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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for October 14, 2017.

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for October 14, 2017.
 
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 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
 
Scores are a combination of MVC (Modal Varietal Character, e.g. a Southern Rhone tastes like a Southern Rhone) and QPR (Quality/Price Ratio value in the marketplace above or below its price).
 
THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL FINDS --
 
** W+324103    BACHELDER SAUNDERS VINEYARD CHARDONNAY    VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment        2013    $44.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
**W+377721    BARON DE HOEN RÉSERVE GEWURZTRAMINER  Alsace 2015 $18.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
**R+511576    ARTESA ORGANIC    DOCa Rioja    Boutinot 2015    $15.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
 
20 under $20
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W+999979    BERSANO GAVI DI GAVI    DOCG     2015    $16.95          12.5 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+981019    BENI DI BATASIOLO LANGHE ROSSO    DOC        2014    $16.95   
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+971689    D'ANGELO AGLIANICO DEL VULTURE    DOC        2012    $18.95   
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88.
W+286278    FLAT ROCK CHARDONNAY    VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment        2015    $18.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+286484    CHÂTEAU D'ANGLÈS CLASSIQUE LA CLAPE MOURVÈDRE/SYRAH/GRENACHE    AC        2015    $18.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+302059    CAVE SPRING ESTATE BOTTLED GEWURZTRAMINER Cave Spring Vineyard, VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment        2013    $17.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+370254    CHÂTEAU DE SÉGURE VIEILLES VIGNES FITOU    Élevé en fût de chêne, AP    Mont Tauch    2014    $17.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+452789    CONFIDENCIAL RESERVA    Vinho Regional Lisboa    Casa Santos Lima    2013    $13.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+514828    BIG DEVINE RED BLEND    Columbia Valley 2014 $19.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+515478    LOSI QUERCIAVALLE CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG        2011    $16.95
14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+521245    BELLVALE ATHENA'S VINEYARD CHARDONNAY    Gippsland, Victoria        2014    $19.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+734798    THORNBURY SAUVIGNON BLANC    Marlborough, South Island        2016    $18.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+79798    SUSANA BALBO SIGNATURE MALBEC    Uco Valley, Mendoza        2014    $19.95  14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+207340    13TH STREET WHITE PALETTE    VQA Niagara Peninsula        2015    $15.95 12.4% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+251439    FIELDING ESTATE BOTTLED RIESLING    VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment        2016    $19.95    10.8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+512707    ORIGIN STELLENBOSCH DRIVE CABERNET SAUVIGNON/MERLOT    WO Stellenbosch        2015    $15.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+514760    CISPLATINO TANNAT    Progreso    Cesar Pisano    Uruguay 2014    $16.95   
13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+520205    STREWN TERROIR PINOT BLANC    Strewn Vineyard, VQA Niagara-on-the-Lake        2015    $18.95    14.8% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+657411    VIÑA REAL CRIANZA    DOCa Rioja    CVNE    2014    $18.95    VON TERRA 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
W+944181    DARTING DÜRKHEIMER NONNENGARTEN GEWÜRZTRAMINER KABINETT    Prädikatswein        2015    $19.95    105% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+642421    VALPANTENA TORRE DEL FALASCO RIPASSO VALPOLICELLA    DOC        2015    $17.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
 
20 over $20
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R+976662    FAUSTINO I GRAN RESERVA  Rioja    2004    $34.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+20966 VILLA CAFAGGIO CORTACCIO IGT Toscana 2008 $48.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+63891    EMILIANA COYAM    Los Robles Estate, Colchagua Valley        2013    $29.95   
14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+130252    TAWSE SKETCHES OF NIAGARA CABERNET/MERLOT    VQA Niagara Peninsula        2012    $21.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+161893    LA RIOJA ALTA VIÑA ALBERDI RESERVA    DOCa Rioja    Henri Gualco, récolt.    2010    $24.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
R+265710    TORRES PERPETUAL DOCa Priorat 2014    $49.95    15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+356634    JEAN-MARC BROCARD DOMAINE SAINTE CLAIRE CHABLIS    AC        2015    $25.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+364786    CHÂTEAU DE GAUDOU RENAISSANCE CAHORS    AC        2013    $25.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+393827    MORAINE PINOT NOIR    BC VQA Okanagan Valley        2015    $29.95   
13.4% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+395186    NIPOZZANO VECCHIE VITI RISERVA CHIANTI RÚFINA    DOCG    Marchesi de' Frescobaldi    2013    $29.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+496794    BOTTER AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA    DOCG        2013    $34.95     15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+516161    CHÂTEAU HAUT-BERGEY AC Pessac-Léognan     2004 $42.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+657874    HENRY OF PELHAM SPECK FAMILY RESERVE PINOT NOIR    VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment        2010    $34.95     13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+748434    SOKOL BLOSSER PINOT NOIR    Dundee Hills, Willamette Valley        2012    $35.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+39388    FRANCISCAN CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Napa Valley        2014    $29.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+446971    LONE BIRCH CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Yakima Valley        2015    $23.95    14.3% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+514182    RITUAL PINOT NOIR    Casablanca Valley    Alto de Casablanca    2015    $21.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+522037    CHÂTEAU DES BARDES    AC Saint-Émilion Grand Cru        2014    $25.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

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