Bersano Gavi di Gavi 2022 Price: $22.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: BersanoCountry: ItalyRegion: PiedmontAppellation: Gavi DOCG Grapes: CorteseAlcohol by Volume: 12%Sugar Content: 2 grams per litre The white wines of Gavi in Piedmont, made from the regionally indigenous Cortese grape, are said to have been developed for the seafood restaurants of Genoa on the Ligurian Coast not far over the mountains away. Bersano’s version might do very well with fresh seafood…
x El Petit Bonhomme 2020 Price: $16.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Les Vins BonhommeCountry: SpainRegion: MurciaAppellation: Jumilla DO Grapes: Monastrelle (55%), Garnacha (30%), Syrah (15%)Alcohol by Volume: 14.5%Sugar Content: 4 grams per litre The Australians might have GSM, but the Southern Spanish have MGS: Monastrelle (aka Mourvèrdre), Granacha (Grenche) and Syrah. At least they do in this delicious aggressively priced juicy red from Nathalie Bonhomme’s wine making company, Les Vins Bonhomme.…
Res Fortes GMS Côtes du Roussillon Price: $30.33 (includes all taxes and delivery fees)Channel: Ranger Wine Producer: Res FortesCountry: FranceRegion: RoussillonAppellation: Côtes du Roussillon AOP Grapes: Grenache (60%), Mourvèrde (30%), Syrah (10%)Alcohol by Volume: 14.5%Sugar Content: Unknown, drinks very dry Moritz Bak established the organic winery, Res Fortes in 2018 in Maury, a part of Roussillon known principally for sweet, fortified Vin Doux Naturel. Bone dry, Res Fortes wines are…
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…
