Famille Perrin Signature Côtes du Rhône 2021

Famille Perrin Signature Côtes du Rhône 2021 Price: $19.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Famille PerrinCountry: FranceRegion: Southern Rhône ValleyAppellation: Côtes du Rhône Grapes: Grenache, Syrah (% not disclosed)Alcohol by Volume: 13%Sugar Content: 3 grams per litre The Perrin family makes one of Châteauneuf-du-Pape’s most famous wines, Château de Beaucastel as well as one the world’s supermarkets’ most famous wines, La Vielle Ferme (a.k.a. the Chisken Wine). This easy drinking organic CdR falls somewhere in between with a straight forward juicy…

Gérard Bertrand Réserve Spéciale Viognier 2023

Gérard Bertrand Réserve Spéciale Viognier 2023 Price: $16.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Gérard BertrandCountry: FranceRegion: LanguedocAppellation: Pays d’Oc IGP Grapes: ViognierAlcohol by Volume: 13%Sugar Content: 2 grams per litre Let this Viognier open up and air out by pouring a glass 15 or 20 minutes before consuming. Or just get into it and percieve how the fruit and florals become less shy as exposure to oxygen loosens it up. When it does, look for a racy, peach driven white with…

Font Sarade Les Terres Rouges Ventoux 2022

Font Sarade Les Terres Rouges Ventoux 2022 Price: $17.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Domaine Font SaradeCountry: FranceRegion: Provence (Rhône Valley)Appellation: Ventoux AOC Grapes: Grenache (50%), Syrah (25% ), Carignan (25% )Alcohol by Volume: 14.5%Sugar Content: 3 grams per litre I nearly put the Font Sarade Ventoux in last week’s Substack, and I regret I didn’t because stocks are diminishing. I think there’s a secret society (as in we don’t know we’re part of it) that is always looking good Rhône…

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…