WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for April 28, 2018

 

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for April 28, 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 --

 

R+543710    BALBAS BARRICA 5 MESES OLD VINES TEMPRANILLO    DO Ribera del Duero        2015    $14.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92

R+552158    QUARISA TREASURES COONAWARRA CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Coonawarra, South Australia 2014    $17.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

R+964221    LE VOLTE DELL'ORNELLAIA    IGT Toscana    Tenuta dell'Ornellaia    2015    $29.95

14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92

 

20 under $20

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W+286278    FLAT ROCK CHARDONNAY    VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment        2016    $19.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+544213    INDOMITA GRAN RESERVA SAUVIGNON BLANC    Casablanca Valley        2016    $16.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+108522    CHÂTEAU VIGNOL BLANC    AC Entre-Deux-Mers    Famille Doublet    2016    $15.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+46508    PUKLUS PINCÉSZET TOKAJI SEMI-SWEET YELLOW MUSCAT    PDO Tokaji        2016    $16.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+247882    HENRY OF PELHAM FAMILY TREE RED    VQA Ontario        2015    $18.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+463000    14 HANDS MERLOT    Columbia Valley, Washington        2015    $19.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+220376    DUSTED VALLEY BOOMTOWN CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Columbia Valley, Washington        2015    $19.95    14.2% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+546515    BISQUERT ECOS DE RULO CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Single vineyard, Colchagua Valley        2015    $18.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+453209    ROCKCLIFFE THIRD REEF SHIRAZ    Great Southern, Western Australia        2015    $19.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+434464    CHÂTEAU SAINT-ANTOINE RÉSERVE DU CHÂTEAU    AC Bordeaux Supérieur    2014    $16.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+538504    DOMAINE D'EN SÉGUR CUVÉE GERMAIN    IGP Côtes du Tarn        2015    $17.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+538561    CANTINA DI VENOSA VERBO AGLIANICO DEL VULTURE    DOP        2015    $17.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+541441    MESSIERI VISIONI RISERVA ROSSO PICENO SUPERIORE    DOC    Cocci Grifoni    2010    $18.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+540922    CECCHI STORIA DI FAMIGLIA CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG        2015    $17.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+548834    ALIANÇA DÃO    DOC Dão    Caves Aliança    2014    $12.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+209650    ELIAS MORA    DO Toro        2014    $17.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+383018    RAMIREZ DE LA PISCINA CRIANZA    DOCa Rioja        2013    $16.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+547950    RAMON BILBAO LIMITED EDITION TEMPRANILLO    DOCa Rioja    2013    $17.00    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+203901    BRAMPTON SAUVIGNON BLANC    WO Western Cape    2016    $15.95

13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+396275    ORGANIZED CRIME SAUVIGNON BLANC    VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment        2016    $18.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+571422    DOMAINE GUY ALLION SAUVIGNON BLANC    AC Touraine        2016    $17.95    12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+556134    TRITTENHEIMER ALTÄRCHEN RIESLING KABINETT HALBTROCKEN    Prädikatswein    Familie Steffen    2017    $15.95    10% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+546200    SEMÉLI OREINOS HELIOS AGIORGITIKO/SYRAH    PGI Peloponnese        2016    $16.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

 

20 over $20

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W+529941    CAVE SPRING CSV CHARDONNAY    VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2015    $29.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+556084    VIGNERONS DE BUXY BUISSONNIER MONTAGNY 1ER CRU    AC        2016    $23.95  13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+626325    OSOYOOS LAROSE LE GRAND VIN    BC VQA Okanagan Valley        2014    $47.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+944843    KENWOOD JACK LONDON VINEYARD CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Sonoma Mountain    2014    $39.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+497933    RODNEY STRONG MERLOT    Sonoma County 2014    $23.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+526905    CHÂTEAU GODEAU DUCARPE    AC Saint-Émilion Grand Cru    Famille Florisoone    2014    $31.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+526871    GRAND VIN DE MARGAUX    AP Margaux    Maison Ginestet    2015    $38.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+232439    CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE CHARDONNAY    Columbia Valley        2016    $21.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+402180    PRIMARIUS PINOT NOIR    Oregon    2015    $29.95    13.6% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+930966    ROCCA DELLE MACÌE ZINGARELLI RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG        2014    $23.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+27888    XANADU CHARDONNAY    Margaret River, Western Australia        2014    $39.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+524959    DOMAINE BÈGUE-MATHIOT VAILLONS CHABLIS 1ER CRU 2014    $37.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+999730    BREZZA SARMASSA BAROLO    DOCG        2013    $87.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+540849    TENUTA DI RENIERI CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG        2013    $22.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+356220    TOMMASI AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO    DOCG        2013    $49.95    15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+216291    ÁLVARO PALACIOS CAMINS DEL PRIORAT    DOQ Priorat        2016    $30.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

 

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