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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