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The 13.5% alcohol 2013 MonTirius Le Domaine Vacqueyras Le Clos cost under $25, is 50% Grenache and 50% Syrah, and scored 18 Dionysian points on the Oldest Wine…
The 2015 M. Chapoutier Belleruche Cotes-Du-Rhone Rose’ has 13,5% alcohol, the maximum for a Rose’, cost under $15, and has peaked at three years. Strawberry and red cherry…
Scoring 17 points out of a possible 20, this rare “red” Chassagne cost under $25 back then. It’s 13% alcohol is ideal. The 1983 Joseph Drouhin Chassagne-Montrachet, at…
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+…
At 32 years old, the 1986 Mommessin Meursault white Burgundy was at peak! It scored 19 points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20. With an ideal…
Beaujolais is a fun drink; usually savored without a lot of contemplation, but the 2015 Chateau de Saint-Amour Beaujolais scored 17+ points. It cost under $19 and had…
Three wines all scoring 19 points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20. The 1995 Chapoutier Cote-Rotie Brune et Blonde, red Rhone, with 12.8% alcohol was beautiful at…
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…
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…
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…