WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: under/over $20 for APRIL 4, 2020

 

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES:  under/over $20 for APRIL 4, 2020

 

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.

 

As of this release, April 4, 2020, the wine media will no longer have access to the 50 or so tasting samples usually provided to us in the LCBO lab on a fortnightly basis. This will go on until mid-May. HOWEVER,  the wine media will still have access to the advance spreadsheet of the wines to be released. So I know what is to be released and when. SOME (but not many) of these wines I have recently tasted since January 2020 or so, and I can comfortably recommend them based on prior sampling.

 

Under $20:

 

Rose+556209    France -- Languedoc    GÉRARD BERTRAND PERLES DE GRENACHE ROSÉ    IGP Pays d'Oc      2018    $18.95     MVC/QPR: 89

W+14189    Austria -- Kamptal    ALLRAM STRASS GRÜNER VELTLINER    Vegan, certified sustainable, DAC Kamptal     2018    $19.95     MVC/QPR:  89

W+391847    France -- Loire    THIERRY DELAUNAY TOURAINE SAUVIGNON BLANC    AP    Joël Delaunay        2018  $16.95 MVC/QPR: 91

R+128629    Argentina -- Mendoza    LUIGI BOSCA CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Mendoza    Familia Arizu        2017    $18.95    MVC/QPR: 90

 

Over $20:

 

Sparkler+11985    Canada -- Ontario    JACKSON TRIGGS ENTOURAGE    Icewine dosage, traditional method, VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario 2016    $34.95 MVC/QPR: 89

W+82255    France -- Loire    ROGER & DIDIER RAIMBAULT SANCERRE    AC            2018    $32.95     MVC/QPR: 90

W+238642    Canada -- Ontario    INNISKILLIN MONTAGUE VINEYARD CHARDONNAY    VQA Niagara Peninsula 2017  $25.95 MVC/QPR: 90

W+28845    France -- Bordeaux    CLARENCE DILLON CLARENDELLE BLANC    AC Bordeaux            2018    $25.95    MVC/QPR:  89

R+364380    Canada -- Ontario    THE FOREIGN AFFAIR DREAM    VQA Niagara Peninsula            2016  $29.95    MVC/QPR:  91   

R+12908    Australia -- New South Wales    NUGAN MANUKA GROVE VINEYARD DURIF    Riverina, New South Wales     2016    $29.95     MVC/QPR: 89

R+13642    France -- Rhône    DOMAINE ANDRÉ MATHIEU CUVÉE TRADITION CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE    Certified sustainable, AC 2016  $52.95 MVC/QPR: 89

R+332411    Italy -- Tuscany    RUFFINO LODOLA NUOVA VINO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO    DOCG            2015  $24.95     MVC/QPR: 89       

 

May we all have 2020 vision.
Chimo! www.deantudor.com