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A Great New Niagara Sauvignon Blanc

Drea's Sauvignon Blanc 2023
June 21 Vintages #16452 - $29.95 - 91-points
This new Vintages release from Drea's Wine has a bright very pale straw colour. Intense, faintly spicy, very gently grassy, bright, ripe, melon-lemon-apple nose with some floral mineral notes. Dry, medium bodied, nicely textured, minerally, very slightly grassy, ripe, wintermelon-lemon-apple flavours with a fresh, lingering, gently citrusy, bright finish. This refined ready to drink crowd-pleaser is perfect with seafood and spicy dishes. It has 13.5% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar. Agent: Drea's Wine
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A Brand-New Best Buy
Ontario White

Norman Hardie Calaire 2022
NEW LCBO RELEASE - #10441 - $25.20
Bright, Ripe, Well Textured *** (91-points)
This just-released LCBO direct store order has a light yellow colour and a lovely, bright, slightly spicy, fairly complex nose showing mineral-driven ripe lemon-apple meringue. Dry medium-plus bodied, gently citrusy, lemon-apple meringue flavours with a lingering, mineral-tinged, lifted, floral finish. An inspired blend of 78% Riesling, 12% Sauvignon Blanc, 4% Gewurztraminer, 3% Pinot Gris, 2% Muscat Blanc and 1% Chardonnay with 11.5% alcohol, 3 g/L residual sugar and 8 g/L total acidity with a screwcap closure.
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Canada's #1 Cab Franc Best Buy

Inniskillin Reserve Cabernet Franc 2022
JUST-RELEASED BEST BUY AT $19.95
Ripe, Bright, Plum-Cassis-Raspberry *** (90-points) - #17290
To celebrate 50-years, this just-released 2022 features a one-time special $19.95 price vs the regular $29.95. Deep intense purple colour, it has an attractive, ripe, plum-raspberry-cassis nose with refined cedary notes. Dry, medium-plus bodied, bright, ripe, plum-cassis-black-cherry flavours followed up a lingering, well textured, gently toasty finish. Showing very well now, this tasty crowd-pleaser was aged in a mix of French and American barrels for 14 months. Very limited production so lay away what you need today.
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BEST BUY ONTARIO SPARKLERS
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JUNE VINTAGES CHILE $18.95 BEST BUY

Santa Carolina El Pacto Agreement
No. 1 Limited Production
Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
Ripe, Bright, Damson-Plum-Cassis *** (90-points) - #35673
This brand new wonderfully flavoured 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon has a very deep purple red colour and a youthful, cassis-driven, Damson plum nose with some gently cedary, faintly herbal notes. Dry, medium plus bodied, bright, ripe, Damson-plum-cassis-black-cherry flavours followed up a lingering, nicely textured, gently toasty finish. At peak - it is showing very well now. It has 14% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar with lot number L5030 on the lower part of the glass bottle. Agent: Charton Hobbs
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A TRULY CLASSIC CHIANTI

Antinori Badia a Passignano Gran Selezione Chianti Classico 2021
JUNE 7 VINTAGES RELEASE - 384552 - $78.95
Intense, Harmonious, Ripe ***/***+ (94-points)
This 100% Sangiovese has a deep intense red colour. Intense, complex, gently earthy, youthful, Damson plum nose with some faint herbal notes. Dry, medium-full bodied, fairly extracty, well structured, intense, ripe, expansive, Damson-plum-red-cherry flavours with a lingering, complex, gently cedary, cassis-tinged finish. Has 14.5% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar.
Agent: Halpern Enterprises
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