Great wines of late for less money than ever

Here's some nice wines I've found in the last 3 months in no particular order.

• Souverain 2007 Alexander (?) Chardonnay (WS 90, $10 CC, $15 elsewhere). The best chardonnay I've had in the last 4 months, and it's not especially oaky. A great, complex sweet fruit taste. Inhaled 2 bottles. My score: 92. I hope I can find more of this at my $10 price point (Costco San Luis Obispo).
• Sterling 2008 Chardonnay ($8 Costco, $6 with coupon). The 2007 was a WS 88 pointer but this was not available, so I took a chance and picked up 3 bottles of the 2008 and it is quite nice. Lemon and some oak. Flavorful, slightly rich in a medium body and medium intensity. At $6 I could drink this all day. My score: 89.
• Montes 2006 Syrah Alpha ($16 Costco, WS 91). This is/was my wine of the year 2008 and I had two bottles recently. One was very good and one was great. One of the most complex noses of any red and a complex palate of ripe sweet berry, hint of tobacco and spice. Smooth and rich but not too heavy. My score: 93-94 at its best.
• Fitou 2005 (?) South France Red ($8?, WC). I'm not sure of the region, but it is likely the Languedoc (south France coast, west of the Rhone). This tasted like a salty Rhone made with fresh dark-red fruit. Very refreshing. My score: 90-91.
• Zaca Mesa 2005 Syrah Santa Ynez Valley ($17 Costco Alhambra or SLO, WS 92). There is a new style of Syrah from Central California: big with notes of beef and/or a dusty ripe berry. It's a profile WS reviewer James Laube really likes, but I'm not that fond of it. My wife quite liked it. Here's the WS review:
  "Tight and beefy, with focused blueberry and wild berry flavors that are spicy and complex. Full-bodied, with a hint of stewed plum and wild berry peaking through on the finish"
  
• Can Blau 2007 ($15, RP 91). Needs some time, as the bottles I tried months ago weren't as nice but recently a solid red berry with acidity and some spice. Syrah and Grenache. Not minerally at all. My score: 89.
  
• Jim Barry 2005 Shiraz Lodge Hill ($13 Costco SLO, WS 90). Consistently one of the purest expressions of tart red raspberry with some sweet black berry. Some spice and oak, but it is the berry that knocks me over. Nice acidity in a medium body. My score: 91.