Lungarotti Torre di Giano 2023

Lungarotti Torre di Giano 2023 Price: $17.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: LungarottiCountry: ItalyRegion: UmbriaAppellation: Torgiano DOC Grapes: Vermentino, Grechetto, Trebbiano (% not revealed)Alcohol by Volume: 12.5%Sugar Content: 2 grams per litre I’ve been to Umbria a handful of times. Only once on a press trip, but it was for olive oil not wine. So, in my travels to Italy’s only landlocked region I have largely been in charge of ordering the wine. I cannot recall ever getting a bottle or…

Château Le Grand Verdus GlouGlou 2020

Château Le Grand Verdus GlouGlou 2020 Price: $15.95 (reduced from $17.95)Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Château Le Grand VerdusCountry: FranceRegion: Bordeaux (Entre-deux-Mers)Appellation: Bordeaux Supériore AOC Grapes: Merlot (80%), Cabernet Sauvignon (20%)Alcohol by Volume: 13.5%Sugar Content: 3 grams per litre I don’t know how I missed this wine when it was released a few onths ago, and I don’t why it hasn’t sold out. It’s delicious, very fairly priced (even before the discount), and from one of the world’s most famous…

Kelerei Bozen Pinot Grigio 2023

Kelerei Bozen Pinot Grigio 2023 Price: $21.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Kellerei Bozen (Cantina Produttori Bolzano)Country: ItalyRegion: Alto Adige (Südtirol)Appellation: Alto Adige DOC Grapes: Pinot GrigioAlcohol by Volume: 13.5%Sugar Content: 4 grams per litre The Kellerei Bozen is among the vanguard of Western Europe’s new wave of serious co-operative wineries. It’s members literally grow their grapes on the slopes that form the valleys surrounding Bolzano and they intend to compete with the fine producers that have made the Alto-Adige one…

Argiolas Perdera Monica di Sardegna 2022

Argiolas Perdera Monica di Sardegna 2022 Price: $21.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: ArgiolasCountry: ItalyRegion: SardiniaAppellation: Monica di Sardegna DOC Grapes: MonicaAlcohol by Volume: 13.5%Sugar Content: 3 grams per litre The wine media has not been uniformly kind to Sardinia’s second red grape. The entry for Monica Nera in Robinson, Harding and Vouillamoz’s encyclopedic Wine Grapes (2012) is headlined “Generally undistinguished dark-skinned variety…”. To be fair, it goes onto suggest that the biggest trouble with Monica might be the tenedecy to grow it…

Château Gaillard Beaujolais-Villages 2023

Château Gaillard Beaujolais-Villages 2023 Price: $19.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Sébastien Gutty / Château GaillardCountry: FranceRegion: BeaujolaisAppellation: Beaujolais Villages Grapes: GamayAlcohol by Volume: 12%Sugar Content: 2 grams per litre Graphite is not water soluable, so it has no taste. Therefore it’s not right for me to say that the 2023 Gaillard Beaujolais Villages has a graphite finish, let alone a graphite finish that I associate more with the Cabernet Franc made wines from the Loire Valley than Gamay made Beaujolais.…

Jean Perrier et Fils Cuvée Gastronomie Chignin 2023

Jean Perrier et Fils Cuvée Gastronomie Chignin 2023 Price: $19.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Vins PerrierCountry: FranceRegion: SavoieAppellation: Chignin, Savoie AOC Grapes: JacquèreAlcohol by Volume: 11.5%Sugar Content: 2 grams per litre It’s not until I looked up the tech sheet for the Perrier Chignin that I realized it measures in at only 11.5% alcohol by volume. I would have guess much higher, but not becuase it’s in any way hot or out of balance. The opposite is the case: this…