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2013 Per Caso Iberian Blend

Overall score: 18.1 (9.1 for quality, 9 for value)

Our tasters: Gave it a unanimous recommendation with five scores of at least 9. “Spicy with nice acidity.” My score: 9.2. “Layers of red and black fruit.” Although it’s not a port, it features a classic port mix of touriga nacional (50 percent), tinto cão (25) and souzão (15) from grapes grown in the chalky soil of the Glenrose Vineyard in Paso Robles’ Adelaida District. Alcohol: 15 percent. Price: $49 from pasoportwine.com

2014 Terra Valentine Cabernet Sauvignon Spring Mountain District

Overall score: 19 (9 for quality, 10 for value)

Our tasters: Gave it a unanimous recommendation with a high score of 9.3 and four scores of at least 9. “Mocha with well-integrated oak.” My score: 9. “Silky tannins. Long, satisfying finish.” The vineyard is at 2,100 feet above the Napa Valley floor on Spring Mountain. The blend is 80percent cabernet with merlot, cab franc and petite sirah making up the rest. James Suckling gave it a score of 93. Alcohol: 14.9 percent. Price: $28.15 by special order from Spec’s

2017 Inniskillin Niagara Estate Reisling

Overall score: 17.1 (9.1 for quality, 8 for value)

Our tasters: Gave it a unanimous recommendation six scores of at least 9. “Intense and grape-y with excellent acidity.” My score: 9. “Luscious fruit.” Austrian Karl J. Kaise and Canadian Donald J. P. Ziraldo launched what became Canada’s first internationally famous winery in 1975 with the intense, highly concentrated icewine — made from grapes that froze naturally on the vine, then were harvested at 14 degrees — as its signature product. Alcohol: 9.5 percent. Price: $73.99 for a 375 ml bottle at Spec’s