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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…
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….
Scoring 18+ points on the 20-point Dionysian scale, the 1969 Aloxe-Corton, a red Burgundy, from B&G was outstanding. At 47 years old, the wine has peaked. It was…
Scoring 17 Dionysian points from its scale of a possible 20, the 1990 Mommessin Sauvigny-les-Beaune, with 13% alcohol and costing about $15 back then, proved that good Burgundy…
The Burgundy vintage of 1976 out outstanding. The 1976 Joseph Drouhin Chassagne-Montrachet red has 12.8% alcohol, cost under $15 at the time, and scored an excellent 17 points…
Scoring 16 points on the Dionysian scale, the 2004 Sauvion Vouvray from the Loire Valley in France cost under $18, has 11.5% alcohol and with just a touch…
I love old Chablis. I’ve been aging them for decades and they never let me down. The Barton & Guestier 1970 Chablis, at 45 years old, was remarkable….
The Alfred Gratien Brut Champagne from a Magnum, was 12.5% alcohol (perfect) and cost under $80 while it scored 18 points on the Dionysian scale of a possible…
With just 12% alcohol, the 1977 Chateau La Mission Haut Brion, with a Graves Appellation, scored 17 Dionysian points on their scale of 20. It was ruby-brick, decanted…