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At 44 years old wit 12% alcohol, the 1975 Lungarotti Rubesco Riserva co;st under $15 back then and now scored 18 points on the dionysian scale of a…
The 2011 Amancaya Gran Reserva Malbec & Cabernet Sauvignon scored 17 points. It has 14.5% alcohol. It cost under $20 US dollars. At just six years old, the…
From South Africa, there comes a 13.5% alcohol Rose’ costing under $16, and scoring 16+ points on the 20-point Dionysian scale. Pink rose in color, made from a…
With 12.7% alcohol, costing about $20, and scoring 17 outstanding points on the Dionysian scale, the 2017 Bellview Gruner Veltliner from New Jersey’s Outer Coastal Plain AVA is…
Costing under $30 back then, with 20 % alcohol, the 1977 Niepoort’s Vintage Porto scored 19 points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20. It still has…
Both wines cost about $24 back then. That’s right, not $1,124, just $24. Both with 12% alcohol, and both are my last bottles of those years. The…
The 1974 Charles Krug Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley had 13% alcohol, cost under $12 back then, and scored a gold 18+ points on the Dionysian scale of…
From Rueda, Spain, the 2006 Basa cost under $14, has 13% alcohol, and scored 15+ points on the 20-point scale the Dionysian Society, International uses to rate wines….
I drink very little Pinot Grigio, but the 2018 Villa Puccini Pinot Grigio, at just 12% alcohol, was refreshing. It cost under $14, and scored a fine 15…
The 2006 Joesph Drouhin Domaine de Vaudon Chablis had 12.5% alcohol, cost under $24, and scored a fine 16+ points on the 20-point Dionysian scale. It was straw…