc Grès de Montpellier 2014    $18.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+734798    THORNBURY SAUVIGNON BLANC    Marlborough, South Island    2016    $18.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+224188    TOMMASI ARELE PARZIALE APPASSIMENTO    IGT Verona    2015    $19.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+247544    LIONEL OSMIN & CIE CAHORS MALBEC    AP Cahors    2012    $16.95
12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+313346    CHÂTEAU ROQUEFORT BLANC    AC Bordeaux    2016    $16.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+368134    STÉPHANE AVIRON VIEILLES VIGNES MOULIN-À-VENT    AC    2013    $19.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+424176    ROCKWAY VINEYARDS SMALL LOT BLOCK 150-183 RIESLING    VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2014    $19.95    10% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+484956    MARKUS HUBER TERRASSEN GRÜNER VELTLINER DAC Traisent 2015    $19.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+489948    FRANKLIN TATE ESTATES SHIRAZ Margaret River, Western Australia 2015    $19.95    13.9% ABV, MVC/QPR: 99
W+268342    HENRY OF PELHAM ESTATE CHARDONNAY    VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Peninsula 2015 $19.95  13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
 
20 over $20
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R+57901    INTRIGA CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Maipo Valley    Viña Montgras 2013    $22.95      14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR:  88
R+209148    MARQUÉS DE MURRIETA FINCA YGAY RESERVA    DOCa Rioja    2012    $29.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
R+353201    RUFFINO DUCALE ORO RISERVA GRAN SELEZIONE CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG 2011    $44.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90.
R+392449    MEYER PINOT NOIR BC VQA Okanagan Valley 2015    $24.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+466003    ERADUS PINOT NOIR Single vineyard, Awatere Valley, Marlborough, South Island        2014    $24.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+483750    GHOST CORNER SAUVIGNON BLANC    Elim, Cape Agulhas    David Nieuwoudt    2015    $21.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+487777    STELLA BELLA CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Margaret River, Western Australia        2012    $29.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+392738    DOMAINE QUEYLUS TRADITION PINOT NOIR VQA Niagara Peninsula    2013    $29.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+264168    CREEKSIDE RESERVE VIOGNIER Queenston Road Vineyard, VQA St. David's Bench, Niagara-on-the-Lake     2014    $29.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+334300    LATIUM MORINI CAMPO LEÒN AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA    DOC        2011    $46.95    16.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+337642    JOURNEY'S END SHIRAZ    Barrel Selection, WO Stellenbosch    Gabb Family Winery    2012    $20.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR:  88
R+354217    PIERRE AMADIEU LE PAS DE L'AIGLE GIGONDAS    AC        2013    $36.95 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+365288    CASAJÚS ANTIGUOS VIÑEDOS    DO Ribera del Duero     2012 $38.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+432211    NAPA CELLARS CABERNET SAUVIGNON Napa Valley 2014    $34.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+487017    UNDERWOOD PINOT GRIS Oregon 2015    $22.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+488536    HMC  MCWATTERS COLLECTION CHARDONNAY TIME Estate Winery 2014 BC Okanagan    $30.95 13.9% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+489906    DOMAINE NATURALISTE DISCOVERY CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Margaret River, Western Australia    By Bruce Dukes    2014    $24.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+493536    DOMAINE LES BUGADELLES    IGP Pays d'Oc     2014    $25.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+959999    CHÂTEAU FORTIA CUVÉE DU BARON CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE Propriété du Baron Le Roy de Boiseaumarié    2013    $44.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

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