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Tuesday, December 5, 2017

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for December 9, 2017.

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for December 9, 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+527630    LA FORTESSA TABURNO FALANGHINA DEL SANNIO    DOC        2016    $16.95  13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 93
R+452136    MONTGÓ OLD VINES MONASTRELL    DOP Jumilla    Hammeken Cellars    2015    $14.95    15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
R+511568    URBINA RESERVA ESPECIAL    DOCa Rioja    Bodegas Benito Urbina    2001    $36.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 94
R+356220    TOMMASI AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO    DOCG        2013    $49.95    15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
W+26682    BERINGER PRIVATE RESERVE CHARDONNAY    Napa Valley        2015    $59.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
W+677450    DOG POINT SAUVIGNON BLANC    Marlborough, South Island        2016    $26.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92
 
20 under $20
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W+511485    CANTINA GALLURA PIRAS VERMENTINO DI GALLURA    DOCG        2015    $15.95           13 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+300004    AMASTUOLA PRIMITIVO    IGP Puglia 2014 $16.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+394288    GÉRARD BERTRAND GRENACHE/SYRAH/MOURVÈDRE CORBIÈRES    AP        2014    $16.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+281147    DOMAINE LES GRANDS BOIS CUVÉE LES TROIS SOEURS CÔTES DU RHÔNE    AP    Farjon Besnardeau, vigns.-récolts.    2015    $16.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+410704    GRAN PASSIONE ROSSO    IGT Veneto    Botter    2016    $17.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+314930    ANETO RED    DOC Douro        2011    $16.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+523589    DAC TINTO    DO Dão    Quinta da Pellada    2014    $16.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+273748    BORSAO TRES PICOS GARNACHA    DO Campo de Borja        2015    $19.95 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+336719    LUIS CAÑAS CRIANZA    DOCa Rioja    2014    $18.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+276162    SOLANERA VIÑAS VIEJAS    DO Yecla    Castaño    2015    $18.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+80234    FEATHERSTONE BLACK SHEEP RIESLING    VQA Niagara Peninsula        2016    $16.95    10% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+86363    WILDASS RED    VQA Niagara-on-the-Lake    Stratus Vineyards    2014    $19.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+166298    LA POSTA PIZZELLA MALBEC    Mendoza    Laura Catena    2016    $15.95
13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+37937    MONTES LIMITED SELECTION PINOT NOIR    Casablanca Valley    2015    $14.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+222018    SISTER'S RUN CALVARY HILL SHIRAZ  Lyndoch, Barossa, South Australia    2015    $17.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89.
R+66738    THE BLACK CHOOK SHIRAZ/VIOGNIER    McLaren Vale/Padthaway, South Australia 2016 $18.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
 
20 over $20
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R+206409    CONVENTO SAN FRANCISCO    DO Ribera del Duero        2010    $20.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR:  91
W+522185    MAISON AMBROISE SAINT-ROMAIN    AC 2013 $44.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+299867    MAISON ROCHE DE BELLENE VIEILLES VIGNES BOURGOGNE CHARDONNAY    AC        2015    $22.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+518019    VALTEA ALBARIÑO DO Rías Baixas 2016    $22.95  13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+524199    CHÂTEAU DE LANDIRAS    AC Graves 2014 $22.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+973453    FAMILLE PERRIN LES CHRISTINS VACQUEYRAS    AC        2014    $24.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+496851    ASCHERI BAROLO    DOCG        2012    $49.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+713602    GIANNI GAGLIARDO BAROLO    DOCG        2012    $54.95 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+418897    CASTELLO DI AMA SAN LORENZO GRAN SELEZIONE CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG        2013    $50.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+512384    MARCHESE ANTINORI TENUTA TIGNANELLO RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO    DOCG        2014    $42.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+3962    RICASOLI BROLIO CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG  2015 $23.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+72439    TENUTA SAN GUIDO GUIDALBERTO    IGT Toscana        2015    $59.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+672931    ALLEGRINI PALAZZO DELLA TORRE    IGT Veronese        2014    $24.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+92007    IZADI SELECCIÓN RESERVA DOCa Rioja 2012    $24.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+377770    QUAILS' GATE CHARDONNAY    BC VQA Okanagan Valley        2015    $23.95
14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+520247    VIENI PRIVATE RESERVE CHARDONNAY    VQA Vinemount Ridge, Niagara Peninsula        2012    $29.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+962886    LA CREMA SONOMA COAST CHARDONNAY    Sonoma Coast        2015    $29.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+343038    BURROWING OWL MERITAGE    BC VQA Okanagan Valley        2014    $58.95 14.9% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+427500    WESTCOTT ESTATE PINOT NOIR    VQA Vinemount Ridge, Niagara Escarpment        2013    $29.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+458240    SONVIDA MALBEC    Mendoza    2013    $29.95  14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91.
 
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