Author: John Mahoney Page 62 of 81
Between 12% and 13% alcohol, the 1955 Chateau Ausone Saint-Emilion was starting to dry out, but still offered good color with an amber rim, school-house brick, and tobacco…
With a perfect 12% alcohol, as the label says, but I’m guessing it’s near 13%, and costing an average of $1,250 now, the 1982 Chateau Margaux scored 19…
Scoring 17+ points on the Dionysian scale of 20, this 13% alcohol Chablis was perfect for the scallops. The 26-year-old Burgundy had held up well and offered caramel…
With 13% alcohol, the 1978 Bersano Barolo, bottle number 204939, scored 18 Dionysian points on its scale of a possible 20. It cost under $20 back then, and…
At 13% alcohol, the 2014 Chateau Les Charmes-Godard white Bordeaux from the Cotes de Bordeaux cost under $20 and scored 15+ points on the Dionysian scale of 20….
At 41 years old, the 1975 Lungarotti Rubeso Reserva from Torgiano in Umbria, Italy scored 18+ points on the Dionysian scale of 20. It was bottle Number 525…
Scoring 19 Dionysian points on their scale of 20, the 1994 Ferreira Vintage Porto has 20.5% alcohol, is filled with rich black fruits including blackberry and black raspberry….
Chateau Guiraud makes one of the very best Sauternes. Their 2010, second label, Petit Guiraud, at 13.5% alcohol, scored 17+ points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20….
The 2008 Hawk Crest Chardonnay from Monterey, California, with 13.5% alcohol scored a very nice 15 points on the 20-point Dionysian Scale of 20. At under $15, it…
The 1969 white Burgundy, Le Montrachet ,from Bernard Grivelet, scored 20 points on the Dionysian scale of 20! Its 13% alcohol was perfect. Back in 1973, the wine cost $20,…