WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for March 17, 2018

 

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP 20/20 WINES: 20 under $20 and 20 over $20 for March 17,  2018

 

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 --

R+545772    BUENA VISTA THE LEGENDARY BADGE PETITE SIRAH    California    2016    $17.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 93

R+545913 TEMPERAMENTO BOBAL DO Utiel-Requena 2014    $17.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 92

Rose+333260 CHATEAU DES CHARMES CUVEE D'ANDREE ROSE 2016 12.6% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

 

20 under $20

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W+164491    FIELDING UNOAKED CHARDONNAY    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2016    $14.95        12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+557165    HENRY OF PELHAM ESTATE RIESLING    VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2016    $17.95    11.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+287995    CONCHA Y TORO SERIE RIBERAS GRAN RESERVA CHARDONNAY    Colchagua Valley    2016    $18.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+350900    ROBERT OATLEY SIGNATURE SERIES CHARDONNAY    Margaret River, Western Australia    2016    $18.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

W+461004    MAN FAMILY WARRELWIND SAUVIGNON BLANC    WO Western Cape    2016    $14.95    12% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+469734    PFAFF SPECIAL    AC Alsace    2015    $13.95     MVC/QPR: 89

W+488734    CASTELO DO MAR ALBARIÑO    DO Rías Baixas    2016    $17.95 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+376822    WILDASS MERLOT    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2016    $18.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

R+673897    JIP JIP ROCKS SHIRAZ    Padthaway, South Australia    2016    $16.95    14.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+548503    SUTHERLAND CABERNET SAUVIGNON    WO Elgin    2013    $19.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+40964    CHÂTEAU DE NAGES VIEILLES VIGNES COSTIÈRES DE NÎMES    AC    2015    $19.95 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+454041    FONTANAFREDDA EREMO LANGHE ROSSO    DOC    2014    $17.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

R+452789    CONFIDENCIAL RESERVA    Vinho Regional Lisboa    2014    $14.95 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR:  90

W+485276    TZAFONA CELLARS COLD CLIMATE UNOAKED CHARDONNAY KP    VQA Niagara Peninsula    2015    $22.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+550608    VIENI PINOT NOIR    VQA Vinemount Ridge, Niagara Peninsula    2015    $16.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+707950    ATTEMS PINOT GRIGIO    IGT Venezia Giulia    2016    $19.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+13755    TOMMASI POGGIO AL TUFO ROMPICOLLO    IGT Toscana    2015    $17.95    13 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

 

20 over $20

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W+377770    QUAILS' GATE CHARDONNAY    BC VQA Okanagan Valley    2015    $23.95 14 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+119073    PAUL HOBBS RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY CHARDONNAY    Russian River Valley, Sonoma County    2015    $67.95    14.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+424903 DOMAINE DE ROTISSON LES CHERES BOURGOGNE 2016 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

W+928218    SERGIO ZENATO RISERVA LUGANA    DOC    2015    $39.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+546473    REDSTONE LIMESTONE VINEYARD PINOT NOIR    VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment    2012    $21.95    12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+542647    LUIGI BOSCA GALA 2    Mendoza    2014    $36.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+123729    VIÑA COBOS BRAMARE MALBEC    Unfined and Unfiltered, Uco Valley, Mendoza    2014    $44.95    15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+545954    CALITERRA EDICIÓN LIMITADA M    Colchagua Valley    2015    $21.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

R+731620    BAROSSA VALLEY ESTATE E&E BLACK PEPPER SHIRAZ    Limited release, Barossa Valley, South Australia    2014    $89.95    15.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+469783    CHÂTEAU GRIVIÈRE    Cru Bourgeois, AC Médoc    2011    $24.95    13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+129965    CHÂTEAU PECH REDON L'ÉPERVIER LA CLAPE    AC Coteaux du Languedoc    2014    $22.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90

R+67918    MARZIANO ABBONA TERLO RAVERA BAROLO    DOCG    2011    $59.95    15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+922054    SILVIO NARDI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO    DOCG    2012    $44.95    15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89

R+73072    BURROWING OWL SYRAH    BC VQA Okanagan Valley    2015    $44.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+544940    OBSIDIAN RIDGE ESTATE CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Obsidian Ridge Vineyard, Red Hills Lake County    2014    $49.95    14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+529107    DOMAINE DROUHIN ROSEROCK PINOT NOIR    Eola-Amity Hills, Willamette Valley    2014    $40.95    14.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+433045    XANADU CABERNET SAUVIGNON    Margaret River, Western Australia    2013    $39.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+414151    RUSTENBERG BUZZARD KLOOF SYRAH    WO Simonsberg-Stellenbosch    2014    $24.95    14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+285601    MARCHAND-TAWSE BOURGOGNE PINOT NOIR    AC    2014    $30.95 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

R+75127    MICHELE CASTELLANI CINQUE STELLE AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO    Collezione Ca' del Pipa, DOCG    2013    $55.95    15.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88

W+237933    WAKEFIELD ST. ANDREWS CHARDONNAY    Single Vineyard Release, Clare Valley, South Australia    2015    $34.95    13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91

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