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….
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,…
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….
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…