WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: 20 wines under & over $20 for the APRIL 11, 2026 release.
By DEAN TUDOR, wine writer since 1968 and owner of Gothic Epicures Writing --- deantudor@deantudor.com. My "Wines, Beers and Spirits of the Net", a guide to thousands of wine news items and RSS feeds, plus references to individual wines, beers and spirits, has been at https://pages.pathcom.com/~dtudor since 1994. These notes (below) for TOP wines available through the LCBO Vintages New Releases (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 – my publications. Not all wines are available in every LCBO store.
What is a TOP wine? Terrific-Occasional-Personal--- A TOP wine can be expressed as 88+ points, or Silver/Gold Medal, or described as BETTER/BEST, or 4/5 ****/***** Stars (out of?) and other such categories [in the 1950s such categories were titled "dandy, so-so, punk and lousy"]. My evaluations are a combined MVC (Modal Varietal Character, e.g. a Rhone wine should taste like Rhone) and QPR (Quality/Price Ratio value in the marketplace, above or below its price).
THEME • NEW ZEALAND
SPARKLING WINE
[FIZZ--42057 ACKERMAN BULLE ROYALE CRÉMANT DE LOIRE BRUT SPARKLING $20.95
280172 OYSTER BAY ROSÉ SPARKLING CUVÉE NEW ZEALAND $23.95]
[ROSE -- 32422 LYV ROSÉ LANGUEDOC $19.95
49070 LUBANZI CINSAULT ROSÉ 2025 SOUTH AFRICA $18.95]
TOP White Wines UNDER $20 in this release.
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413757 MAISON COUILLAUD RÉSERVE DU CHIRON MUSCADET SÈVRE ET MAINE LOIRE $16.95
48332 CHÂTEAU DE NAGES HÉRITAGE BLANC 2023 RHONE $19.95
40537 NOVUS ALTITUDE ASSYRTIKO/MOSCHOFILERO/MALAGOUSIA 2024 GREECE $17.95
117945 TAHBILK MARSANNE 2024 AUSTRALIA $19.95
35860 CHÂTEAU ROQUEFORT LES ROCHES BLANCHES SAUVIGNON BLANC 2024 BORDEAUX $15.95
19767 TIKI SINGLE VINEYARD NORTH CANTERBURY SAUVIGNON BLANC 2025 NEW ZEALAND $19.95
47918 THORNBURY WAIRPARA PINOT GRIS 2024 NEW ZEALAND $18.95
10020 HÃHÃ HAWKE'S BAY CHARDONNAY 2024 NEW ZEALAND $19.95
13338 RADFORD DALE VINUM CHENIN BLANC 2023 SOUTH AFRICA $19.95
TOP Red Wines UNDER $20 for this release.
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29280 TERRAZAS DE LOS ANDES RESERVA ORGANIC MALBEC 2023 $19.95
41309 STONEHAVEN STEPPING STONE CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2021 AUSTRALIA $16.95
471854 RIOJA VEGA CRIANZA 2021 $16.95
166579 MONASTERIO DE LAS VIÑAS RESERVA 2022 SPAIN $17.95
358127 DANDELION VINEYARDS LIONHEART OF THE BAROSSA SHIRAZ 2023 $12.95
119354 CHÂTEAU SAINT-ROCH CHIMÈRES CÔTES DU ROUSSILLON-VILLAGES $19.95
11152 COUTADA VELHA SIGNATURE RED 2022 PORTUGAL $14.95
13439 CHÂTEAU DE MONTFAUCON LA CÔTE CÔTES DU RHÔNE 2022 $18.95
309260 LE GRAVILLAS SÉGURET CÔTES DU RHÔNE-VILLAGES 2022 $19.95
15495 3 RINGS SHIRAZ 2023 AUSTRALIA $18.95
632091 BLEASDALE BROAD-SIDE SHIRAZ/CABERNET SAUVIGNON/MALBEC AUSTRALIA 2023 $19.95
494039 DOMAINE LAFAGE CAYROL VIEILLES VIGNES CARIGNAN 2023 $19.95
TOP White Wines OVER $20 in this release.
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46824 CULMINA DILEMMA CHARDONNAY 2022 BC VQA $39.95
523845 CHARLES BAKER B-SIDE RIESLING 2024 VQA $24.95
431593 TAWSE LIMESTONE RIDGE-NORTH RIESLING 2024 VQA $24.95
36446 PANIZZI VERNACCIA DI SAN GIMIGNANO 2024 TUSCANY $25.95
536177 TOHU AWATERE VALLEY SAUVIGNON BLANC 2024 NEW ZEALAND $22.95
47914 LOVEBLOCK ORGANIC PINOT GRIS NEW ZEALAND $23.95
TOP Red Wines OVER $20 for this release.
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20422 HIDDEN BENCH GAMAY 2023 VQA $29.95
48145 AVES DEL SUR GRAN RESERVA CABERNET SAUVIGNON CHILE 2020 $25.95
41331 LAURENT PERRACHON VIEILLES VIGNES FLEURIE 2023 $20.95
404285 CHÂTEAU PLAISANCE BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR 2019 $26.95
48976 DOMAINE DU BEAUREGARD CUVÉE ORIGINE BOURGOGNE PINOT NOIR $28.95
716266 SAN FELICE IL GRIGIO RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO 2022 $29.95
429415 FRESCOBALDI CAMPO AI SASSI ROSSO DI MONTALCINO 2021 $22.95
630939 RICASOLI BROLIO BETTINO CHIANTI CLASSICO 2022 $28.95
551796 CARPINETO ROSSO DI MONTALCINO 2023 $29.95
LIMITED TIME OFFERS: Some Recommended Wines from the LCBO’s Limited Time Offer selections...these are "better" value...on sale through April 26
WHITE WINES
Flat Rock Twisted White VQA
$16.95 $18.95 Save $2.00
Kim Crawford Chardonnay
$16.95 $20.95 Save $4.00
Kim Crawford Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
$18.95 $21.95 Save $3.00
Oyster Bay Chardonnay
$18.95 $20.95 Save $2.00
Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc
$16.95 $20.95 Save $4.00
Malivoire Estate Grown Chardonnay VQA
$22.95 $24.95 Save $2.00
Willm Reserve Pinot Gris
$17.95 $19.95 Save $2.00
Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc
$29.95 $31.95 Save $2.00
Featherstone Black Sheep Riesling VQA
$17.95 $19.95 Save $2.00
Casas del Bosque Reserva Sauvignon Blanc
$15.95 $17.95 Save $2.00
25 bonus points
RED WINES
Calvet Réserve des Remparts Saint-Émilion
$22.95 $24.95 Save $2.00
Emiliana Coyam Organic Red Blend
$26.95 $29.95 Save $3.00
100 bonus points
Ringbolt Cabernet Sauvignon
$20.95 $22.95 Save $2.00
Monasterio de las Viñas Gran Reserva
$20.95 $22.95 Save $2.00
Kim Crawford Pinot Noir
$19.95 $22.95 Save $3.00
San Felice Chianti Classico
$19.95 $21.95 Save $2.00
13th Street Gamay VQA
$17.95 $19.95 Save $2.00
Tedeschi Amarone della Valpolicella
$47.95 $50.95 Save $3.00
Torres Gran Coronas Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon
$17.95 $19.95 Save $2.00
FOR MORE SELECTIONS, GO TO -- https://www.lcbo.com/en/products#t=clp-products&sort=relevancy&layout=card&f:@lcbo_current_offer=[On%20Sale]
By DEAN TUDOR, wine writer since 1968 and owner of Gothic Epicures Writing --- deantudor@deantudor.com. My "Wines, Beers and Spirits of the Net", a guide to thousands of wine news items and RSS feeds, plus references to individual wines, beers and spirits, has been at https://pages.pathcom.com/~dtudor since 1994. These notes (below) for TOP wines available through the LCBO Vintages New Releases (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 – my publications. Not all wines are available in every LCBO store.
What is a TOP wine? Terrific-Occasional-Personal--- A TOP wine can be expressed as 88+ points, or Silver/Gold Medal, or described as BETTER/BEST, or 4/5 ****/***** Stars (out of?) and other such categories [in the 1950s such categories were titled "dandy, so-so, punk and lousy"]. My evaluations are a combined MVC (Modal Varietal Character, e.g. a Rhone wine should taste like Rhone) and QPR (Quality/Price Ratio value in the marketplace, above or below its price).
THEME • NEW ZEALAND
SPARKLING WINE
[FIZZ--42057 ACKERMAN BULLE ROYALE CRÉMANT DE LOIRE BRUT SPARKLING $20.95
280172 OYSTER BAY ROSÉ SPARKLING CUVÉE NEW ZEALAND $23.95]
[ROSE -- 32422 LYV ROSÉ LANGUEDOC $19.95
49070 LUBANZI CINSAULT ROSÉ 2025 SOUTH AFRICA $18.95]
TOP White Wines UNDER $20 in this release.
=========================================
413757 MAISON COUILLAUD RÉSERVE DU CHIRON MUSCADET SÈVRE ET MAINE LOIRE $16.95
48332 CHÂTEAU DE NAGES HÉRITAGE BLANC 2023 RHONE $19.95
40537 NOVUS ALTITUDE ASSYRTIKO/MOSCHOFILERO/MALAGOUSIA 2024 GREECE $17.95
117945 TAHBILK MARSANNE 2024 AUSTRALIA $19.95
35860 CHÂTEAU ROQUEFORT LES ROCHES BLANCHES SAUVIGNON BLANC 2024 BORDEAUX $15.95
19767 TIKI SINGLE VINEYARD NORTH CANTERBURY SAUVIGNON BLANC 2025 NEW ZEALAND $19.95
47918 THORNBURY WAIRPARA PINOT GRIS 2024 NEW ZEALAND $18.95
10020 HÃHÃ HAWKE'S BAY CHARDONNAY 2024 NEW ZEALAND $19.95
13338 RADFORD DALE VINUM CHENIN BLANC 2023 SOUTH AFRICA $19.95
TOP Red Wines UNDER $20 for this release.
========================================
29280 TERRAZAS DE LOS ANDES RESERVA ORGANIC MALBEC 2023 $19.95
41309 STONEHAVEN STEPPING STONE CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2021 AUSTRALIA $16.95
471854 RIOJA VEGA CRIANZA 2021 $16.95
166579 MONASTERIO DE LAS VIÑAS RESERVA 2022 SPAIN $17.95
358127 DANDELION VINEYARDS LIONHEART OF THE BAROSSA SHIRAZ 2023 $12.95
119354 CHÂTEAU SAINT-ROCH CHIMÈRES CÔTES DU ROUSSILLON-VILLAGES $19.95
11152 COUTADA VELHA SIGNATURE RED 2022 PORTUGAL $14.95
13439 CHÂTEAU DE MONTFAUCON LA CÔTE CÔTES DU RHÔNE 2022 $18.95
309260 LE GRAVILLAS SÉGURET CÔTES DU RHÔNE-VILLAGES 2022 $19.95
15495 3 RINGS SHIRAZ 2023 AUSTRALIA $18.95
632091 BLEASDALE BROAD-SIDE SHIRAZ/CABERNET SAUVIGNON/MALBEC AUSTRALIA 2023 $19.95
494039 DOMAINE LAFAGE CAYROL VIEILLES VIGNES CARIGNAN 2023 $19.95
TOP White Wines OVER $20 in this release.
=========================================
46824 CULMINA DILEMMA CHARDONNAY 2022 BC VQA $39.95
523845 CHARLES BAKER B-SIDE RIESLING 2024 VQA $24.95
431593 TAWSE LIMESTONE RIDGE-NORTH RIESLING 2024 VQA $24.95
36446 PANIZZI VERNACCIA DI SAN GIMIGNANO 2024 TUSCANY $25.95
536177 TOHU AWATERE VALLEY SAUVIGNON BLANC 2024 NEW ZEALAND $22.95
47914 LOVEBLOCK ORGANIC PINOT GRIS NEW ZEALAND $23.95
TOP Red Wines OVER $20 for this release.
=======================================
20422 HIDDEN BENCH GAMAY 2023 VQA $29.95
48145 AVES DEL SUR GRAN RESERVA CABERNET SAUVIGNON CHILE 2020 $25.95
41331 LAURENT PERRACHON VIEILLES VIGNES FLEURIE 2023 $20.95
404285 CHÂTEAU PLAISANCE BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR 2019 $26.95
48976 DOMAINE DU BEAUREGARD CUVÉE ORIGINE BOURGOGNE PINOT NOIR $28.95
716266 SAN FELICE IL GRIGIO RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO 2022 $29.95
429415 FRESCOBALDI CAMPO AI SASSI ROSSO DI MONTALCINO 2021 $22.95
630939 RICASOLI BROLIO BETTINO CHIANTI CLASSICO 2022 $28.95
551796 CARPINETO ROSSO DI MONTALCINO 2023 $29.95
LIMITED TIME OFFERS: Some Recommended Wines from the LCBO’s Limited Time Offer selections...these are "better" value...on sale through April 26
WHITE WINES
Flat Rock Twisted White VQA
$16.95 $18.95 Save $2.00
Kim Crawford Chardonnay
$16.95 $20.95 Save $4.00
Kim Crawford Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
$18.95 $21.95 Save $3.00
Oyster Bay Chardonnay
$18.95 $20.95 Save $2.00
Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc
$16.95 $20.95 Save $4.00
Malivoire Estate Grown Chardonnay VQA
$22.95 $24.95 Save $2.00
Willm Reserve Pinot Gris
$17.95 $19.95 Save $2.00
Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc
$29.95 $31.95 Save $2.00
Featherstone Black Sheep Riesling VQA
$17.95 $19.95 Save $2.00
Casas del Bosque Reserva Sauvignon Blanc
$15.95 $17.95 Save $2.00
25 bonus points
RED WINES
Calvet Réserve des Remparts Saint-Émilion
$22.95 $24.95 Save $2.00
Emiliana Coyam Organic Red Blend
$26.95 $29.95 Save $3.00
100 bonus points
Ringbolt Cabernet Sauvignon
$20.95 $22.95 Save $2.00
Monasterio de las Viñas Gran Reserva
$20.95 $22.95 Save $2.00
Kim Crawford Pinot Noir
$19.95 $22.95 Save $3.00
San Felice Chianti Classico
$19.95 $21.95 Save $2.00
13th Street Gamay VQA
$17.95 $19.95 Save $2.00
Tedeschi Amarone della Valpolicella
$47.95 $50.95 Save $3.00
Torres Gran Coronas Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon
$17.95 $19.95 Save $2.00
FOR MORE SELECTIONS, GO TO -- https://www.lcbo.com/en/products#t=clp-products&sort=relevancy&layout=card&f:@lcbo_current_offer=[On%20Sale]
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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