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The NV Champagne Domaine Bruno Gobillard Brut Vielles Vignes is 12 % alcohol, cost under $45, and scored an excellent 17 points on the 20-point Dionysian scale. Made…
The 1975, at 42 years-old, Verrazzano Chianti Classico had 12% alcohol, cost under $9 back then, and scored 19 Dionysian points of a possible 20! This Gold Medal wine…
Domaine de la Perriere’s 2013 Sancerre, with 12.5% alcohol, costing under $20 and scoring 17+ points on the Dionysian scale of 20 showed white grapefruit, strong mineral notes…
At 7.5% alcohol and scoring 18 poimnts on the Dioinysian scale of 20, this 375ml bottle of the 2011 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Auslese from the Mosel Saar…
Scoring a fine 16+ points out of the possible 20 on the Dionysian scale, the 1972 Hospices de Beaune Volnay from Henri de Villamont cost just under $14…
Under $18, with 13.5% alcohol and scoring 16+ quality points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20, the 2009 Yalumba Viognier, from South Australia, was an easy…
An 18 point Gold Medal wine costing under $20 with 13.5% alcohol is the 2013 Franciscan Estate Chardonnay from Napa Valley. Filled with creamy butter, apple, pear, butterscotch…
2012 Zyme il Bianco from Black to White has 13% alcohol, scored a solid 15+ Dionysian points out of 20 and cost under $16, The wine comes from…
For under $20, the 2007 Primus from Chile’s Veramonte, this 14.5% alcohol red scored 17+ Dionysian points out of 20. Pepper, spice, blackberry, black raspberry and smoky oak…
The 2011 Crios Torrontes from Argentina had 13.8% alcohol, cost under $14 and scored 17 points on the Dionysian scale of 20. Crios means “your children” or “offspring”…