I Campi Campo Base Soave 2021 Price: $22.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Flavio PràCountry: ItalyRegion: VenetoAppellation: Soave DOC Grapes: GarganegaAlcohol by Volume: 12.5%Sugar Content: 4 grams per litre Here is a wine that embodies the risorgimento of the Soave appelation. It’s crisp and mineral, as one would expect from Garganega planted in volcanic soils, and yet it has old vines body and mid-palate weight, presumably from its six months on the…
Dme. de la Pirolette Saint-Amour 2020 Price: $27.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Domaine de la PiroletteCountry: FranceRegion: BeaujolaisAppellation: Saint-Amour Grapes: GamayAlcohol by Volume: 14%Sugar Content: 3 grams per litre Currently the website for the Domaine de la Pirolette describes its location in the village of Saint-Amour as ‘South Burgundy’, but it is a good thing that in the late 14th to mid 15th centuries it was not part of that duchy.…
Fontanafredda Langhe Chardonnay 2021 Price: $20.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: FontanafreddaCountry: ItalyRegion: PiedmontAppellation: Langhe DOC Grapes: ChardonnayAlcohol by Volume: 13%Sugar Content: 3 grams per litre God bless Oscar Farinetti, the modular furniture tycoon who cashed out and founded Eataly and bought Barolo’s most famous winery, Fonatanfredda. Farinetti has proven to be a great democratizer of fine food and wine who embodies the principles of his friend and collaborator Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow…
Rochebin Mâcon Azé Chardonnay 2021 Price: $21.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Domaine de RochebinCountry: FranceRegion: BurgundyAppellation: Mâcon Azé Grapes: ChardonnayAlcohol by Volume: 12.5%Sugar Content: 2 grams per litre In the Southern Burgundy chapter of Ten Vineyard Lunches (1988), Richard Olney pairs a 1983 Mâcon Villages with Truffled Sausage with Pistachios in Court Bouillon. Or, to be honest, while he does not explicitly pair Chardonnay from the Mâconnais, a bottle of it…
La Nerthe is an established producer in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and the vineyards that produce Les Cassagnes, are located next door, just 15kms north up the river. Robert Parker's famous complimentary adjective for Châteauneuf is 'hedonistic', and this second wine from La Nerthe is a fine example of this quality.
Elena Walch Lagrein 2021 Price: $23.95Channel: LCBO Vintages Producer: Elena WalchCountry: ItalyRegion: Alto Adige / SüdtirolAppellation: Alto Adige DOC Grapes: LagreinAlcohol by Volume: 13.5%Sugar Content: 6 grams per litre Elena Walch was an architect who married into the grape growing Walch family and took an interest in wine making. Now, she and her daughters, Julia and Karoline run the family winery. Karoline does the marketing, and I met her a…
