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Costing under $20 with 13.5% alcohol, the 2011 Dalbosco Carmenere Reserve from Chile scored a good 15+ Dionysian points out of 20. A hint of bandaid made me…
With 13% alcohol, the 2016 Santa Julia Cabernet Sauvignon from Mendoza, Argentina scored 16 very nice points on the Dionysian scale of 20. The wine cost under $20,…
The 2013 Luigi Righetti Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico Capitel De Roari had only 14.5% alcohol like decades ago, cost about $33, and scored an impressive 17+ points, almost…
Scoring 18 points on the 20-point Dionysian scale, the 14.5% alcoholed Rhone wine, the 2011 Chateau Du Trignon Vacqueyras cost just over $24 and at nine years-old, it…
At 12.5% alcohol, a beautiful balance you seldom see anymore, and costing about $19, the 2000 Chateau Greysac Cru Bourgeois from Medoc scored a silver medal 17 Dionysian…
With 12.8% alcohol and costing about $19 back then, the 1982 Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon from the Alexander Valley in Sonoma Valley, scored 18+ points on the Dionysian scale…
The 2017 Luca Bosio Dolcetto D’Alba with 13% alcohol, and costing under $16 scored a fine 16 points on the 20-point Dionysian scale. It was still young, as…
Scoring 16+ points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20, the 2017 Kalogeri Magagouzia from Greece had 12.5% alcohol, and cost about $15. It was dry, well…
The 2017 Perseverance Cabernet Sauvignon had 13.5% alcohol, cost under $15, and scored a good 15 points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20. Still a little…
It cost under $20 sixteen years ago. It had 14.4% alcohol, held together well, but the 2004 Flora Springs Barrel Fermented Chardonnay from Napa Valley scored 14+ points…