Casale del Giglio Bellone 2020 Price: $25.05Channel: Profile Wine Group Producer: Casale del GiglioCountry: ItalyRegion: LazioAppellation: Lazio IGT I wrote about the 2020 Casale del Giglio Bellone recently in my wine column at The Hub. It’s a treat to come across this very Roman white wine when so little of it travels very far from the Eternal City. It’s odd that despite being a perpetual tourist magnet and a literal…
Hidden Bench Nocturn Rosé 2021 Price: $24.75Channel: Hidden Bench Estate Winery Producer: Hidden Bench Estate WineryCountry: CanadaRegion: NiagaraAppellation: VQA Grapes: Pinot Noir (75%), Merlot (11%), Malbec (9%), Cabernet Franc (5%)Alcohol by Volume: 12%Sugar Content: 1 gram per litre The Hidden Bench Nocturn rosé is made by the old fashioned saignée method, where juice is ‘bled’ of of red wine fermenting tanks, concentrating whats left behind and producing a fine light…
Planeta Frappato Vittoria 2019 Price: $22.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: PlanetaCountry: ItalyRegion: SicilyAppellation: Vittoria DOC Grapes: FrappatoAlcohol by Volume: 13% Sugar Content: 3 grams per Litre Planeta is both one Sicily’s great pioneering modern wineries and one of its great innovators. Led by the late Diego Planeta, in the last quarter of the 20th century they planted international grape varieties and helped lead the movement that proved Sicily could produce fine…
Château Montfaucon Lirac 2019 Price: $23.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Château MontfauconCountry: FranceRegion: Provence (Southern Rhône)Appellation: Lirac AOC Grapes: Grenache (60%), Syrah (30%), Cinsault (10%)Alcohol by Volume: 14.5%Sugar Content: 4 grams per litre The town of Lirac lies on the Right Bank of the Rhône more or less right across the river from Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The soils, the climate and the grapes grown in the vineyards of Lirac are the same as…
Telmo Rodriguez Bodega Lanzaga LZ 2020 Price: $22.99 750ml (plus HST, bottle deposit, shipping, etc.)Channel: Lifford Wines & Spirits Producer: Telmo RodriguezCountry: SpainRegion: Rioja AlavesaAppellation: Rioja DOca Grapes: Tempranillo, Graciano, GarnachaAlcohol by Volume: 14%Sugar Content: N/A (dry to taste) Telmo Rodriguez is one of a handful of legendary new wave producers in Rioja, with many projects across the region. But the LZ, from his Lanzaga estate, is a homage to…
Ricasoli Brolio Chianti Classico 2019 Price: $23.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Ricasoli 1141Country: ItalyRegion: TuscanyAppellation: Chianti Classico DOCG Grapes: Sangiovese 80%, Merlot 15%, Cabernet Sauvignon 5%Alcohol by Volume: 13.5%Sugar Content: 3 grams per litre The Baron Ricasoli, otherwise known as Francesco likes to remind wine journalists that his is one of the oldest family businesses in the world. That may be, but the spirit in the wines being released by the…
