CaSal di Serra Verdicchio del Castelli di Jesi 2023

CaSal di Serra Verdicchio del Castelli di Jesi 2023 Price: $18.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Umani RonchiCountry: ItalyRegion: The MarcheAppellation: Verdicchio del Castelli di Jesi 2023 DOC Grapes: VerdicchoiAlcohol by Volume: 13%Sugar Content: 3 grams per litre This crisp Verdicchio, from one of the Marche’s more established modern producers, comes the foot hills west of Ancona that lead up into the high Appenines and the old road to Perugia. It’s full of lemon citrus, and since it comes from a…

Deux Roches Mâcon-Villages

DEUX ROCHES MÂCON-VILLAGES TRADITION 2022 Price: $27.95 ($25.25 without HST)Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Collovray et TerrierCountry: FranceRegion: BurgundyAppellation: Mâcon-Villages Grapes: ChardonnayAlcohol by Volume: 13%Sugar Content: 5 grams per litre Sunshine lemon citrus and stone licking minerality: this Deux Roches Mâcon-Villages is a kind of Platonic ideal of a food friendly, straight forward, well made Chardonnay. At $25 it’s a bargain, but anywhere under $30 it’s great value. I liken it to a stainless steel version of Pouilly-Fuissé. It’s genererous, but also…

Cave de Lugny Chardonnay

Cave de Lugny Mâcon-Lugny Saint-Pierre Chardonnay 2022 Price: $23.55Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Cave de LugnyCountry: FranceRegion: BurgundyAppellation: Mâcon-Lugny (Mâcon-Villages) Grapes: ChardonnayAlcohol by Volume: 13%Sugar Content: 2 grams per litre Lean and lemony, this white burgundy is a classic from the renown and respective co-operative in Lugny, one of the better known of the eleven communes that make-up the Mâcon-Villages appellation. Cave de Lugny is a good example of the new…

Argo Langhe Nebbiolo

Villadoria Argo Langhe Nebbiolo 2020 Price: $20.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: VilladoriaCountry: ItalyRegion: PiedmontAppellation: Langhe Grapes: NebbioloAlcohol by Volume: 13.5%Sugar Content: 2 grams per litre In this province, a 473 ml (16 oz) can of Black Cherry flavour White Claw Hard Seltzer costs $3.35. So, a six pack costs $20.10, which is just 70 cents less than a bottle of the Villadoria ‘Argo’ Langhe Nebbiolo 2020. À chacun sont goût, and…

Tres Olmos Verdejo

Garciarévalo Tres Olmos Verdejo 2021 Price: $14.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: GarciarévalosCountry: SpainRegion: RuedaAppellation: Rueda DO Grapes: VerdejoAlcohol by Volume: 12.8%Sugar Content: 2 grams per litre Spanish whites might be having a moment. At least they are at my house, where we look for good value and fresh fruit character. This fresh organic white gets a few months on its lees to round out its character, and the result is remarkably…

Muga Reserva 2019

Muga Rioja Reserva 2019 Price: $28.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Bodegas MugaCountry: SpainRegion: La RiojaAppellation: Rioja DO Grapes: Tempranillo, Garnacha Tinta, Mazuelo, GracianoAlcohol by Volume: 14.5%Sugar Content: 3 grams per litre The British wine writer, and Spanish wine expert, Tim Atkin MW calls the 2018 Muga Reserva “textbook”. That is a much more intersting way of saying classic, which was my note when I tasted it earlier this year. The Muga…