Costing under $16 back then, with 13.9% alcohol, the 24 year-old 1996 Rodney Strong Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve from Sonoma County scored a great 17 points on the 20-point…
At 22 years old, the 1998 Tomasello Cabernet Sauvignon, Atlantic County, New Jersey, has 12% alcohol, cost back then under $15, and scores a fine 16 points on…
The 2019 Jas des Vignes Rose’ from Alpes de Haute-Provence has 12.5% alcohol, cost under $15, and scored 16+ points on the traditional 20-point scale of the Dionysian…
Scoring 17 points on the Dionysian 20-point scale, with 14.1% alcohol, and costing under $24, the 2013 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir from the Russian River Valley in Sonoma,…
The 14.5% alcohol seems high, but I can not detect it. More French wines will say that percentage to keep from being included in the new tariffs charging…
Scoring 17 points on the 20-point Dionysian scale, the NV Clos Amador Brut CAVA Rose’ Tendre has 11.5% alcohol, cost under $16, and is worth much more. Wild…
The 2013 (noted in Roman numerals) Poggio Anima Belial Sangiovese cost under $18, has 13% alcohol, and scored a nice 16+ on the Dionysian scale of a possible…
For $19.99 back then, (now new ones start at $300) with 13% alcohol, and even from a lesser vintage, the old Burgundy, the 1977 Chambertin Clos de Beze,…
For about $19, with 12% alcohol, the 2017 Sofia Brut Rose’, from Francis Ford Coppola scored 17 points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20. Pleasantly petulant,…