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With 12% alcohol, costing $40, and scoring a positive 16+ points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20, the NV Domaine Bruno Gobillard Vieilles Vignes Champagne is…
The excellent 1997 Sartori Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico scored 18 Dionysian points, a gold score; has 14% alcohol when they usually have 15%, and cost under $22 back…
The 1985 Tinto Pesquera Cosecha Propia Reserva was hand-carrried back from Ribera del Duero in Spain. It has 12.5% alcohol, scored a gold 18 Dionysian points on their 20-point…
From New York’s Finger Lakes, the 2017 Keuka Spring Riesling cost $13, had 11% alcohol, and scored 15 fine points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20….
Scoring 17+ points on the 20-point Dionysian scale, the 12.5% alcohol Non-Vintage Lanson Champagne Depuis 1760 Black Label was more than worth its $45 cost. The bubbly was…
Scoring 17 points out of 20 Dionysian points, with 15% alcohol, and costing about $24, the 2016 Ironstone Vineyards Reserve Old Vine Zinfandel could age another ten years…
Scoring 19 points on the Dionysian scale of 20-possible-points, the 1999 Ornellaia, at twenty years old, is at its peak. Still ruby with a tinge of orange on the…
A charming wine from Mendoza, Argentina made from 50% Malbec and 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2013 CARO from Domaines Barons De Rothschild (Lafite) had 14.5% alcohol, my usual…
At 13.6% alcohol, the 41 year-old 1978 Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape scored a gold 18+ points on the 20-point Dionysian scale. It was school house reddish brick with…
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…