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2009 TorCalvano Vino Nobile di Montepulciano

At under $30, with 14,5% alcohol, the 2009 TorCalvano Vino Nobile di Montepulciano scores 17+ Dionysian points on the scale of a possible 20. It’s just rounding out….

1983 Chateau Doisy Daene

The 33 year-old Sauternes scored 19 Dionysian Points. With 13% alcohol and costing under $24 back then, the 1983 Chateau Doisy Daene Second Growth  Sauternes was exceptional, ripe,…

2012 Unionville Viognier

Costing under $18, with 13.4% alcohol, and scoring a solid 15 Dionysian points, the 2012 Unionville Vineyards Viognier from Amwell Ridge is an estate bottled New Jersey wine….

2015 Veneto Passione Sentimento

The 2015 Pasione Sentimento is 100% Venetian Garganega, with a bit of residual sugar. Made by the Pasqu Family, it has 13% alcohol, cost under $12, and scores…

1991 Warre’s Porto

Under $30 back then, with 20% alcohol and scoring 18 Dionysian points out of 20, the 1991 Warre’s Vintage Porto, bottled in  1993, and now at 27 years-old,…

2012 Burgozone Chardonnay Collection

Here’s a 14.5% alcohol Chardonnay from Bulgaria made to compete with California. The 2012 Chateau Burgozone Collection Chardonnay cost under $35, and scored 17+ Dionysian points on its…

1978 Robert Mondavi Fume Blanc

Mondavi invented the name, “Fume Blanc.”  With 13% alcohol, the 1978 Robert Mondavi Fume Blanc Reserve cost under $5 back then, and it scored 17 points on the 20-point…

2009 Puligny-Montrachet

The Darnat-Jacquinet 2009 Puligny-Montrachet has 13.5% alcohol, cost over $45, scored 19 points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20 and was the best white Burgundy I’ve…

Maury Tuile 10 Ans D’Age

With 16.5% alcohol, and costing under $35, the Maury Tuile 10 ANS D’AGE is the perfect dessert wine and it scored 19 points on the Dionysian scale of…

2012 Chateau Burgozone Pinot Noir

The 2012 Bulgarian Gurgozone Pinot Noir from the Danube Plain  has 13.5% alcohol, cost under $18, and scored 16+ points on the 20-point Dionysiain Scale. It’s made to…