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The 2016 Two Angles Red hills Lake County Petite Sirah has 14,3% alcohol, good for a Petite Sirah, scored 17 points on the Dionysian scale and cost under…
At 14,5% alcohol, the 2010 Ironstone Vineyards Reserve Cabernet Franc scored 16+ points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20. It is still very young; deep purple-red…
The 13 year old, 2006 Paul Jaboulet Aine Cote Rotie Les Jumelles had 13.5% alcohol, cost $65 then, and worth $95 now, scored 18+ points on the Dionysian…
Costing just $4. 82 back then, with 11.5% alcohol, this 49 year-old Bordeaux scored 17 points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20. The 1970 Grand Vin…
Scoring 18 points on the 20-point Dionysian scale, the 2010 Attilio Ghisolfi Barolo Bricco Visette cost under $30 and had 14.5% alcohol. From a fine vintage, the ruby…
Scoring 19+ points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20, with 13% alcohol, and costing exactly $18.56 when I got it in 1980, the wine was still…
The 2003 Rodney Strong Sauvignon Blanc Charlotte’s Home from Sonoma County had 13.5% alcohol, (too much for Sauvignon Blanc), cost under $13, and scored 15 points on the…
Under $15, at 12.5% alcohol, and scoring a very nice 16+ points on the 20-point Dionysian scale, the 2002 Faustino VII Rioja was ready to savor at 17…
The 2000 De LoachEstate Bottled Zinfandel from Saitone Ranch in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma, had 14.5% alcohol, cost about $20, scored 17+ Dionysian points, and was the…
At 41 years old, this 12.5% alcohol 1978 Vallana Spanna Del Piemonte scored 19 points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20. It was vermilion with a…