RECENT AND DECENT TASTING NOTES FOR SOME PAYS D'OC IGP WINES...October 28, 2022

RECENT AND DECENT TASTING NOTES FOR SOME PAYS D'OC IGP WINES...

--Gerard Bertrand Perles de Grenache Rose 2021 Pays D'Oc IGP Vintages 556209 $18.95: fresh, very fragrant with fruity elegance. The pale salmon colour was phenomenal, and very typical of South of France roses. All grenache grapes. Scored highly by the Wine Writers' Circle of Canada (over 90 points). Very dry, with residual sugar at 2 g/L. On the palate, strawberries dominate. A very good quaffer for parties, or for a wine pairing with fish and broiled foods. 12.5% ABV. Quality/Price rating is 91 points by Dean Tudor of Gothic Epicures.


--Domaine de La Baume Elisabeth Viognier 2021 Pays D'Oc IGP Vintages 438796 $18.95:
fresh stone fruit tones abound with peaches and apricots leading to a citric long finish. Cold fermentation done up in steel, with peachy aromas. We had it with squash soup and a roast (both poultry and pork). Dee-licious. But also good as an aperitif.
2g/L residual sugar. 14.5% ABV. Quality/Price rating is 92 points by Dean Tudor of Gothic Epicures.


--Gabriel Meffre Le Fat Bastard Chardonnay 2021 Pays D'Oc IGP LCBO 563130 $15: a very satisfying and easy-breezy quaff on the LCBO's general wine list. Nutty butters on palate, some pear decadence, nuances of vanilla bean from a partial oak aging. No malolactic fermentation. Elegant balanced finish with good food depth. 2g/L residual sugar. 13% ABV. Quality/Price rating is 89 points by Dean Tudor of Gothic Epicures.


--Fortant Terroir d'Altitude Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 Pays D'Oc IGP LCBO 17535 $15.45: made from hillside grapevines (250 – 600 metres). Complex cassis and pumpkin spices, along with forest floor mushrooms and some garrigue. Black fruit and long finish dominates. Aged four months in French oak. Perhaps best with grilled or broiled foods.
2g/L residual sugar. Quality/Price rating is 91 points by Dean Tudor of Gothic Epicures.

--Sarl Le Loup Blanc Soif du Loup Rouge 2019 Pays D'Oc IGP Vintages 20955 $19.95: a combo of cabernet sauvignon and syrah, but extra-dry (unlike the Oz combo of cabernet and shiraz). "Soif du Loup" in English means "thirst of the wolf". Here there are 35-year old vines, and red fruit with spices and minerality dominates. This is an organic wine, great as an all-purpose food red. 2 g/L residual sugar. 13.5% ABV. Quality/Price rating is 91 points by Dean Tudor of Gothic Epicures.

Dean Tudor,  Prof Emeritus T'karonto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) School of Journalism

Treasurer of Wine Writers' Circle of Canada http://www.deantudor.com
http://gothicepicures.blogspot.com
https://twitter.com/gothicepicures

REPORT FROM Rendez-Vous Beaujolais Walk-Around Trade Tasting, June 15, 2022

The Date and Time: Wednesday June 15, 2022  2:30P to 5:30P

The Event: Rendez-Vous Beaujolais Walk-Around Trade Tasting

The Venue: St Andrew's Hall & Lounge, 150 King Street Wes

The Target Audience: wine trade and wine media, sommeliers

The Availability/Catalogue: There were four agents with presentations, while four other wineries were looking for representation. The catalogue was an interactive PDF file which allowed for more consistency. There was a description of each wine.

The Quote/Background: It has been a decade or so since the last major Beaujolais tasting in Toronto. In that time, sales of Nouveau have flattened and the availability of wines from the number of villages (communes) had fallen off. It was a chance to re-discover the 12 appellations and 10 crus of Beaujolais.

The Wines: Some wines did not arrive. I counted 42 wines at the show, and I tried to taste most of them in the limited time I had available.

 

**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-VINESCIENCE Beaujolais Blanc Signature 2021  Rogers & Co

-VINESCIENCE Morgon Climats Grand Cras 2021  Rogers & Co

-DOMAINE DE BOISCHAMPT Beaujolais Villages White 2020  [seeking]

-DOMAINE DE BOISCHAMPT Beaujolais Morgon 2019   [seeking]

-DOMAINE LATHUILIÈRE-GRAVALLON Beaujolais Morgon Corcelette 2020 [seeking]

-LES VINS J.M. AUJOUX Collection Aujoux en Beaujolais-Villages Blanc 2021 [seeking]

-LES VINS J.M. AUJOUX Collection Aujoux en Morgon 2021 – HVE 3 [seeking]

-LES VINS J.M. AUJOUX Côte de Brouilly Douze Perles 2020

-LES VINS GEORGES DUBOEUF Domaine du Riaz Côte de Brouilly 2020  PDandurand

-LES VINS GEORGES DUBOEUF Domaine des 4 vents Fleurie 2019  PDandurand

-LES VINS GEORGES DUBOEUF Brouilly 2020  PDandurand

-LES VINS GEORGES DUBOEUF Morgon 2018   PDandurand

-DOMAINE THIVOLLE Morgon Charmeur 2020 [seeking]

-ALLIANCE DE VIGNERONS BOURGOGNE BEAUJOLAIS Moulin-à-Vent Coeur de Granit 2020 Vinexx

 

***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-VINESCIENCE Beaujolais Rosé Signature 2021 Rogers  & Co

-VINESCIENCE Chiroubles Les Clochers du Beaujolais 2021  Rogers & Co

-VINESCIENCE St-Amour Les Clochers 2021  Rogers & Co

-DOMAINE DE BOISCHAMPT Beaujolais Chénas 2019  [seeking]

-DOMAINE DE BOISCHAMPT Beaujolais Fleurie Charbonnière 2019 [seeking]

-DOMAINE DE BOISCHAMPT Beaujolais Juliénas 4 Cerisiers 2019 [seeking]

-DOMAINE DE BOISCHAMPT Beaujolais Juliénas Beauvernay 2019  [seeking]

-DOMAINE DE BOISCHAMPT Beaujolais Juliénas Vayolette 2019 [seeking]

-DOMAINE DE BOISCHAMPT Beaujolais St-Amour 2019 [seeking]

-DOMAINE LATHUILIÈRE-GRAVALLON Beaujolais Blanc Roche Noire 2021 [seeking]

-DOMAINES CHERMETTE Brouilly Pierreux 2021  [selection du maitre de chai PQ]

-DOMAINES CHERMETTE Fleurie Poncié 2021   [selection du maitre de chai PQ]

-DOMAINES CHERMETTE Moulin-à-Vent Les Trois Roches 2021[selection du maitre de chai PQ]

-ALLIANCE DE VIGNERONS BOURGOGNE BEAUJOLAIS Chénas Coeur de Granit 2020 Vinexx

-ALLIANCE DE VIGNERONS BOURGOGNE BEAUJOLAIS Beaujolais Villages 3 Madones 2021 Noble

-ALLIANCE DE VIGNERONS BOURGOGNE BEAUJOLAIS Brouilly 3 Madones 2021 Noble

 

The Food: There were two components – one was a combined fromage and charcuterie board, about two feet wide and six feet in length. Spectacular, to say the least. There were two of these. The boards also had crisps, breads, dried fruit, fresh fruit, and mustards. The only thing missing were the typical sausages. The other component were the individual platters of gamay smoked roasted salmon, beaujolais pork rillettes, rose smoked duck with stone fruit, and chardonnay crab and citrus salad.

The Downside: I had to leave early.

The Upside: the great fromage/charcuterie board!

The Contact Person: liz@lluzzapr.com

The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 91.

 

 

 

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Treasurer, Wine Writers' Circle of Canada http://winewriterscircle.ca
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Fw: WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: under/over $20 for OCTOBER 22, 2022

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES:  under/over $20 for OCTOBER 22,  2022 release.

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  LCBO Vintages (on a bi-weekly basis)  can always be found at http://www.gothicepicures.blogspot.ca  or at  http://www.deantudor.com No winery can buy their way into – or out of – this publication.

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).

Currently, the wine media have no access to the tasting samples usually provided to us in the LCBO lab on a fortnightly basis. This will go on for some time. 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 100 or so biweekly released wines I have recently tasted since January 2020 or so, and I can comfortably recommend them based on this prior sampling.
 
** Some New Drinks I Tasted Over the Past Fortnight ---

The Date and Time:  August 16, 2022  3:30PM - 8PM
The Event: Travel South USA Media Event
The Venue: Malaparte TIFF
The Target Audience: travel writers and spirits writers
The Availability/Catalogue: we had three bourbons set before us as a tasting (see below), led by a very capable Mike McLean of MixxIT Canada By Beam Suntory. This was the major presentation from Kentucky, and, of course, the main reason for my attending.
The Quote/Background: The Travel South USA states represented in Canada included Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia. There was also a rep from New Orleans and one from Atlanta. It was a trade fam tour to entice travel writers to explore the American south. There were many regional foods to be sampled (see below) and many cocktails to be tasted. The best appeared to be the Kentucky Bourbon Cocktail of Jim Beam Bourbon 1.5 oz, lime juice [no sugar] 1 oz., and topped up over ice with Gosling's no-al ginger beer. Dynamite. Hors d'oeuvre were passed while the reps were available for short talks with the travel writers. And then it was on to the bourbon tasting and thence to the BBQ buffet dinner.

The Bourbons:

**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Maker's Mark Kentucky Bourbon $45.45 LCBO +103747, 45ABV – very smooth, 70% corn and 30% red winter wheat. One of my personal faves.

***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Basil Hayden Kentucky Bourbon $55.95 (on sale at LCBO at $50.95 until Sept 12) LCBO +326025, 40% ABV – 63% corn and 37% rye, and thereby introduces savoury herby rye notes finishing with some grassiness.
-Jim Beam White Label Bourbon $30.95 (on sale at LCBO at $29.20 until Sept 12) LCBO +21378, 40% ABV – 77% corn

The Food: Oliver and Bonacini did the catering, beginning with the multiple hors d'oeuvre platters: tuna salad on a lettuce leaf; BBQ short rib on polenta; shrimp and hot sausage; lightly battered fried okra; fried chicken drumettes; and cheddar cheese tarts with carmelized onions and piped goat cheese cream. Each came on a bed of a different sauce: these 5 BBQ sauces are available online (Carolina Gold Classic   - South Carolina, Rendezvous Mild Barbecue Sauce  - Memphis, Alabama White BBQ Sauce – Alabama, Sam Jones Vinegar Sauce – North Carolina, Fiorella's Jack Stack BBQ Original – Kansas City). These sauces were also put out for the buffet, and were easily available for mixing and matching and savouring. So the major food of the evening was a small buffet of fried chicken and corn bread waffle with scallions, short ribs and grits with collard greens, and smoked brisket and potato bun slider with macaroni. To top it off, there was a variety at the dessert table: southern pies (key lime, coconut cream, blueberry) and peach cobbler.
The Downside: music was too loud, and interfered with Mike's bourbon tasting seminar.
The Upside: A chance to do wide tasting and nibbling around a variety of southern cuisine dishes.
The Contact Person: katie@reachglobal.ca or ashton@reachglobal.ca
The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 93.

** Some Recommended Wines from the LCBO's Limited Time Offers selections...these  are good value...on sale  through Sunday November 6:

[red] Columbia Crest H3 Cabernet Sauvignon Horse Heaven Hills Columbia Valley Washington State Vintages +210047 normally $19.95, now $17.95, save $2.
[red] Trius Red VQA Niagara Peninsula Vintages +303800, normally $24.95, now $21.95, save $3
[red] Porcupine Ridge Syrah WO Swartland South Africa Vintages +595280 normally $16.95, now $13.95, save $3.
[white] La Crema Sonoma Coast Chardonnay California Vintages +963886, normally $30, now $28, save $2.
[splurge] Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma County California Vintages +352583, normally $46.95, now $41.95, save $5

MAJOR THEME:  California Icons – plus  GIFT Wines in time for Christmas, etc.

Wines Under $20
=========
W+20373    CHARLES BAKER RIESLING 2019 VQA Niagara Peninsula $19.95  MVC/QPR: 89.
W+398966    REDSTONE CHARDONNAY 2020    VQA Niagara Peninsula $19.95  MVC/QPR: 89.
W+928580    SANTA CAROLINA GRAN RESERVA CHARDONNAY    2019    Sustainable, carbon neutral, DO Valle de Itata $19.95  MVC/QPR: 91.
W+95802    PETER ZEMMER PINOT GRIGIO    2020    DOC Alto Adige $17.95  MVC/QPR: 89
R+83295    ODFJELL ARMADOR ORGANIC CARMENÈRE    2019    Central Valley        $18.95  MVC/QPR: 89.
R+300004    AMASTUOLA PRIMITIVO    2019    IGP Puglia $15.95     MVC/QPR: 90.
R+25638    GARCÉS SILVA CATALINO PAÍS    2019    Coronel de Maule, DO Secano Interior, Valle del Maule  $19.95  MVC/QPR: 89.

Wines Over $20

Sparkling+421032    CHARLES MIGNON PREMIUM RÉSERVE BRUT CHAMPAGNE $47.95 MVC/QPR: 91.
Sparkling+21858    BOTTEGA PINK GOLD ROSÉ PROSECCO    Charmat method, DOC, Italy        $29.95      MVC/QPR: 89.
R+645218    SELVAPIANA BUCERCHIALE RISERVA CHIANTI RÙFINA    2018    DOCG        $39.95     MVC/QPR: 89.
R+60525    RUTHERFORD RANCH RESERVE CABERNET SAUVIGNON    2018    Sustainable, Napa Valley        $79.95     MVC/QPR: 90.
R+155408    MARCHESI DI BAROLO BARBARESCO 2018    DOCG     $39.95 MVC/QPR: 89.
R+113357    DONATELLA CINELLI COLOMBINI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO    2016    DOCG        $69.95 MVC/QPR: 89.

RECOMMENDED GIFT BOTTLES (not tasted this week)

+27485    NIEPOORT VINTAGE PORT    2019    DOP, Portugal        $135.95 [in-store discovery, online exclusive]
+21861    MARCHESI DI BAROLO TRADIZIONE BAROLO & BARBARESCO     2017    Two bottles in wooden gift box, DOCG, Piedmont, Italy        $109.95
+384578    REMO FARINA AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA & VALPOLICELLA RIPASSO        Two bottles in wooden gift box, Veneto, Italy     $79.95    
+581561    TAYLOR FLADGATE HISTORIC LIMITED EDITION RESERVE TAWNY PORT        DOP, Portugal        $51.95

Dean Tudor,  Prof Emeritus T'karonto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) School of Journalism

Treasurer of Wine Writers' Circle of Canada http://www.deantudor.com
http://gothicepicures.blogspot.com
https://twitter.com/gothicepicures

NOMA 2.0: Vegetable, Forest, Ocean (Artisan, 2022, 352 pages, $95 hardbound)

NOMA 2.0: Vegetable, Forest, Ocean (Artisan, 2022, 352 pages, $95 hardbound) is by René Redzepi, Mette Søberg, and Junichi Takahashi. René Redzepi is the chef and co-owner of Noma in Copenhagen, five times recognized as the world's best restaurant. In 2021, Noma got its third Michelin star. His first book, Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine, was an IACP and James Beard Award winner. All three authors are the top culinary team at Noma, developing recipes in the kitchen lab. Indeed, Noma is possibly the world's most influential restaurant. The cookbook is laid out with narrative descriptions for the recipes. Dishes are organized seasonally: there is vegetable (May through August), forest (September through December), and ocean (January through April). Everything here is extremely inventive and extremely creative, and can be replicated with the right ingredients and the right equipment. It's all about stimulating the palate and the eye, with trompe l'oeil and unusual ingredients (e.g. reindeer brain). As the New York Times' Pete Wells wrote in praising Noma's flavours, "Sauces are administered so subtly that you don't notice anything weird going on; you just think you've never tasted anything so extraordinary in your life." There are 200 preps, with gorgeous photography for each plate. It's a very challenging and admirable book, but also a terrific coffee table gift book (it weighs about two kilos) for the armchair chef and traveler. The gift book of the season!

Dean Tudor,  Prof Emeritus T'karonto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) School of Journalism

Treasurer of Wine Writers' Circle of Canada http://www.deantudor.com
http://gothicepicures.blogspot.com
https://twitter.com/gothicepicures

From my newsletter --- These are on sale right now at LCBO, through November 6...Great La Crema...

** Some Recommended Wines from the LCBO's Limited Time Offers selections...these  are good value...on sale  through Sunday November 6:

[red] Columbia Crest H3 Cabernet Sauvignon Horse Heaven Hills Columbia Valley Washington State Vintages +210047 normally $19.95, now $17.95, save $2.
[red] Trius Red VQA Niagara Peninsula Vintages +303800, normally $24.95, now $21.95, save $3
[red] Porcupine Ridge Syrah WO Swartland South Africa Vintages +595280 normally $16.95, now $13.95, save $3.
[white] La Crema Sonoma Coast Chardonnay California Vintages +963886, normally $30, now $28, save $2.
[splurge] Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma County California Vintages +352583, normally $46.95, now $41.95, save $5

Fw: WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: under/over $20 for OCTOBER 8, 2022 release.

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES:  under/over $20 for OCTOBER 8,  2022 release.

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  LCBO Vintages (on a bi-weekly basis)  can always be found at http://www.gothicepicures.blogspot.ca  or at  http://www.deantudor.com No winery can buy their way into – or out of – this publication.

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).

Currently, the wine media have no access to the tasting samples usually provided to us in the LCBO lab on a fortnightly basis. This will go on for some time. 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 100 or so biweekly released wines I have recently tasted since January 2020 or so, and I can comfortably recommend them based on this prior sampling.
 
** Some New Wines I Tasted Over the Past While  ---

The Date and Time: Thursday June 23, 2020  1PM - 5PM
The Event: Gambrero Rosso Tre Bicchieri Summer Edition
The Venue: Liberty Grand
The Target Audience: wine trade, sommeliers, wine media
The Availability/Catalogue: one needed a QR code to access the catalogue which contained details for ordering wine.
The Wines: I tasted mostly whites, roses, and sparkling (hey, it was summer!) and a few reds of my interests.

**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-Tenute Tomasella Pros-ecco Prosecco Treviso DOC
-Cantina Tollo Roccaventosa 2020 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOP
-Cantina Tollo Mo' 2018 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva DOP
-Monte del Fra Valpolicella Classico Superiore Ripasso Lena di Mezzo Estate DOC, $24.95 (Vintages) Signature Agency
-Monte del Fra Ca' del Magro Custoza Superiore DOC 2019
-Varvaglione Vigne & Vini Papale Linea Oro Primtivo di Manduria 2019 DOP (Vintages)
-Umani Ronchi Centoric Plenio Riserva 2018
-Francesco Tornatore Etna Bianco Pietrarizzo 2021
-Tenute Tomasella Friuli Furiliana 2021
-Bruni Marememma Toscana Vermentini Plinio 2021
-Varvaglione Vigne & Vini Salice Salentino 2019
-Varvaglione Vigne & Vini 12 e Mezzo Primtivo di Manduria 2020 DOP
-Ferrari Brut MT Trento
-Ferrari Brut Rose MT Trento [60chard/40pinot noir]
-Tentiment CIVA Sauvignon Blanc 2020 Vigneto Bellazoia
-Montenidoli Vernaccia di San Gimignano Carato 2019
-Cantine Lunae Bosoni et Grigia Colli de Luni Vermentino 2021
-Offida Pecorino Reve 2020 Single Vineyard
-Casale del Giglio Anthium Bellone 2021 Lazio IGT
-Casale del Griglio Satrico 2021 Lazio IGT
-Tenute Borgo Conventi Sauvignon Blanc 2019 Collio

***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Umani Ronchi Centoric Pecorino Colli Aprutini 2020
-Umani Ronchi Centoric Verdicchio 2018
-Francesco Tornatore Etna Bianco 2021
-Tenute Tomasella Prosecco NV [twist top, low Al
-Tentiment CIVA Ribolla Giallo Friuli NV Extra Brut
-Tentiment CIVA Ribolla Giallo Friuli 2021
-Montenidoli Vernaccia di San Gimignano Fiore 2020
-Montenidoli Vernaccia di San Gimignano Traditionale 2020
-Cantine Lunae Bosoni et Grigia Vermentino 2021
-Cantine Lunae Bosoni et Grigia La Bianca 2021

The Food: Catered by the Liberty Grand Entertainment Group....platters of food included pesto panini, mozzarella and tomatoes, polenta topped with crispy mushrooms, meat skewers with veggies, flatbread/focaccia with creamy Gorgonzola and arugula, rotini ragu with grilled cherry tomatoes, prosciutto-wrapped breadsticks, arancini, and tiramisu and cannoli for dessert.
The Downside: I did not have a cell phone
The Upside: just about all the wines were white, rose, sparkling or light reds from Northern or Central Italy, a great tasting in view of the sunny summer weather.
The Contact Person: Benedetta <b.marassi@ice.it>
The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 90.

** Some Recommended Wines from the LCBO's Limited Time Offers selections...these  are good value...on sale  from Monday October 10 through Sunday November 6...

W+286278    Flat Rock Cellars Chardonnay  normal $19.95 save    $2.00    now $17.95
R+964221    Le Volte Dell'Ornellaia Igt Toscana    normal $29.95     save $2.00    now $27.95
R302018    Pipeau St. Emilion(Ch. Pipeau) normal $43.95 save $3.00    now $40.95
[splurge]R+352583    Beringer Knight's Valley Cabernet Sauvignon normal $46.95 save      $5.00 now    $41.95
R+595280    Porcupine Ridge Syrah  normal $16.95 save  $3.00    now $13.95
R+303800    Trius Vqa Red (Andres Wines Ltd) normal $24.95 save $3.00 now $21.95


MAJOR THEME:   Magnifico!  Italian Wines

Wines Under $20
=========
W+89011    FEATHERSTONE SAUVIGNON BLANC    2021    VQA Niagara Peninsula    $17.95
        MVC/QPR:  90
Sparkler +19031    CELENE BORDEAUX AMÉTHYSTE BRUT CRÉMANT DE BORDEAUX        Traditional method, AP, France    $16.95 MVC/QPR: 89
W+13429    SIEGEL SPECIAL RESERVE VIOGNIER    2021    Sustainable, DO Valle de Colchagua    $15.95 MVC/QPR:  89
W+24245    THELEMA SAUVIGNON BLANC    2020    Estate grown, WO Stellenbosch, South Africa    $16.95    MVC/QPR: 89


Wines Over $20
=========
Sparkling+28978    KEW VINEYARDS CUVÉE SPARKLING CHARDONNAY    2016    Traditional method, VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario    $23.95     MVC/QPR: 89
W+149302    FEATHERSTONE CANADIAN OAK CHARDONNAY    2020    VQA Niagara Peninsula    $24.95     MVC/QPR: 92
R+18008    HASELGROVE FIRST CUT CABERNET SAUVIGNON    2019    McLaren Vale, South Australia    $24.95     MVC/QPR: 89

Dean Tudor,  Prof Emeritus T'karonto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) School of Journalism

Treasurer of Wine Writers' Circle of Canada http://www.deantudor.com
http://gothicepicures.blogspot.com
https://twitter.com/gothicepicures