Price: $25.95
Channel: LCBO Vintages
Producer: Bachelder
Country: Canada
Region: Niagara
Appellation: Niagara Peninsula VQA
Grapes: Chardonnay
Alcohol by Volume: 13%
Sugar Content: 3 grams per litre
I’m not sure how he’s managed to do it, but Thomas Bachelder has slipped one of his celebrated boutique Niagara Chardonnays into the LCBO for under $30. The man is clearly a wino democrat, as the Ardoise is in direct competition wuth fancy local whites priced upwards of twice this… including some that he makes himself.
More Montrachet than Meursault, this is a fancy “Chardo” (as Bachedler often calls the grape). Stone and core fruit mix to spread with weight over the palate, seasoned judiciously with integrated wood notes. Then, it all lifts up into a Niagara limestone acdity that brings water to the mouth and begs another sip.
This is the wine for the Easter ham, or day after ham sandwich. Or both.
https://www.lcbo.com/en/bachelder-l-ardoise-niagara-chardonnay-2019-302083
This wine recommendation was originally published at the MJ Wine Box Substack at https://malcolmjolley.substack.com/p/window-of-indulgence.