WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for September 16, 2017.

 

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for  September 16,  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 wine letter for the Ontario market (wines available through the LCBO 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 --

 

R+171587    FARINA LE PEZZE AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO    DOCG    2013    $34.95     15.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92

W+458638    RYDER CHARDONNAY    Central Coast    2015    $17.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

 

20 under $20

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R+167601    ARDAL CRIANZA    DO Ribera del Duero    2013    $19.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+341586    FEATHERSTONE FOUR FEATHERS    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2016    $14.95

MVC/QPR: 90

R+359299    VIEWPOINTE CABERNET FRANC    VQA Lake Erie North Shore    2010    $17.10 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+413237    GÉRARD BERTRAND SYRAH/GRENACHE    AP Languedoc    2013    $16.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+454785    TOI TOI SAUVIGNON BLANC    Marlborough, South Island    2016    $17.95    

13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+493973    THIRTY BENCH WINEMAKER'S BLEND DOUBLE NOIR    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2015    $18.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+496828    BRUNILDE DI MENZIONE AGLIANICO DEL VULTURE    DOC    2015    $16.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+518977    TERRA TANGRA ORGANIC CABERNET SAUVIGNON/MERLOT/MAVRUD    PGI Thracian Valley    2015    $14.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+707158    ZENATO SAN BENEDETTO LUGANA    DOC    2016    $17.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+186668    TRAPICHE FINCA LAS PALMAS GRAN RESERVA MALBEC    Uco Valley, Mendoza    2014    $16.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+246736    PALACIO DE SADA CRIANZA    DO Navarra    2013    $16.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+311258    WITS END LUNA SHIRAZ    McLaren Vale, South Australia    2015    $17.95

14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+343491    DOMAINE LAFAGE CUVÉE CENTENAIRE    AP Côtes du Roussillon    2016    $17.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+370221    FONT DU VENT NOTRE PASSION CÔTES DU RHÔNE-VILLAGES SIGNARGUES    AP    2015    $17.95    13.73% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+398933    ALCEÑO PREMIUM 50 BARRICAS SYRAH    DO Jumilla    2014    $14.95   

14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+536581    MIOLO CHARDONNAY    Serra Gaúcha    BRAZIL 2015 $15.95     12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+520668    COLCHESTER RIDGE CREW FLAGSHIP CHARDONNAY    VQA Lake Erie North Shore    2016    $19.95    13.7% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+496133    TWO TAILS PINOT NOIR    Marlborough, South Island    2015    $19.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+445817    THÖRLE ESTATE DRY RIESLING    Qualitätswein    2015    $18.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

 

20 over $20

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W+1552    FLAT ROCK THE RUSTY SHED CHARDONNAY    VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2014    $26.95  MVC/QPR: 89+

W+269258    A TO Z WINEWORKS CHARDONNAY    Oregon    2015    $22.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+332247    BENEFIZIO CASTELLO DI POMINO RISERVA    DOC Pomino Bianco    2015    $36.95

13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+333211    MOUNTADAM HIGH EDEN ESTATE CHARDONNAY    High Eden, Eden Valley, South Australia    2015    $26.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+372458    SCACCIADIAVOLI MONTEFALCO ROSSO    DOC    2012    $20.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+461269    IZADI RESERVA    DOCa Rioja    2012    $19.95  14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+463000    14 HANDS MERLOT Columbia Valley 2014 $18.95  13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+492900    LOUIS MAX BEAUCHARME CHARDONNAY BOURGOGNE        2014    $21.95

12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+503904    CHÂTEAU CLARKE Listrac-Médoc 2010    $42.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+523183    LEANING POST PINOT NOIR    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2013    $30.20 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+616466    HENRY OF PELHAM SPECK FAMILY RESERVE CHARDONNAY    VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2015    $29.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

W+719435    LA CREMA SONOMA COAST PINOT NOIR    Sonoma Coast    2015    $29.95   

13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+9480    TWO HANDS ANGELS' SHARE SHIRAZ    McLaren Vale, South Australia    2015 $24.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+363028    VILLA POGGIO SALVI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO    DOCG    2011    $49.95

14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+364828    TOBÍA SELECCIÓN CRIANZA Rioja    2013    $21.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+443572    CREEKSIDE MARIANNE HILL RIESLING    Marianne Hill Vineyard, VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2015    $20.90     10.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+707323    RUSTENBERG JOHN X MERRIMAN WO Simonsberg-Stellenbosch    2013 $24.95     14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+515460    TENUTA DI BURCHINO IL BURCHINO    IGT Toscana    2010    $22.95     13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+356501    LANDMARK VINEYARDS OVERLOOK CHARDONNAY    Sonoma County    2014    $34.95    14.2% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

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