WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: under $20 and over $20 for April 27 , 2019
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 good 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 would taste like a Southern Rhone) and QPR (Quality/Price Ratio value in the marketplace above or below its price).
NOTE: The first report is based on my sampling of the wines chosen by the LCBO from this release for tasting. That presentation is about 50 different labels out of about 125 released every two weeks. Thus, my report will not be as voluminous as in the past and comes from a restricted database. I did not taste every one of the 50 wines, nor did I rate several of the wines I did sample because they did not seem to be of particularly good value.
NOTE: The second report (at the end) is a simple listing of those wines that were NOT presented to me, and are given here simply as a record of what sampling I could not do. I have left in the name of the agency in fairness to all.
PART ONE: The "best" of a reduced tasting --
THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL FINDS (out of 64 products) --
Rose +451906 SAINT AIX ROSÉ AP Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence 2018 $22.95 MVC/QPR: 90
Fizz+624759 CALVET BRUT CRÉMANT DE BORDEAUX ROSÉ Traditional method, AC Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux, France 12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
Under $20
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W+ 341586 FEATHERSTONE FOUR FEATHERS VQA Niagara Peninsula 2018 $14.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+381251 REDSTONE LIMESTONE VINEYARD SOUTH RIESLING VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2016 $19.95 10% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+413237 GÉRARD BERTRAND SYRAH/GRENACHE AP Languedoc 2015 $16.95
14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+ 441998 COLUMBIA CREST H3 CHARDONNAY Horse Heaven Hills, Columbia Valley 2014 $19.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+629410 TAPIZ ALTA COLLECTION CHARDONNAY Uco Valley, Mendoza 2016 $19.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+402677 MATAHIWI ESTATE SAUVIGNON BLANC Wairarapa, North Island 2018 $17.00 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
W+636027 BELLINGHAM HOMESTEAD SAUVIGNON BLANC WO Cape Town 2017 $17.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+644385 BORD ELEGANCE LAUDUN CÔTES DU RHÔNE-VILLAGES AP 2017 $16.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+631705 SANPAOLO FIANO DI AVELLINO DOCG 2017 $19.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+364372 HINTERBROOK NOMAD PINOT NOIR VQA Niagara Lakeshore, Niagara-on-the-Lake 2016 $19.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+648758 LONE BIRCH RED BLEND Yakima Valley 2016 $19.95 13.9% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+478271 SISTER'S RUN OLD TESTAMENT CABERNET SAUVIGNON Coonawarra, South Australia 2017 $17.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+648477 CAVE DU CHÂTEAU DE CHÉNAS MOULIN-À-VENT AC 2016 $19.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+644435 CHÂTEAU PARADIS ESSENCIEL RED AP Côtes de Provence 2015 $17.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+494682 CAVE DE VISAN GRANDE RÉSERVE VISAN AC Côtes du Rhône-Villages 2015 $15.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+33852 GROSSET CRÉATION CAIRANNE CÔTES DU RHÔNE-VILLAGES AC 2016 $17.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+421388 CASTELLI DEL GREVEPESA CLEMENTE VII CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG 2015 $18.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+638494 TORRESSELLA REFOSCO DAL PEDUNCOLO ROSSO IGT 2016 $14.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+645804 O. FOURNEIR URBAN RIBERA TINTA DEL PAÍS DO Ribera del Duero 2015 $19.95 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+276162 SOLANERA VIÑAS VIEJAS DO Yecla 2015 $17.00 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89.5
Over $20
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W+616466 HENRY OF PELHAM SPECK FAMILY RESERVE CHARDONNAY VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2017 $29.95 13.3 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+537076 MISSION HILL RESERVE PINOT GRIS BC VQA Okanagan Valley 2017 $22.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88kunde
W+639716 KUNDE CHARDONNAY Sonoma County 2016 $24.95 13.8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+563197 JACKSON-TRIGGS GRAND RESERVE MERLOT VQA Niagara Peninsula 2016 $25.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+585737 BURROWING OWL MERLOT BC VQA Okanagan Valley 2015 $39.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+748434 SOKOL BLOSSER PINOT NOIR Dundee Hills, Willamette Valley 2015 $37.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+254458 BUENA VISTA CABERNET SAUVIGNON North Coast 2016 $24.95 MVC/QPR: 90
R+998476 JIM BARRY THE LODGE HILL SHIRAZ Clare Valley, South Australia 2016 $21.95
MVC/QPR: 89
R+419770 WINES OF SUBSTANCE CABERNET SAUVIGNON Columbia Valley 2016 $23.95 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+947929 LAPOSTOLLE CUVÉE ALEXANDRE CABERNET SAUVIGNON Apalta Vineyard, Colchagua Valley 2015 $27.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
R+649160 MONTES ALPHA SPECIAL CUVÉE CABERNET SAUVIGNON DO Cachapoal Valley 2015 $24.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+594382 CHÂTEAU SOCIANDO-MALLET AC Haut-Médoc 2012 $67.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.5
R+633065 MOULINS DE CITRAN Second wine of Château Citran, AC Haut-Médoc 2009 $29.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+636670 UMBERTO FIORE BARBARESCO DOCG 2015 $27.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+943613 BARONE RICASOLI ROCCA GUICCIARDA RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG 2015 $24.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+631630 CASTEL DEL LAGO AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA DOCG 2015 $39.95 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
PART TWO: The wines that were not presented to us ..
401018 LABOURÉ-GONTARD BRUT CRÉMANT DE BOURGOGNE Traditional method, AP, Burgundy, France $21.95 H.H.D. IMPORTS
727438 CARPENÈ MALVOLTI 1868 BRUT CONEGLIANO VALDOBBIADENE PROSECCO SUPERIORE DOCG, Veneto, Italy $18.95 DIONYSUS WINES & SPIRITS LTD.
225342 NAPA CELLARS CHARDONNAY Napa Valley 2016 $29.95 PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
361949 FREEMARK ABBEY CHARDONNAY Napa Valley 2016 $39.95 BREAKTHRU BEVERAGE CANADA INC.
418368 WILLOW BRIDGE DRAGONFLY SAUVIGNON BLANC/SEMILLON Geographe, Western Australia 2017 $15.95 NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
280206 INNOCENT BYSTANDER CHARDONNAY Yarra Valley, Victoria 2017 $21.95 VON TERRA ENTERPRISES LTD.
369850 KIM CRAWFORD PINOT GRIS Marlborough, South Island 2018 $19.95 ARTERRA WINES CANADA INC.
512582 JOSEPH DROUHIN BOURGOGNE CHARDONNAY AC 2016 $23.95 PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
524934 GUEGUEN CHABLIS AC 2017 $27.95 BURGUNDY DIRECT LTD.
196667 JEAN-MAX ROGER CUVÉE MARNES ET CAILLOTTES SANCERRE AC 2017 $31.95 CONNEXION OENOPHILIA
390625 DOMAINE LA HAUTE FÉVRIE SUR LIE MUSCADET SÈVRE ET MAINE AC 2017 $15.95 CONNEXION OENOPHILIA
339150 DR. HEIDEMANNS-BERGWEILER GRAACHER HIMMELREICH RIESLING SPÄTLESE Prädikatswein 2016 $28.95 GLENCAIRN WINE MERCHANTS
910497 TOMMASI LE ROSSE PINOT GRIGIO IGT delle Venezie 2017 $16.95 UNIVINS AND SPIRITS CANADA INC.
428326 CASAL DE VENTOZELA BRANCO VINHO VERDE DOC 2017 $13.95 LE SOMMELIER INC.
350041 PACO & LOLA ALBARIÑO DO Rías Baixas 2017 $19.95 AZUREAU WINE AGENCY
422014 ST. FRANCIS MERLOT Sonoma County 2015 $29.95 CHARTON HOBBS INC
640573 SEBASTIANI SONOMA COUNTY CABERNET SAUVIGNON Sonoma County 2015 $29.95 SELECT WINE MERCHANTS INC.
708289 FRANCIS COPPOLA DIAMOND COLLECTION RED LABEL ZINFANDEL California 2016 $21.95 NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
498766 LAKE SONOMA ZINFANDEL Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County 2016 $28.95 HOBBS & COMPANY
708982 STAG'S LEAP WINE CELLARS ARTEMIS CABERNET SAUVIGNON Napa Valley 2016 $84.95 PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
973503 ZUCCARDI Q TEMPRANILLO Santa Rosa, Mendoza 2014 $19.95 DIONYSUS WINES & SPIRITS LTD.
219261 CHAKANA ESTATE SELECTION MALBEC Uco Valley, Mendoza 2016 $19.95 CONNEXION OENOPHILIA
541151 ERRÁZURIZ ACONCAGUA COSTA PINOT NOIR DO Aconcagua Costa 2017 $24.95 PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
90035 MAYU GRAN RESERVA CARMENÈRE DO Elquí Valley 2015 $17.95 SIGNATURE WINES & SPIRITS
683201 WAKEFIELD MERLOT Clare Valley, South Australia 2017 $19.95 VIN VINO WINE MERCHANTS INC.
358127 DANDELION VINEYARDS LIONHEART OF THE BAROSSA SHIRAZ Barossa, South Australia 2017 $12.95 DU CHASSE WINES & SPIRITS
246629 MOLLYDOOKER THE MAÎTRE D' CABERNET SAUVIGNON McLaren Vale, South Australia 2017 $33.95 B AND W WINES
278390 RUSTENBERG RM NICHOLSON WO Stellenbosch 2017 $16.95 WOODMAN WINES & SPIRITS
440198 CHÂTEAU DE LAMARQUE AP Haut-Médoc 2012 $39.95 MARK ANTHONY WINE & SPIRITS
527960 MALDANT PAUVELOT CHOREY-LÈS-BEAUNE AP 2016 $39.95 ANDREW PELLER IMPORT AGENCY
208249 CHÂTEAU PEYROS TANNAT/CABERNET FRANC AC Madiran 2014 $17.95 VIN VINO WINE MERCHANTS INC.
508655 PLANETA FRAPPATO DI VITTORIA DOC 2016 $25.95 NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
20750 CAPARZO LA CASA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DOCG 2013 $79.95 THE CASE FOR WINE
68163 BASCIANO CHIANTI RUFINA DOCG 2016 $16.95 JOSEPH CIPELLI WINES & SPIRITS
429415 MARCHESI DE' FRESCOBALDI CAMPO AI SASSI ROSSO DI MONTALCINO DOC 2016 $22.95 PHILIPPE DANDURAND WINES LTD.
713669 SANTA SOFIA AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO DOCG 2012 $53.95 LIBERTY WINES INC.
26492 MASSAYA LE COLOMBIER Bekaa Valley 2017 $18.95 JOHN HANNA & SONS LIMITED
445122 SÃO MIGUEL ESCOLHA DOS ENOLOGOS Vinho Regional Alentejano 2016 $21.95 NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
192476 ALEJANDRO FERNÁNDEZ DEHESA LA GRANJA Vino de la Tierra de Castilla y León 2011 $21.95 TRIALTO WINE GROUP LTD.
493155 ANGELS & COWBOYS ROSÉ Sonoma County 2018 $24.95 ROGERS & COMPANY
493171 OYSTER BAY ROSÉ Marlborough, South Island 2018 $19.95 DELEGAT CANADA LIMITED
451773 RUSTENBERG PETIT VERDOT ROSÉ WO Stellenbosch 2018 $13.95 WOODMAN WINES & SPIRITS
613174 FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA DIRECTOR'S CUT ZINFANDEL Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County 2015 $39.95 NOBLE ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS INC.
470872 SEBASTIANI ALEXANDER VALLEY CABERNET SAUVIGNON Alexander Valley, Sonoma County 2014 $39.95 SELECT WINE MERCHANTS INC.
261719 BLACKBIRD ARISE RED Napa Valley 2014 $69.95 PARADIGM FINE WINE AGENCY
578005 AUSTIN HOPE CABERNET SAUVIGNON Paso Robles 2016 $69.95 MARK ANTHONY WINE & SPIRITS
553693 QED AXIOM OF CHOICE CABERNET FRANC Columbia Valley 2015 $66.95 BRAND NEW DAY WINES & SPIRITS
143529 GARCÉS SILVA AMAYNA SYRAH DO Leyda Valley 2015 $28.95 SYLVESTRE WINES & SPIRITS INC.
481861 CLONAKILLA HILLTOPS SHIRAZ Canberra District 2016 $34.95 ALTO VINO
647107 CONFIDENCES DE PRIEURÉ-LICHINE Second wine of Château Prieuré-Lichine, AC Margaux 2015 $49.95 PARADIGM FINE WINE AGENCY
967620 CHÂTEAU DES JACQUES MOULIN-À-VENT AC 2015 $32.95 HALPERN ENTERPRISES
295071 CHÂTEAU DE SANTENAY LES PUILLETS MERCUREY 1ER CRU AC 2015 $49.95 GLENCAIRN WINE MERCHANTS
508127 CAGLIERO RAVERA BAROLO DOCG 2009 $67.95 GLOBAL CELLARS
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