Norman Hardie Sauvignon Blanc Vieux Chêne 2020 Price: $27.20Channel: LCBO or Winery Producer: Norman HardieCountry: CanadaRegion: NiagaraAppellation: VQA Grapes: Sauvignon BlancAlcohol by Volume: 13%Sugar Content: 2 grams per litre Norm Hardie is famous for his Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, but his love of French wine grapes extends beyond these two natives of Burgundy. In the case of the Vieux Chêne the homage is to the Loire and the wine expresses…
Radford Dale Vinum Chenin Blanc 2020 Price: $19.95 750mlChannel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Radford DaleCountry: South AfricaRegion: StellenboschAppellation: Stellenbosch Grapes: Chenin BlancAlcohol by Volume: 12.5%Sugar Content: 5 grams per litre Ben Radford and Alex Dale’s eponymous winery ticks all the boxes of modern South African production, from sustainable environmental practices to give back programs to address social inequality. They also make sophisticated wines, at every price level, that reflect the terroir…
Jean-Luc Colombo Cape Bleue Rosé 2021 Price: $20.99 per 750ml (plus HST & bottle deposit)Channel: Profile Wine Group Producer: Jean-Luc ColomboCountry: FranceRegion: LanguedocAppellation: IGP Méditerranée Grapes: 40% Syrah, 40% Cinsault, 20% MourvédreAlcohol by Volume: 13%Sugar Content: N/A (bone dry) Jean-Luc Colmbo is a celebated winemaker from Cornas in the Northern Rhône Valley; a master of Syrah. So, of course it’s Syrah that dominates this just slightly austere and very grown-up rosé…
Famille Perrin Nature Côtes du Rhône 2019 Price: $18.95 per 750mlChannel: LCBO Vintages (#948059) Producer: Famille PerrinCountry: FranceRegion: ProvenceAppellation: Côtes du Rhône Grapes: Grenache, SyrahAlcohol by Volume: 13%Sugar Content: 2 grams per litre The Perrin family is one of the most prominent wine concerns in the Southern Rhône valley. They are the owners of the renown Château de Beaucastel in Châteauneuf-du-Pape as well as the producers of the ubiquitous La…
Domaine Montrose Chardonnay 2020 Price: $17.95 per 750ml (+HST & Shipping), sold in cases of 12Channel: Le Sommelier Wine Agency Producer: Domaine MontroseCountry: FranceRegion: LanguedocAppellation: Côtes de Thongues Grapes: ChardonnayAlcohol by Volume: 13%Sugar Content: N/A (bone dry) The estate at Domaine Montrose may have been established 1701 but their Chardonnay is very much in style of the new South of France: gastronomique. The 2020 Domaine Montrose Chardonnay Côtes de Thonge…
Michele Chiarlo ‘Il Principe’ 2018 Grapes: NebbioloAlcohol by Volume: 14%Sugar Content: 2 grams per litre Il Principe translates as “the prince”, and I wonder if this isn’t a play on Langhe Nebbiolo’s reputation as ‘baby Barolo’. Barolo may or not be ‘the king of wines and the wine of kings’, but these days I don’t think Langhe Nebbiolo is as much a Dauphin as a free citizen in it’s own…
