WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for September 16, 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 wine letter for the Ontario market (wines available through the LCBO 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 --
R+171587 FARINA LE PEZZE AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO DOCG 2013 $34.95 15.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
W+458638 RYDER CHARDONNAY Central Coast 2015 $17.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
20 under $20
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R+167601 ARDAL CRIANZA DO Ribera del Duero 2013 $19.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+341586 FEATHERSTONE FOUR FEATHERS VQA Niagara Peninsula 2016 $14.95
MVC/QPR: 90
R+359299 VIEWPOINTE CABERNET FRANC VQA Lake Erie North Shore 2010 $17.10 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+413237 GÉRARD BERTRAND SYRAH/GRENACHE AP Languedoc 2013 $16.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+454785 TOI TOI SAUVIGNON BLANC Marlborough, South Island 2016 $17.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+493973 THIRTY BENCH WINEMAKER'S BLEND DOUBLE NOIR VQA Niagara Peninsula 2015 $18.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+496828 BRUNILDE DI MENZIONE AGLIANICO DEL VULTURE DOC 2015 $16.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+518977 TERRA TANGRA ORGANIC CABERNET SAUVIGNON/MERLOT/MAVRUD PGI Thracian Valley 2015 $14.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+707158 ZENATO SAN BENEDETTO LUGANA DOC 2016 $17.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+186668 TRAPICHE FINCA LAS PALMAS GRAN RESERVA MALBEC Uco Valley, Mendoza 2014 $16.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+246736 PALACIO DE SADA CRIANZA DO Navarra 2013 $16.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+311258 WITS END LUNA SHIRAZ McLaren Vale, South Australia 2015 $17.95
14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+343491 DOMAINE LAFAGE CUVÉE CENTENAIRE AP Côtes du Roussillon 2016 $17.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+370221 FONT DU VENT NOTRE PASSION CÔTES DU RHÔNE-VILLAGES SIGNARGUES AP 2015 $17.95 13.73% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+398933 ALCEÑO PREMIUM 50 BARRICAS SYRAH DO Jumilla 2014 $14.95
14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+536581 MIOLO CHARDONNAY Serra Gaúcha BRAZIL 2015 $15.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+520668 COLCHESTER RIDGE CREW FLAGSHIP CHARDONNAY VQA Lake Erie North Shore 2016 $19.95 13.7% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+496133 TWO TAILS PINOT NOIR Marlborough, South Island 2015 $19.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+445817 THÖRLE ESTATE DRY RIESLING Qualitätswein 2015 $18.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
20 over $20
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W+1552 FLAT ROCK THE RUSTY SHED CHARDONNAY VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2014 $26.95 MVC/QPR: 89+
W+269258 A TO Z WINEWORKS CHARDONNAY Oregon 2015 $22.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+332247 BENEFIZIO CASTELLO DI POMINO RISERVA DOC Pomino Bianco 2015 $36.95
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+333211 MOUNTADAM HIGH EDEN ESTATE CHARDONNAY High Eden, Eden Valley, South Australia 2015 $26.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+372458 SCACCIADIAVOLI MONTEFALCO ROSSO DOC 2012 $20.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+461269 IZADI RESERVA DOCa Rioja 2012 $19.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+463000 14 HANDS MERLOT Columbia Valley 2014 $18.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+492900 LOUIS MAX BEAUCHARME CHARDONNAY BOURGOGNE 2014 $21.95
12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+503904 CHÂTEAU CLARKE Listrac-Médoc 2010 $42.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+523183 LEANING POST PINOT NOIR VQA Niagara Peninsula 2013 $30.20 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+616466 HENRY OF PELHAM SPECK FAMILY RESERVE CHARDONNAY VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2015 $29.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
W+719435 LA CREMA SONOMA COAST PINOT NOIR Sonoma Coast 2015 $29.95
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+9480 TWO HANDS ANGELS' SHARE SHIRAZ McLaren Vale, South Australia 2015 $24.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+363028 VILLA POGGIO SALVI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DOCG 2011 $49.95
14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+364828 TOBÍA SELECCIÓN CRIANZA Rioja 2013 $21.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+443572 CREEKSIDE MARIANNE HILL RIESLING Marianne Hill Vineyard, VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment 2015 $20.90 10.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+707323 RUSTENBERG JOHN X MERRIMAN WO Simonsberg-Stellenbosch 2013 $24.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+515460 TENUTA DI BURCHINO IL BURCHINO IGT Toscana 2010 $22.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+356501 LANDMARK VINEYARDS OVERLOOK CHARDONNAY Sonoma County 2014 $34.95 14.2% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
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