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With 15% alcohol, and costing about $14, the 2014 VistaAlba Corte B from Argentina scored 14+ points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20. Lots of Malbec…
Costing under $30, with 12.5% alcohol, the 2018 “R” Rieussec scored 18 gold medal points on the 20-point Dionysian scale. It was yellow with a golden edge, had…
Scoring 16 Dionysian points, the 2012 Marques Casa Concha Chardonnary from Concha Y Toro in Chile, cost under $29, and has 14% alcohol in it; a bit too…
The 2001 Chianti Classico from Fattoria Di Felsine had 13.5% alcohol, cost about $19 back then, and now at 18 years old, scored an excellent 17+ points for…
Scoring 17 points on the 20-point Dionysian scale, the five-year-old white Burgundy, the 2014 Chorey-Les Beaune Les Confrelins from Domaine Arnoux Pere et Fils, had 13% alcohol. It…
Marselen is a cross between Grenache and Cabernet Sauvignon. The 2015 Garson Marselan Reserve from Uruguay has 14.5% alcohol, cost under $20, and scored a fine 16 Dionysian…
Scoring 18 Gold Medal points on the Dionysian scale of a possible perfect 20, and with an outstanding 7% alcohol, this dessert wine, the Banfi Rosa Regale, made…
At 14% alcohol, the 2003 Marques de Riscal Rioja Reserva scored 18 points on the 20-point Dionysian scale. It cost under $25 when released. It was decanted half…
The 1999 Symmetry, made by Rodney Strong, from the Alexander Valley has 13.9% alcohol, cost about $55, and at 20 years old, scored 18 gold medal points on…
With 13% alcohol, from a light Bordeaux year, the 2012 Chateau La Couronne Saint Emillion Grand Cru scored a fine 16 points on the 20-point Dionysian scale. Its…