A side note before we get to the QPR list. I just returned, B”H, from Paris and I know many are interested in my notes from the trip, along with all the roses that are NOT on this list. So, for full disclosure, I will be posting the rose list next and then I will be getting to the wines I enjoyed and suffered in Paris. The good news, there are lots of wonderful wines from the Paris tastings and many will be making their way here. Sadly, the rose list is not that interesting at all. Now on to the QPR list, which will catch me up to almost all the wines before my Paris trip, other than the roses.

QPR (Quality to Price Ratio) Wines

It has been a few months since my last QPR (Quality to Price Ratio) post and many people have been emailing me about some unique wines I have tasted and some lovely wines that are worth writing about.

Thankfully, no matter how garbage and pain I subject myself to, we are still blessed with quite a few wonderful QPR wines out there. This post includes some nice wines and some OK wines with the usual majority of uninteresting to bad wines.

I had the fortune of going to Hagafen Wine Cellars with Neal and Elk and the 2018 and 2019 vintages continue to impress. The prices are a bit high but with the price of land and fruit in Napa Valley, the fires, the lack of water, and so much more, the price is what it is. Still, the two QPR winner wines were lovely as were the vast majority of all the wines we enjoyed.

I also had the chance to go to Marciano Estates Winery and the wines showed beautifully there as well. The same can be said about Marciano, in regards to the pricing, both at the price and the reasons for them, so read the notes and make up your minds.

The story of 2021 Israel whites and roses is very unfortunate, it started with a bang. Matar and a couple of others showed very well. Sadly, after that, every other white and rose wine from Israel was not as impressive. They all show middling work and product, very disappointing indeed.

We have a nice list of QPR WINNERS:

1. 2019 Herzog Cabernet Sauvignon, Reserve, Alexander Valley, Sonoma, CA
2. 2018 Hagafen Pinot Noir, Prix, Napa Valley, CA
3. 2020 Domaine du Castel Blanc du Castel, Judean Hills
4. 2020 Ramon Cardova Albarino, Rias Baixas
5. 2021 Baron Edmund de Rothschild Rimapere, Marlborough
6. 2021 Matar Sauvignon Blanc Semillon, Galilee
7. 2021 Gush Etzion Sauvignon Blanc, Judean Hills
8. 2021 Herzog Sauvignon Blanc, Lineage, Lake County, CA
9. 2019 Hagafen Cabernet Franc, Napa Valley, CA

There were also a few wines that are a slight step behind with a GREAT or GOOD QPR score:

1. 2018 Hagafen Syrah, Napa Valley, CA
2. 2019 Hagafen Malbec, Napa Valley, CA
3. 2019 Carmel Gewürztraminer, Late Harvest, Single Vineyards, Galilee
4. 2021 Dalton Chardonnay, Unoaked, Galilee
5. 2020 Pascal Bouchard Chablis, Chablis
6. 2021 Tabor Sauvignon Blanc, Galilee
7. 2020 Matar Chardonnay, Galilee
8. 2015 Louis Blanc Crozes Hermitage, Vintage, Crozes Hermitage
9. 2019 Koenig Riesling, Alsace
10. 2019 Matar Stratus, Galilee
11. 2021 Or Haganuz Blanc, Galille