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The 2101 Massaya Cinsault is from Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. It had 14.5% alcohol ( what do you expect from a desert) cost around $15 wad scored 16+ Dionysian…
The 2004 Dom Perignon Champagne scored 19+ points on the Dionysian scale of 20! Its 12.5% alcohol, toasty French bread flavor over citrus and wet stone had…
At 10 years old, the 2005 Arrowood Cabernet Sauvignon from Sonoma County, California scored 16+ points on the Dionysian scale. It had 14.9% alcohol, really too high for…
The 2013 Franciscan Estate Nape Valley Chardonnay is, like too many Napa Chardonnays, over-oak and scored 14+ points on the Dionysian Scale of 20. By itself, it’s easy…
The 2008 Mahoney Vineyards Vermentino, “Las Brisas Vineyard,” in Napa’s Carneros AVA, is a 13 % alcohol easy drinking white wine that scored 15 points on the Dionysian 20-point scale….
This 16% alcohol desert wine was made for Popes, hence the name of the 1995 Vigna del Papa Vinsanto del Chianti. It scored 17 points on the 20-point…
The non-vintage Natali Vineyards Dolcetto is 12.5% alcohol, smooth, light and with the two extra years I aged it, scored a Bronze 14+ on the 20 point scale…
Made with the Xinomavro grape, this 13% alcohol Rose’ from Greece scores 16 points on the Dionysian 20-point scale for judging wines. It is a dry, clean ideal…
This CAVA’s 11.5% alcohol is perfect. The 2012 Dionysus Nature Brut Reserva has no sugars added to it and is clean and bone dry. It scores an excellent…
The 2014 Vine Herminia Garanacha Rose’ from the Rioja region of Spain, scored 16 points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20. It’s a 13.5% delightful sipping or…