Foncalieu Via Nostrum 2019 Price: $18.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Vignobles FoncalieuCountry: FranceRegion: LanguedocAppellation: Corbières AOC Grapes: Syrah (70%), Grenache (30%)Alcohol by Volume: 14%Sugar Content: 3 grams per litre Here is the revenge of the co-operatives, in the form of an affordable and delicious Syrah driven red from the South of France. Les Vignobles Foncalieu is a kind of super co-oprative: a co-op of co-ops with land under vine across all…
Zenato San Benedetto Lugana 2021 Price: $19.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Essentials Producer: ZenatoCountry: ItalyRegion: Lombardy and VenetoAppellation: Lugana DOC Grapes: VerdicchioAlcohol by Volume: 13%Sugar Content: 6 grams per litre Zenato is a producer best known for making Amarone from the red grapes grown on the hills of Valpolicella. Looking to the west from those hills is the blue shard of Lake Garda which juts northwards into Trentino and the Dolomite Alps.…
Ciù Ciù Bacchus Rosso Piceno DOC 2021 Price: $20 ($24.48 with tax and delivery)Channel: Le Sommelier Producer: Ciù Ciù Tenimente BortolomeiCountry: ItalyRegion: Le MarcheAppellation: Rosso Piceno DOC Grapes: Sangiovese (50%), Montepulciano (50%)Alcohol by Volume: 13.5%Sugar Content: Unknown / drinks dry I wrote about the 2021 Ciù Ciù Bacchus Rosso Piceno in my wine column at The Hub because it seemed like this wine arrived in Ontario at just the right…
I Campi Campo Base Soave 2021 Price: $22.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Flavio PràCountry: ItalyRegion: VenetoAppellation: Soave DOC Grapes: GarganegaAlcohol by Volume: 12.5%Sugar Content: 4 grams per litre Here is a wine that embodies the risorgimento of the Soave appelation. It’s crisp and mineral, as one would expect from Garganega planted in volcanic soils, and yet it has old vines body and mid-palate weight, presumably from its six months on the…
Dme. de la Pirolette Saint-Amour 2020 Price: $27.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Domaine de la PiroletteCountry: FranceRegion: BeaujolaisAppellation: Saint-Amour Grapes: GamayAlcohol by Volume: 14%Sugar Content: 3 grams per litre Currently the website for the Domaine de la Pirolette describes its location in the village of Saint-Amour as ‘South Burgundy’, but it is a good thing that in the late 14th to mid 15th centuries it was not part of that duchy.…
Fontanafredda Langhe Chardonnay 2021 Price: $20.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: FontanafreddaCountry: ItalyRegion: PiedmontAppellation: Langhe DOC Grapes: ChardonnayAlcohol by Volume: 13%Sugar Content: 3 grams per litre God bless Oscar Farinetti, the modular furniture tycoon who cashed out and founded Eataly and bought Barolo’s most famous winery, Fonatanfredda. Farinetti has proven to be a great democratizer of fine food and wine who embodies the principles of his friend and collaborator Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow…
