WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: under/over $20 for SEPTEMBER 23, 2023 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 https://pages.pathcom.com/~dtudor 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 https://pages.pathcom.com/~dtudor 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).
MAJOR THEME: HIGH SCORES & THANKSGIVING WINES
Wines Under $20
=========
Fizz+32214 LA GIOIOSA ET AMOROSA BRUT PROSECCO DOC Treviso $16.95, MVC/QPR: 89
W+389262 ZUCCARDI SERIE A TORRONTÉS 2022 Argentina $17.95 MVC/QPR: 89
W+518357 SIDEWOOD SAUVIGNON BLANC 2021 Adelaide Hills, South Australia $18.95 MVC/QPR: 89
W+14031 DOMAINE LES SALICES VIOGNIER 2021 IGP Pays d'Oc $16.95 MVC/QPR: 89
W+30099 CHÂTEAU LA PERRIERE MUSCADET SUR LIE 2021 Loire AC $14.95 MVC/QPR: 90
R+336313 GUADALUPE RED 2020 Vinho Regional Alentejano $14.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+30586 NAVASCUÉS ENOLOGÍA CUTIO GARNACHA 2019 DO Cariñena $16.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+30224 OLARRA CERRO AÑÓN CRIANZA 2019 DOCa Rioja $14.95 MVC/QPR: 90
R+35446 CABRAL RESERVA 2020 DOC Douro $14.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+365973 STONECAP CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2019 Washington Columbia Valley $18.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+14123 CALITERRA TRIBUTO SYRAH 2021 Colchagua Valley Vegan, single vineyard, DO Valle de Colchagua $17.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+30994 CONCHA Y TORO CASILLERO DEL DIABLO RESERVA ESPECIAL CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2021 Valle del Maule $17.95 MVC/QPR: 90
R+476002 LUNGAROTTI L'U UMBRIA ROSSO 2020 Umbria IGT $19.95 MVC/QPR: 89
Wines Over $20
Fizz+624775 MONMARTHE SECRET DE FAMILLE 1ER CRU BRUT CHAMPAGNE $52.95
MVC/QPR: 89
Fortified+21813 POÇAS COLHEITA PORT 2010 Douro Aged in cask, DOC $38.95 MVC/QPR: 93
W+663286 AUNTSFIELD SINGLE VINEYARD SAUVIGNON BLANC 2022 Sustainable, Southern Valleys, Marlborough, South Island $22.95 95 MVC/QPR: 89
W+346304 GRGICH HILLS ESTATE GROWN CHARDONNAY 2019 Napa Valley $78.95
MVC/QPR: 91
W+149302 FEATHERSTONE CANADIAN OAK CHARDONNAY 2021 VQA Ontario $24.95
MVC/QPR: 92
R+29831 DOMAINE DE LA BOURONIÈRE FLEURIE 2019 Beaujolais AC Fleurie $21.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+32520 FILI D'ERBA NERO DI TROIA 2019 IGT Puglia $20.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+274753 HIDDEN BENCH PINOT NOIR 2021 VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment $37.95 MVC/QPR: 89.
R+553313 MISSION HILL RESERVE MERLOT 2021 BC VQA Okanagan Valley $31.95
MVC/QPR: 89
R+973453 FAMILLE PERRIN LES CHRISTINS VACQUEYRAS 2020 Rhône AC $25.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+643205 CASTELLI DEL GREVEPESA CLEMENTE VII RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO 2018 Tuscany Sustainable, DOCG $24.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+384271 CHÂTEAU MAGNOL 2018 Bordeaux Sustainable, vegan, AC Haut-Médoc $26.95 MVC/QPR: 89
LIMITED TIME OFFERS: Some Recommended Wines from the LCBO's Limited Time Offers selections...these are good value...on sale through Sunday October 8...
W+250699 Banfi Principessa Gavia Gavi Piedmont, now $19.95, save $3.
W+326728 Oyster Bay Chardonnay Marlborough NZ, now $18.95, save $3
W+24133 Thirty Bench Winemaker's Blend Riesling Beamsville VQA, now $18.95, save $3
R+167189 Dandelion Vineyards Lionheart of the Barossa Shiraz, now $20.95, save $3
R+63891 Emiliana Coyam Organic Red Blend Colchagua Chile, now $31.95, save $3
R+322586 Montes Alpha Cabernet Sauvignon Colchagua Chile, now $19.95, save $3
R+590414 Oyster Bay Pinot Noir Marlborough NZ, now $19.95, save $3
** Some New Wines I Tasted Over the Past Season ---
REPORT ON THE GAMBERO ROSSO ANNUAL TRE BICHHIERI trade tasting, June, 2023...
The Event: Gambero Rosso Annual Tre Bicchieri Walk Around Tasting
The Venue: Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex
The Target Audience: wine trade and wine media
The Availability/Catalogue: once again, the catalogue was up in the cloud and had to be downloaded.
The Quote/Background: There was a masterclass from the Consorzio Tutela Vini d'Abruzzo on Cerasuolo Rose, based on Montepulciano d'Abruzzo grapes. We tasted six wines, and the results are noted below. All the wines were under cork, and ranged in price in Italy as 8 – 15 Euros each retail. And they were all small lot bottlings. In the grand hall, 48 wineries in all participated this year in Toronto.
The Wines: I did not taste all the wines, going after the sparkling, the whites, and the roses plus some reds.
**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Barone Pizzini Franciacortia Brut Golf 1927 NV
-Barone Pizzini Franciacortia Xtra Brut Rose 2018
-Zenato Lugana San Benedetto 2022
-Terzini Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOP 2022, hot finish at 14%ABV
-Buccicatino Fatt Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOP 2022, 13%ABV
-Velenosi Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOC Prope 2022, 13.5%ABV [my fave, savoury gamey tones]
-Tenuta Secolo IX Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOC 2022, 13.5%ABV
-Planeta Chardonnay 2021 Sicily (Vintages July 8) $54.95
-Terzini Pecorino IGT 2022 Abruzzo
-Cusumano Noa 2019 Sicily $31.95
-Allegrini Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2019 $104
-Masi Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Costasera Riserva 2017
-Lamole di Lamoe Chianti Gran Selezione Vigna Grospoli 2019
-Castello Vichimaggio FSM Vigna Piggarso 2018 $69.85
-Torrevento Castel del Monte Rosso Vigna Pedale Riserva 2016 Puglia
-Famiglia Cecchi Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Villa Rosa 2018
-Tenute del Cerro Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2019 Tuscany
-Sorelle Bronca Valdobbiadene Rive di Rua Brut Particella 181 2021 Prosecco
-Sorelle Bronca Valdobbiadene Rive di Rua Brut NV Prosecco
-Monviert FCO Ribolla Gialla Riserva 2019 Friuli Venezia Giulia
-Cantina Tollo Peco IGP Pecorino Terre di Chieti 2022
-Infinitum Primativo Rosada $15.95
-Panizzi Vernacia de San Gimignano DOCG 2017
***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Sorelle Bronca Valdobbiadene Rive di Rua Brut Rose 2022
-Jasci & Marchesani Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOC 2022, 12.5%ABV
-Jasci & Marchesani Pecorino IGT 2022 Abruzzo
-Famiglia de Cerchio Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOC Passo Sacro 2022, 13%ABV
-Ferrari Brut
-Dievole Chianti Gran Selezione 2018
-San Marzano Edda $27.95
-Fortemasso Barolo Castelletto Riserva 2016
-Castello di Meleto Chianti Classico Gran Selezione V. Poggiarso 2018 $55
-Planeta Maroccoli 2018 Sicily $ 49.95 (Vintages Oct 7)
-Tornatore Etna Bianco 2021 Sicily $37.50 (Noble Estates)
-Tornatore Etna Rosso 2021 Sicily $33 (Noble Estates)
-Italo Cescon Pinot Grigio 2022
-Tenuta Borgo Conventi Collio Bianco Luna di Ponca 2019 Friuli Venezia Giulia
The Food: servers came around with platters of diverse appetizers, including lamb and veggies, beef, meatballs, bruschetta, mushroom pizza, arancini.
The Contact Person: gamberorossocanada@sogood.it
The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 89
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 https://pages.pathcom.com/~dtudor 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 https://pages.pathcom.com/~dtudor 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).
MAJOR THEME: HIGH SCORES & THANKSGIVING WINES
Wines Under $20
=========
Fizz+32214 LA GIOIOSA ET AMOROSA BRUT PROSECCO DOC Treviso $16.95, MVC/QPR: 89
W+389262 ZUCCARDI SERIE A TORRONTÉS 2022 Argentina $17.95 MVC/QPR: 89
W+518357 SIDEWOOD SAUVIGNON BLANC 2021 Adelaide Hills, South Australia $18.95 MVC/QPR: 89
W+14031 DOMAINE LES SALICES VIOGNIER 2021 IGP Pays d'Oc $16.95 MVC/QPR: 89
W+30099 CHÂTEAU LA PERRIERE MUSCADET SUR LIE 2021 Loire AC $14.95 MVC/QPR: 90
R+336313 GUADALUPE RED 2020 Vinho Regional Alentejano $14.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+30586 NAVASCUÉS ENOLOGÍA CUTIO GARNACHA 2019 DO Cariñena $16.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+30224 OLARRA CERRO AÑÓN CRIANZA 2019 DOCa Rioja $14.95 MVC/QPR: 90
R+35446 CABRAL RESERVA 2020 DOC Douro $14.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+365973 STONECAP CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2019 Washington Columbia Valley $18.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+14123 CALITERRA TRIBUTO SYRAH 2021 Colchagua Valley Vegan, single vineyard, DO Valle de Colchagua $17.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+30994 CONCHA Y TORO CASILLERO DEL DIABLO RESERVA ESPECIAL CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2021 Valle del Maule $17.95 MVC/QPR: 90
R+476002 LUNGAROTTI L'U UMBRIA ROSSO 2020 Umbria IGT $19.95 MVC/QPR: 89
Wines Over $20
Fizz+624775 MONMARTHE SECRET DE FAMILLE 1ER CRU BRUT CHAMPAGNE $52.95
MVC/QPR: 89
Fortified+21813 POÇAS COLHEITA PORT 2010 Douro Aged in cask, DOC $38.95 MVC/QPR: 93
W+663286 AUNTSFIELD SINGLE VINEYARD SAUVIGNON BLANC 2022 Sustainable, Southern Valleys, Marlborough, South Island $22.95 95 MVC/QPR: 89
W+346304 GRGICH HILLS ESTATE GROWN CHARDONNAY 2019 Napa Valley $78.95
MVC/QPR: 91
W+149302 FEATHERSTONE CANADIAN OAK CHARDONNAY 2021 VQA Ontario $24.95
MVC/QPR: 92
R+29831 DOMAINE DE LA BOURONIÈRE FLEURIE 2019 Beaujolais AC Fleurie $21.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+32520 FILI D'ERBA NERO DI TROIA 2019 IGT Puglia $20.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+274753 HIDDEN BENCH PINOT NOIR 2021 VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment $37.95 MVC/QPR: 89.
R+553313 MISSION HILL RESERVE MERLOT 2021 BC VQA Okanagan Valley $31.95
MVC/QPR: 89
R+973453 FAMILLE PERRIN LES CHRISTINS VACQUEYRAS 2020 Rhône AC $25.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+643205 CASTELLI DEL GREVEPESA CLEMENTE VII RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO 2018 Tuscany Sustainable, DOCG $24.95 MVC/QPR: 89
R+384271 CHÂTEAU MAGNOL 2018 Bordeaux Sustainable, vegan, AC Haut-Médoc $26.95 MVC/QPR: 89
LIMITED TIME OFFERS: Some Recommended Wines from the LCBO's Limited Time Offers selections...these are good value...on sale through Sunday October 8...
W+250699 Banfi Principessa Gavia Gavi Piedmont, now $19.95, save $3.
W+326728 Oyster Bay Chardonnay Marlborough NZ, now $18.95, save $3
W+24133 Thirty Bench Winemaker's Blend Riesling Beamsville VQA, now $18.95, save $3
R+167189 Dandelion Vineyards Lionheart of the Barossa Shiraz, now $20.95, save $3
R+63891 Emiliana Coyam Organic Red Blend Colchagua Chile, now $31.95, save $3
R+322586 Montes Alpha Cabernet Sauvignon Colchagua Chile, now $19.95, save $3
R+590414 Oyster Bay Pinot Noir Marlborough NZ, now $19.95, save $3
** Some New Wines I Tasted Over the Past Season ---
REPORT ON THE GAMBERO ROSSO ANNUAL TRE BICHHIERI trade tasting, June, 2023...
The Event: Gambero Rosso Annual Tre Bicchieri Walk Around Tasting
The Venue: Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex
The Target Audience: wine trade and wine media
The Availability/Catalogue: once again, the catalogue was up in the cloud and had to be downloaded.
The Quote/Background: There was a masterclass from the Consorzio Tutela Vini d'Abruzzo on Cerasuolo Rose, based on Montepulciano d'Abruzzo grapes. We tasted six wines, and the results are noted below. All the wines were under cork, and ranged in price in Italy as 8 – 15 Euros each retail. And they were all small lot bottlings. In the grand hall, 48 wineries in all participated this year in Toronto.
The Wines: I did not taste all the wines, going after the sparkling, the whites, and the roses plus some reds.
**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Barone Pizzini Franciacortia Brut Golf 1927 NV
-Barone Pizzini Franciacortia Xtra Brut Rose 2018
-Zenato Lugana San Benedetto 2022
-Terzini Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOP 2022, hot finish at 14%ABV
-Buccicatino Fatt Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOP 2022, 13%ABV
-Velenosi Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOC Prope 2022, 13.5%ABV [my fave, savoury gamey tones]
-Tenuta Secolo IX Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOC 2022, 13.5%ABV
-Planeta Chardonnay 2021 Sicily (Vintages July 8) $54.95
-Terzini Pecorino IGT 2022 Abruzzo
-Cusumano Noa 2019 Sicily $31.95
-Allegrini Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2019 $104
-Masi Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Costasera Riserva 2017
-Lamole di Lamoe Chianti Gran Selezione Vigna Grospoli 2019
-Castello Vichimaggio FSM Vigna Piggarso 2018 $69.85
-Torrevento Castel del Monte Rosso Vigna Pedale Riserva 2016 Puglia
-Famiglia Cecchi Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Villa Rosa 2018
-Tenute del Cerro Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2019 Tuscany
-Sorelle Bronca Valdobbiadene Rive di Rua Brut Particella 181 2021 Prosecco
-Sorelle Bronca Valdobbiadene Rive di Rua Brut NV Prosecco
-Monviert FCO Ribolla Gialla Riserva 2019 Friuli Venezia Giulia
-Cantina Tollo Peco IGP Pecorino Terre di Chieti 2022
-Infinitum Primativo Rosada $15.95
-Panizzi Vernacia de San Gimignano DOCG 2017
***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Sorelle Bronca Valdobbiadene Rive di Rua Brut Rose 2022
-Jasci & Marchesani Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOC 2022, 12.5%ABV
-Jasci & Marchesani Pecorino IGT 2022 Abruzzo
-Famiglia de Cerchio Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOC Passo Sacro 2022, 13%ABV
-Ferrari Brut
-Dievole Chianti Gran Selezione 2018
-San Marzano Edda $27.95
-Fortemasso Barolo Castelletto Riserva 2016
-Castello di Meleto Chianti Classico Gran Selezione V. Poggiarso 2018 $55
-Planeta Maroccoli 2018 Sicily $ 49.95 (Vintages Oct 7)
-Tornatore Etna Bianco 2021 Sicily $37.50 (Noble Estates)
-Tornatore Etna Rosso 2021 Sicily $33 (Noble Estates)
-Italo Cescon Pinot Grigio 2022
-Tenuta Borgo Conventi Collio Bianco Luna di Ponca 2019 Friuli Venezia Giulia
The Food: servers came around with platters of diverse appetizers, including lamb and veggies, beef, meatballs, bruschetta, mushroom pizza, arancini.
The Contact Person: gamberorossocanada@sogood.it
The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 89
Dean Tudor, Prof Emeritus T'karonto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) School of Journalism
Treasurer of Wine Writers' Circle of Canada http://www.deantudor.comhttp://gothicepicures.blogspot.com
https://twitter.com/gothicepicures
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