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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for September 2, 2017.

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for September 2, 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+405530    STREWN TERROIR AMERICAN OAK CHARDONNAY VQA Niagara-on-the-Lake    2015    $23.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92.
R+487447    MAISON ROCHE DE BELLENE VIEILLES VIGNES CÔTE DE NUITS-VILLAGES    2007    $29.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
 
20 under $20
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R+194886    RÉSERVE DES ARMOIRIES CÔTES DU RHÔNE    Élevé en fût de chêne  AC
    2013    $15.95  14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+208223    LEALTANZA RESERVA    DOCa Rioja    2011    $19.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+208322    SUR DE LOS ANDES RESERVA MALBEC    Mendoza    2012    $15.95   
14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+211904    VENTISQUERO RESERVA SAUVIGNON BLANC    Casablanca Valley    2016    $12.95    12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+213538    TABALÍ VETAS BLANCAS RESERVA ESPECIAL SYRAH    Limarí Valley    2013    $17.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+238071    DE BORTOLI GULF STATION CHARDONNAY    Yarra Valley, Victoria    2016    $19.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+247882    HENRY OF PELHAM FAMILY TREE RED    VQA Ontario    2014    $18.95
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+323808    FIRESTEED OREGON PINOT GRIS Oregon 2014 $19.95 13.3% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89.
R+338939    TOMMASI GRATICCIO APPASSIONATO    Product of Italy    2014    $15.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89.
R+354191    DOMAINE LAFAGE CUVÉE NICOLAS VIEILLES VIGNES GRENACHE NOIR    IGP Côtes Catalanes    2015    $16.95     15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+371518    BORSAO BEROLA    DO Campo de Borja    2013    $18.95    15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+380741    GUILLAUME AURÈLE VIOGNIER    IGP Pays d'Oc    2015    $13.95   
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+398966    REDSTONE CHARDONNAY    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2013    $19.95
12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+421396    BORGO SCOPETO BORGONERO    IGT Toscana    2014    $17.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+429928    VALPANTENA RIPASSO VALPOLICELLA    DOC    2014    $17.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+446245    CHÂTEAU DE MARSAN    AC Côtes de Bordeaux Cadillac    2014    $16.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+486209    THE GRINDER SHIRAZ    WO Coastal Region    2014    $13.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+495630    VIENI ESTATES MERLOT    VQA Vinemount Ridge, Niagara Escarpment    2013 $18.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+514166    CASA LAPOSTOLLE GRAND SELECTION CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Rapel Valley    2015    $15.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+517201    M. CHAPOUTIER RASTEAU    AC    2014    $19.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+949651    CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE SYRAH    Columbia Valley    2013    $19.95  13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+969469    RENZO MASI RISERVA CHIANTI    DOCG    2013    $16.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+443945    EL GORÚ MONASTRELL/SYRAH/PETIT VERDOT    DOP Jumilla    2015    $13.95
14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+141226    ANNE DE LAWEISS COLLECTION GEWURZTRAMINER    AC Alsace    2015    $19.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.
 
20 over $20
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R+73817    RUTHERFORD RANCH CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Napa Valley    2014    $39.95         13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91.
R+167189    DANDELION VINEYARDS LIONHEART OF THE BAROSSA SHIRAZ    Barossa, South Australia    2015    $21.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90.
R+313726    SEÑORÍO DE P. PECIÑA CRIANZA    DOCa Rioja    2012    $21.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92.
R+440610    CHÂTEAU DE L'OU INFINIMENT SYRAH    IGP Côtes Catalanes    2015    $26.95 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+446609    SIDEWOOD MAPPINGA SHIRAZ    Adelaide Hills, South Australia    2013    $49.95
14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+463273    CHÂTEAU LANGLAIS    AC Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion    2000    $38.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+497065    CHÂTEAU DE LANDIRAS    AC Graves    2014    $24.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+508002    MANOIR DE MERCEY CHÂTEAUBEAU MERCUREY    AC    2014    $29.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+942136    FESS PARKER SYRAH Santa Barbara County 2013 $34.95 16% ABV,MVC/QPR: 89
W+421362    2027 WISMER VINEYARD FOX CROFT BLOCK CHARDONNAY    VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2014    $22.95     MVC/QPR: 88
R+429829    ZENI AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO    DOCG    2013    $39.95
15.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+471797    CREEKSIDE ICONOCLAST SYRAH    VQA St. David's Bench, Niagara-on-the-Lake    2014    $24.95     12.7% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+487371    MARCHAND-TAWSE SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE LES LAVIÈRES 1ER CRU    AC    2014    $61.95     12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+512764    THE WHITE KNIGHT VIOGNIER    Clarksburg    2015    $21.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+492983    CELLIER DES PRINCES CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE    AC    2014    $39.95     14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.
W+492272    AWATERE RIVER BY LOUIS VAVASOUR SAUVIGNON BLANC    Marlborough, South Island    2015    $21.95     MVC/QPR: 88.
W+490110    LA CHABLISIENNE CHABLIS BEAUROY 1ER CRU    AC    2014    $34.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.
R+489443    PAUL JABOULET AÎNÉ LES JALETS CROZES-HERMITAGE    AC    2014    $26.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.
R+163584    CRAGGY RANGE TE KAHU SINGLE VINEYARD GIMBLETT GRAVELS    Hawkes Bay, North Island    2013    $29.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.

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