tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791085734232162325.post3788840550869028624..comments2014-07-21T13:52:31.346-04:00Comments on Ontario "Vintages" Releases: Saturday July 23, 2011 - Vintages Release ReportMichael Pinkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15968983157077688761noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791085734232162325.post-79607831926912471202011-07-20T18:34:55.605-04:002011-07-20T18:34:55.605-04:00My take....
TOP VALUE WHITE WINES under $20 or s...My take....<br /> <br />TOP VALUE WHITE WINES under $20 or so.<br />^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br />1. Spinyback Sauvignon Blanc 2009: a fine tast9ing savvy, full of <br />grassy character, longer finish, 12.5% ABV. With food or as sipper. <br />+694737, $14.95, QPR: 90.<br />2. Kurt Darting Gewurztraminer Kabinett 2009 Durkheimer Nonnengarten <br />Pfalz: delicious summer sipper, very flavourful, only slight bitter <br />tang on finish. 11% ABV. +944181, $16.95, QPR: 90. <br />3. Vinea Garganega 2009 IGT Verona: golden colour, thickish body, <br />concentrated tasty and ripe flavours with some botrytis. +230656, <br />$12.95, QPR: 89.<br />4. Domaine Trotereau Quincy 2009: quality savvy, good balance, long <br />finish. +225185, $17.95, QPR: 89.<br /> <br />TOP VALUE RED WINES under $20 or so.<br />^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br />1. Columbia Winery Merlot 2007 Columbia Valley: a restaurant wine, <br />ready now with MVC plumy fruit and wood tones. +715870, $16.95, QPR: <br />90.<br />2. Tabali Reserva Especial Syrah 2008 Limari: very North Rhonish, 14.5% <br />ABV, spicy components. +213538, $19.95, QPR: 89.<br />3. Small Gully The Formula Robert's Shiraz 2006 Adelaide Plains: very <br />intense, good chocolate-mocha flavours, 15.9% ABV. +142935, $18.95, <br />QPR: 89.<br />4. Tokara Shiraz 2007 Stellenbosch: another quality North Rhone MVC <br />knock-off wine, 14.5% ABV. +240242, $16.95, QPR: 90.<br />5. Chateau Pindefleurs 2007 St. Emilion Grand Cru: excellent tones on <br />the mid-palate, intense and great soft flavours, ready now. +102764, <br />$20, QPR: 91.<br />6. Castello di Volpaia Prelius Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 IGT Maremma <br />Tuscany: a delicious food-driven cabby, 13.5% ABV. Ready now. +224022, <br />$17.95, QPR: 90.<br /> <br />VALUE: "RESTAURANT READY" or "BRING YOUR OWN WINE BOTTLE" over $20<br />^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br />Restaurants should consider offering these FINE VALUE wines at a $10 <br />markup over retail; the wines are READY to enjoy right NOW. Consumers <br />should buy these wines to bring to restaurants with corkage programs.<br /> <br />1. Coyote's Run Black Paw Vineyard Chardonnay 2009 VQA Four Mile Creek, <br />$21.95 retail, +49775<br />2. Le Clos Jordanne Claystone Terrace Chardonnay 2008 VQA Twenty Mile <br />Bench, $40, +56929<br />3. Macrostie Chardonnay 2008 Sonoma Coast, $30.95, +244467<br />4. Josef Chromy Chardonnay 2009 Tasmania, $29.95, +162982<br />5. Jean Fery et Fils Les Nosroyes Puligny-Montrachet 2008, $52.95, <br />+243568<br />6. La Chablisienne Fourchaume Chablis 1er Cry 2008, $28.95, +656835<br />7. La Crema Pinot Noir 2008 Los Carneros, $44.95, +58025<br />8. Mount Eden Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 Santa Cruz Mountains, <br />$49.95, +31831<br />9. Chateau Diane de Belgrave 2006 Haut-Medoc, $24.95, +226050<br />10. Franco Molino Barolo 2006, $29.95, +232967<br />11. Vignamaggio Gherardino Chianti Classico 2008, $23.95, +963512<br /><br />Chimo! www.deantudor.com AND http://gothicepicures.blogspot.comDean Tudorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027150351344396656noreply@blogger.com