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Monday, January 1, 2018

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 10 over $20 for January 6, 2018.

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 10 over $20 for January 6,  2018.
 
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 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
 
Scores are a combination of MVC (Modal Varietal Character, e.g. a Southern Rhone tastes like a Southern Rhone) and QPR (Quality/Price Ratio value in the marketplace above or below its price).
 
THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL FINDS – Well, it is Christmas Deju Vu with Epiphany on Jan 6 and for followers of the Julian Calendar, on Jan 7. Paucity of top notch wines over $20, but some interesting "holiday" values on this "Smart Buys" release include --
 
538983 Croft Reserve Tawny Port $18.95. Score: 90
515791 Alvear Cream Sherry DO Montilla-Moriles. $16.95. Score: 89
400432 Moutard Grande Cuvee Brut Champagne NV $39.95. Score: 90
207936 Chateau Moncontour Tete de Cuvee Brut NV Vouvray TM Loire $17.95. Score: 91
524827 DR. SIEMENS SERRIGER WÜRZBURG RIESLING KABINETT FEINHERB Prädikatswein        2008    $17.95 Score: 93
 
20 under $20
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W+544072    ST. HUBERTUS RIESLING    BC VQA Okanagan Valley    2014    $17.95      11.5  % ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+43281    FLAT ROCK RIESLING    VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment        2016    $17.95     9.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+265983    MCMANIS CHARDONNAY    River Junction        2016    $19.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+711556    WAKEFIELD CLARE VALLEY ESTATE CHARDONNAY    Clare Valley, South Australia    2016    $15.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+981670    MOUNT RILEY SAUVIGNON BLANC    Marlborough, South Island    2016    $17.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+480764    TUSSOCK JUMPER CHENIN BLANC    WO Western Cape    2017    $12.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+224642    JOSEPH CATTIN PINOT BLANC    AC Alsace    2016    $15.95    12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+344929    CHÂTEAU MONCONTOUR SEC VOUVRAY    AC    2015    $19.95    11.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+745349    DOMAINE JACKY MARTEAU SAUVIGNON TOURAINE    AC    2016    $14.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+346742    CHÂTEAU DES CHARMES ST. DAVID'S BENCH VINEYARD GAMAY NOIR DROIT VQA St. David's Bench, Niagara-on-the-Lake    2016 $18.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+424960    CANTINA DI VERONA RIPASSO VALPOLICELLA SUPERIORE    DOC        2014    $17.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+528737FEUDI SAN PIO PASSATEMPO IGT Rosso Veneto 2016 $14.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+540070    EL PEDROSAL CRIANZA    DO Ribera del Duero    2014    $17.00    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+455659    FATTORIA LE PUPILLE MORELLINO DI SCANSANO    DOCG     Elisabetta Geppetti    2015    $17.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+657601    BENMARCO MALBEC    Unfined and unfiltered, Uco Valley, Mendoza    Dominio del Plata    2014    $18.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+530618    GAPSTED TOBACCO ROAD PINOT NOIR    King Valley, Victoria    2016    $16.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+744235    WAKEFIELD CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Clare Valley, South Australia    2015    $19.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+348672    CHÂTEAU BRÉHAT    AC Côtes de Bordeaux - Castillon    2012    $18.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+403683    GÉRARD BERTRAND FITOU    AP    2014    $16.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+270306    MASSERIE PISARI PRIMITIVO    IGT Salento Rosso        2014    $13.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+512640    GIOVANU CANNONAU DI SARDEGNA    DOC    2014    $14.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+484014    CALAMUS ESTATE WINERY WHITE NIGHT    VQA Ontario     2014    $13.95 12.2% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+121160    VILLA TRASQUA CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG     2013    $17.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+159111    CHÂTEAU D'ARGADENS BLANC AC Bordeaux    Famille Sichel     2016    $17.95 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+527259    DOMAINE DES QUINTS SAUMUR AC 2016 $16.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+528786    JANARE FIANO    DOP Sannio    La Guardiense     2016    $16.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+536631    LEEUWENKUIL SHIRAZ    WO Swartland 2016    $14.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR:  88
 
10 over $20
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W+421941    CLOS DU BOIS CALCAIRE CHARDONNAY    Russian River Valley, Sonoma      County        2014    $29.95    14.2% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+186163    FOLIE À DEUX CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Alexander Valley, Sonoma County        2013    $27.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+309831    CHÂTEAU SIAURAC    AC Lalande de Pomerol    Baronne Guichard    2010    $43.95    15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+530048    CHÂTEAU TOUR DE PEZ    AC Saint-Estèphe    2008    $44.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+526376    FERRATON LES CALENDES CROZES-HERMITAGE    AC     2015    $29.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+470187    CA' MOMI MERLOT    Napa Valley    2015    $23.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+10538    CHÂTEAU PEYRABON    AC Haut-Médoc 2015 $23.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+76349    ALAIN JAUME CLOS DE SIXTE LIRAC    AC 2015 $25.95 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+994608    CASTELLO DI BOSSI C. BERARDENGA CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG        2013    $22.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
 

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