WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for February 18, 2017.
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By DEAN TUDOR, Gothic Epicures Writing deantudor@deantudor.com. My Internet compendium "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.
So many people have asked me for wine recommendations, with numbers only. The readers' most common response is that while they like what I say, they only relate to the score. The score is a combination of MVC (Modal Varietal Character, where e.g. a Southern Rhone tastes like a Southern Rhone and not like a Northern Rhone) and Quality/Price Ratio. Let's take it for granted that, e.g., a Riesling tastes like a Riesling, and the wine has some value in the marketplace either above or below its selling price. This way too I can also cover more wines.
This restructured wine newsletter for the Ontario market (with wines available through the LCBO and Vintages on a bi-weekly basis) can always be found at http://www.gothicepicures.blogspot.ca/ or at http://www.deantudor.com
THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL FINDS – (all under $20)
R+383018 RAMIREZ DE LA PISCINA CRIANZA Rioja 2012 $15.95, 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
W+485243 16 Mile Cellar REBEL CHARDONNAY VQA Niagara Peninsula 2012 $19.95, MVC/QPR: 91
R+481184 CASTELSINA CHIANTI RISERVA 2010 $14.95, 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
20 under $20
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R+17111 FINCA FLICHMAN EXPRESIONES RESERVE SHIRAZ/CABERNET SAUVIGNON Mendoza 2014 $15.95, 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+60244 SANTA ALICIA GRAN RESERVA DE LOS ANDES CABERNET SAUVIGNON Maipo Valley 2013 $15.95, 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+89029 TAWSE SKETCHES OF NIAGARA RIESLING VQA Niagara Peninsula 2014 $18.95,
MVC/QPR: 91
W+162651 LANDER-JENKINS CHARDONNAY California 2014 $18.95, 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+194753 Bodegas Franco-Españolas RIOJA BORDÓN RESERVA 2009 $19.95, 13.5% ABV,
MVC/QPR: 89
R+244699 ABAD DOM BUENO CRIANZA DO Bierzo 2006 $15.95, 14.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+246579 CAVE SPRING ESTATE BOTTLED CHARDONNAY MUSQUÉ Cave Spring vineyard, VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2014 $16.95, 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+251439 FIELDING ESTATE BOTTLED RIESLING VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2015 $19.95, MVC/QPR: 89
R+265967 FOWLES STONE DWELLERS SHIRAZ Strathbogie Ranges, Victoria 2013 $19.95, 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+287961 Small Gully Wines OSCAR'S ESTATE VINEYARD SHIRAZ/VIOGNIER Barossa Valley, South Australia 2013 $18.95, 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+295626 STADT KREMS GRÜNER VELTLINER Kremstal 2015 $16.95, 12.5% ABV,
MVC/QPR: 89
R+317008 VERSADO MALBEC Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza 2013 $19.95, 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
W+350900 ROBERT OATLEY SIGNATURE SERIES CHARDONNAY Margaret River, Western Australia 2015 $18.95, MVC/QPR: 89
R+397422 Quinta de Porrais PARCELAS DOC Douro 2013 $14.95, 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+413245 GÉRARD BERTRAND GRAND TERROIR LES ASPRES SYRAH/MOURVÈDRE/
GRENACHE Côtes du Roussillon Les Aspres 2013 $18.95, 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+474031 PENMARA THE WHITE RIBBON SÉMILLON Hunter Valley, New South Wales 2016 $14.95, MVC/QPR: 88
R+476390 AIA VECCHIA LAGONE TOSCANA IGT Toscana 2013 $19.95, 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+477752 VALLE REALE SENTIERI PECORINO DOC 2015 $15.95, 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+479659 Michel Gassier CHÂTEAU DE NAGES VIEILLES VIGNES COSTIÈRES DE NÎMES
2014 $19.95, 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+480673 XENYSEL PIE FRANCO MONASTRELL DOP Jumilla 2015 $13.95, 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+482497 EMBOCADERO DO Ribera del Duero San Pedro Regalado 2012 $15.95, 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+675223 KILIKANOON KILLERMAN'S RUN CABERNET SAUVIGNON Clare Valley, South Australia 2014 $19.95, 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+973214 DI MAJO NORANTE BIFERNO ROSSO RAMITELLO DOC 2012 $18.95, 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
20 over $20
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R+28837 CLARENCE DILLON CLARENDELLE RED AC Bordeaux 2012 $23.95, 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91.
R+32508 PININO BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2010 $54.95, 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+90365 WATERBROOK CABERNET SAUVIGNON Columbia Valley 2013 $24.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+204750 GIUSEPPE CAMPAGNOLA AMARONE DELLA CLASSICO 2012 $43.95, 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+219469 TWO HANDS SEXY BEAST CABERNET SAUVIGNON McLaren Vale, South Australia 2015 $29.95, 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.
R+225052 MAISON NICOLAS PERRIN SAINT-JOSEPH 2013 $39.95, 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+268391 HENRY OF PELHAM ESTATE PINOT NOIR VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2012 $24.95, 13.6% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+293431 VIVANCO RESERVA Selección de Familia Rioja 2010 $24.95. 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+357475 DANDELION LIONESS OF MCLAREN VALE SHIRAZ McLaren Vale, South Australia 2014 $21.95, 13.4% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+479709 CHÂTEAU ROMBEAU CUVÉE PIERRE DE LA FABRÈGUE Côtes de Roussillon 2012 $22.95, 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+484626 ROCKWAY WILD FERMENT CHARDONNAY VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2014 $22.95, 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+485102 PLANETA CHARDONNAY DOC Sicilia 2014 $45.95, 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+684530 CONO SUR 20 BARRELS LIMITED EDITION PINOT NOIR Casablanca Valley 2014 $29.95, 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+695908 Jean Pabiot et Fils DOMAINE DES FINES CAILLOTTES POUILLY-FUMÉ 2015 $26.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+699454 ROCCA DELLE MACÌE RISERVA DI FIZZANO SINGLE VINEYARD GRAN SELEZIONE CHIANTI CLASSICO 2013 $33.95, 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+740639 CHÂTEAU SIXTINE CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE 2013 $47.95, 15.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+998476 JIM BARRY THE LODGE HILL SHIRAZ Clare Valley, South Australia 2013 $24.95, 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.
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