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At 50 years old, the 1968 Chateau Pape Clement scored 18+ remarkable Dionysian points out of 20 for a wine from what was considered a lesser year. It…
With 14% alcohol, normal for the vintage, the 2005 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte is one of 13 classified growths from Graves. At about $28, the wine scored 16+…
Costing under $20 with 12.5% alcohol, the 28 year-old 1990 Badia a Coltibuono Chianti Classico scored 17 points on the 20-point Dionysian scale. A nose with sun-dried tomato,…
The 2001 Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon scored 17+ Dionysian points. It cost under $25 when released and with 14.5% alcohol (typical for Californian wines during that decade) the…
The 14 year-old wine, 2004 Spelletich Cellars Zinfandel Aluiso Vineyard, Amador Valley, at 16.5% alcohol, costing under $16 back then, and scoring 15 points on the 20-point Dionysian…
With 13% alcohol, scoring 18 Dionysian points, and costing close to a hundred bucks, the 2000 Chateau Cos d’Eteournel Saint-Estephe Bordeaux is coming into its peak at 18…
Scoring 16+ points on the Dionysian scale of 20 and costing about $25, the 2016 Eponymous Proprietary White from Carneros, Sonoma had a pleasant 13.8% alcohol. The wine…
At 13% alcohol, scoring a nice 15 points on the Dionysian scale of 20, and costing under $12, the 2017 Bieler Pere & Fils Sabine Rose’ from Aix-en-Provence…
With 13.5% alcohol, the 2006 Vincent Girardin Saint Aubin 1er Cru Les Murgers de Dents de Chiens scored 18 points on the Dionysian scale of 20. It cost…
The 2015 Estate Argyros Assyrtiko from Greece’s island of Santorini, with 14% alcohol, and costing under $16, scored an impressive 18 points on the Dionysian Society’s twenty-point judging…