54 products
Argentina - Mendoza
Type | Bodega Marco Zunino (Vegan-Friendly) | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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Red | Bodega Marco Zunino Estancia Argentina Malbec 2019 | 12 x 750ml | $20.95 |
Type | Matías Riccitelli (Sustainable, Vegan-Friendly) | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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Red | Matias Riccitelli Cabernet Sauvignon Gualtallary Valle de Uco 2018 LCBO Vintages | 6 x 750ml | $34.95 |
Red | Matias Riccitelli The Party Malbec Argentina 2020 LCBO Vintages | 12 x 750ml | $23.95 |
Red | Matías Riccitelli Hey Malbec! 2020 LCBO Vintages | 12 x 750ml | $20.95 |
Red | Matías Riccitelli This Is Not Another Lovely Malbec 2021 LCBO Vintages | 12 x 750ml | $31.95 |
Austria - Burgenland
Type | Markus Altenburger (Biodynamic, Natural, Organic) | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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Red | Markus Altenburger Blaufränkisch Vom Kalk 2021 | 12 x 750ml | $28.95 |
White | Markus Altenburger Chardonnay Vom Kalk 2021 | 12 x 750ml | $28.95 |
Austria - Kamptal
Type | Matthias Hager (Biodynamic, Natural, Organic, Vegan-Friendly) | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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White | Hager Matthias Gruner Veltliner Loess Natural 2018 Destination Collection | 12 x 750ml | $30.95 |
Red | Hager Matthias Zweigelt Blauburger 2021 Destination Collection | 12 x 750ml | $24.95 |
White | Matthias Hager Grüner Veltliner Mollands 2022 | 12 x 750ml | $27.95 |
White | Matthias Hager Riesling Alte Reben Steinleiten 2018 | 6 x 750ml | $46.95 |
Chile - Maule Valley
Type | Baettig ( Old Vines, Sustainable) | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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Red | Baettig Cabernet Sauvignon Maule Los Compadres 2022 LCBO Vmail Offer | 12 x 750ml | $50.95 |
Chile - Secano Interior - Portezuelo
Type | Garage Wine Co. (Sustainable) | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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Red | Garage Co Renacido Vineyard Maule Valley Lot 114 2020 LCBO Vintages | 6 x 750ml | $51.00 |
Chile - Traiguén
Type | Baettig (Sustainable, Volcanic) | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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White | Baettig Selección de Parcelas Los Primos Chardonnay D.O. Traiguén 2020 LCBO Vmail Offer | 6 x 750ml | $98.95 |
Red | Baettig Selección de Parcelas Los Primos Pinot Noir D.O. Traiguén 2020 LCBO Vmail Offer | 6 x 750ml | $98.95 |
Red | Baettig Selección de Parcelas Los Primos Pinot Noir D.O. Traiguén 2021 LCBO Vmail Offer | 6 x 750ml | $98.95 |
White | Baettig Vino de Viñedo Los Parientes Chardonnay D.O. Traiguén 2021 LCBO Vmail Offer | 12 x 750ml | $40.95 |
Red | Baettig Vino de Viñedo Los Parientes Pinot Noir D.O. Traiguén 2021 LCBO Vmail Offer | 12 x 750ml | $40.95 |
Red | Baettig Vino de Viñedo Los Parientes Pinot Noir D.O. Traiguén 2022 LCBO Vmail Offer | 12 x 750ml | $40.95 |
Type | Nicholas Pearce Wines Inc (Sustainable, Volcanic) | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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White | Discover Baettig - Mixed Case | 6 x 750ml |
Chile - Valle del Maule
Type | Garage Wine Co. (Sustainable, Old Vines, Organic) | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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White | Garage Wine Co Revival 2021 | 12 x 750ml | $23.95 |
Red | Garage Wine Co Truquilemu Vineyard Carignan D.O Maule 2020 | 6 x 750ml | $69.95 |
Type | Nicholas Pearce Wines Inc (Sustainable, Volcanic) | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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White | Discover Baettig - Mixed Case | 6 x 750ml |
Germany - Nahe
Type | Christian Bamberger Weingut | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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White | Christian Bamberger Merlot Blanc de Noir Trocken 2021 Destination Collection | 12 x 750ml | $26.95 |
White | Christian Bamberger Scheurebe Trocken Don't be Shy 2021 Destination Collection | 12 x 750ml | $27.10 |
White | Christian Bamberger Silvaner Blanc trocken Nahe 2021 Destination Collection | 12 x 750ml | $27.10 |
Greece - Santorini
Type | Vassaltis (Volcanic) | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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White | Vassaltis Assyrtiko Barrel Aged Santorini PDO 2021 LCBO Classics | 6 x 750ml | $88.00 |
White | Vassaltis Santorini Assyrtiko 2022 LCBO Retail | 6 x 750ml | $72.95 |
Hungary - Lake Balaton
Type | Gilvesy Pincészet (Organic, Sustainable, Vegan-Friendly, Volcanic) | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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White | Gilvesy Bohem Balatoni Cuvée 2022 | 12 x 750ml | $23.95 |
White | Gilvesy Sauvignon Blanc 2022 ($179.70 per case) | 6 x 750ml | $29.95 |
New Zealand - Central Otago
Type | Blank Canvas (Sustainable) | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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Red | Blank Canvas Anthem Pinot Noir Gibbston Valley 2018 LCBO Cellar Collection | 6 x 750ml | $68.00 |
New Zealand - Gisborne
Type | Invivo | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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White | Invivo Chardonnay Gisborne 2020 LCBO Vintages | 12 x 750ml | $21.95 |
New Zealand - Marlborough
Type | Blank Canvas (Sustainable) | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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Red | Blank Canvas Escaroth Pinot Noir Marlborough 2019 | 6 x 750ml | $58.00 |
White | Blank Canvas Sauvignon Blanc Abstract Marlborough 2019 | 6 x 750ml | $47.00 |
Red | Blank Canvas Settlement Vineyard Pinot Noir 2019 | 6 x 750ml | $58.00 |
Type | Hans Herzog (Sustainable) | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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Red | Hans Herzog Pinot Noir Marlborough 2018 LCBO Cellar Collection | 6 x 750ml | $65.00 |
White | Hans Herzog Sauvignon Blanc Sur Lie Marlborough 2019 LCBO Classics | 12 x 750ml | $57.00 |
Type | Invivo (Sustainable) | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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White | Graham Norton's Own Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2022 LCBO Vintages | 12 x 750ml | $24.95 |
White | Invivo Marlborough Pinot Gris 2021 LCBO Vintages | 12 x 750ml | $21.95 |
White | Invivo Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023 LCBO Vintages | 12 x 750ml | $20.95 |
New Zealand - Wairarapa
Type | Paddy Borthwick (Sustainable) | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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Red | Paddy Borthwick Left Hand Pinot Noir Wairarapa 2019 LCBO Classics | 6 x 750ml | $48.00 |
Red | Paddy Borthwick Pinot Noir Paper Road Wairarapa 2021 LCBO Vintages | 12 x 750ml | $27.95 |
Type | The Crater Rim (Sustainable) | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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White | The Crater Rim Waipara Sauvignon Blanc 2020 Vintages Frontline | 12 x 750ml | $31.95 |
Portugal - Alentejo
Type | Paulo Laureano | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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White | Paulo Laureano Vinhas Velhas Branco 2021 | 12 x 750ml | $22.95 |
Red | Paulo Laureano Vinhas Velhas Tinto 2020 | 12 x 750ml | $23.95 |
Slovenia - Goriška Brda
Type | Štekar (Biodynamic, Natural, Organic, Vegan-Friendly) | Case Size | Bottle Price |
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Orange | Štekar Rebula 2022 | 12 x 750ml | $34.95 |
- White Wine
- Grüner Veltliner
- Biodynamic, Natural, Organic, Vegan-Friendly
- Dry
- 750ml
- 11.5% alc./vol
About the Winery
Matthias Hager
The Hager Matthias winery is located in the small village of Mollands in the Kamptal area of Lower Austria. Matthias took over the 12-hectare land and the family business at an early age. He aims to produce the best quality wine possible and to focus on being in balance with nature. The lands are cultivated according to biodynamic principles and are certified Demeter. Matthias has a vast knowledge about plants and insects, and about keeping the flora and fauna in harmony with the vines. Matthias Hager is one of the most experimental winemakers in the Kamptal region, Austria. He understood early how to work with different soil types from loess to clay. He established different product lines to highlight these differences: the blue one representing fresh, lively wines including Grüner Veltliner and Sauvignon Blanc; and the brown line gravitating towards more earthy, flavourful produce and the red line stands for no sulphites!
Press Reviews
Wine Align
91 points - Michael Godel
Review from 2019 vintage:
From one of the globe’s biodynamic gurus, non-dogmatic, he farms like we breath. Really sharp and equally earthy grüner of reaction, action and depth. Citrus is variegated and texture is for real. Really, really long. Great intensity forever here. Drink 2019-2025. Tasted November 2019.
- Red Wine
- Malbec
- Vegan-Friendly
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- 750ml
- 14.5% alc./vol
About the Winery
Bodega Marco Zunino
The dream of 4 French partners in Argentina's Mendoza region can be found 200 kilometers from the district capital, in the South of the region, in the town of San Rafael. It's an oasis surrounded by large canyons and crossed by two rivers, Diamante and Atuel, vital for agriculture and tourism in the region.The arid climate, rugged landscape coupled with the plane trees located along the country roads and weeping willows bordering its rivers that makes the area reminiscent of the midi region in the South of France.
The thirty-hectare vineyard boasts an exceptional site and an idyllic regional climate for wine producing. The low rainfall, vineyard altitude (670m) and high temperature variations are key to the diversity and quality of San Rafael’s terroir and offers the ideal setting for a truly exceptional quality of grape.
Press Reviews
Wine Align
90 points - Sara d'Amato
A bright and cheery malbec made with finesse. The palate is cut and refreshed with a salty component, zesty acidity and mildly sinewy tannins. Sleek with notes of earth, new leather and blackberry. Impressively complex with a memorable finish. Drink now or hold until 2023. Tasted July 2020.
90 points - David Lawrason
This is a very generous, open knit, dense and just slightly sweet malbec with classic aromas of mulberry/raspberry, thyme, a touch of meatiness and oak vanillin. It is very smooth, almost slippery and dense with fine tannin and warm. The length is very good to excellent. Lots here for $20. Tasted June 2021
- White Wine
- Olaszrizling, Pinot Gris, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc
- Organic, Sustainable, Vegan-Friendly, Volcanic
- Light Bodied
- 750ml
- 12% alc./vol
About the Winery
Gilvesy Pincészet
Hungarian expat Róbert Gilvesy moved back to his homeland from Canada, and began building the Gilvesy winemaking empire on the former Esterházy estate on Szent György Hill. Thanks to years of hard work, the Hegymagas-based facility now includes a modern building complex and about 13 hectares of vineyards, in addition to being the home of the family. The area is shaped by 6 million years old volcanoes, where indigenous and international varieties grow organically.
Robert’s absolute admiration for nature and the terroir translates into an immense respect for the environment. By farming using organic practices, the soils and the vines stay healthy. In the winery, by letting nature take its course without controlling the processes, and using local resources, such as Hungarian oak barrels, Gilvesy promotes and protects the Balaton region.
Press Reviews
Wine Align
91 points - Michael Godel
The blend in 2021 is olaszrizling (a.k.a. welschriesling), riesling and sauvignon blanc with pinot gris no longer involved. No doubt a botanical aspect ups the complexity game away and beyond the simple norms of white blends marked by citrus and stone fruit. They are in the mix but the herbal tonic and fine bitters elevate the cuvée to speak rightly and spritely for Balaton, the Szent György Hill and Robert Gilvesy’s oeuvre. This wine is an institution now and deserves plenty of attention. Drink 2023-2026. Tasted March 2023.
91 points - Megha Jandhyala
Situated near an ancient dormant volcano, Gilvesy grows native grape varieties organically and sustainably in volcanic soils. This blend of olaszrizling, pinot gris, riesling, and sauvignon blanc is subtly reductive and mineral, with notes of freshly cut-grass, juicy grapefruits and lemons, peaches, and crunchy pears. It feels fleshy and rounded, but refreshing on the palate, with a long, pleasantly grippy finish. I like the layers of flavours here and the succulent texture. This wine is ready to drink and vegan-friendly. Tasted March 2023.
90 points - John Szabo, MS
Gilvesy's 2021 Balatoni cuvee is the customary blend of welschriesling, riesling and sauvignon blanc, crafted in an appealingly reductive, grapefruit pith and peel-inflected style, tightly wound and bone dry, mineral and fresh. I love the saltiness on the palate and the succulent acids that draw additional sips. Crunchy, fresh, lively, drinking now or hold short term. Tasted March 2023.
- White Wine
- Antão Vaz, Arinto, Fernão Pires
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- 750ml
About the Winery
Paulo Laureano
Paulo Laureano is one of the most respected Portuguese winemakers and a reference for wines in the Alentejo.
Agronomist, winemaker trained between Portugal, Australia and Spain, after teaching at the University of Évora for 10 years, decided to dedicate himself, exclusively, to what has moved him since 1993: designing wines. Especially in the company he created with his family in 1999 and which has become increasingly important in his life.
Paulo Laureano defines himself as a minimalist winemaker, for whom designing wines is a passion, unveiling their aromas and flavors, evaluating and optimizing the reasons for his identity and personality, promoting them as true sources of pleasure.
His exclusive bet on Portuguese varieties reflects his way of being and looking at wine as a factor of culture and civilization.
Press Reviews
Wine Align
91 points - David Lawrason
2020 vintage: This buxom white blends three local white varieties including antao vaz, arinto and fernao pires. It has quite deep colour and a very ripe and rich feel. I kept expecting a wave of oak but it is so very subtle, with only the antao being fermented in barrel. It has ripe peach, melon and slightly herbal and ginger nuances. It is full bodied, quite creamy yet fresh at the same time. The length is excellent. The alcohol is on slow burn but only at 12.5%. This is very characterful and excellent value. Tasted April 2022
- País
- Sustainable
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- 750ml
- 13% alc./vol
About the Winery
Garage Wine Co.
Garage Wine was literally started in a garage in 2001, by Etobicoke expat Derek Mossman and his wife Pilar Miranda. Since then, the dynamic duo handcraft wines from a series of individual vineyards located in the Maule and Itata Valleys, in the south of Santiago, Chile.
Garage Wine Co makes wines from a series of individual parcels, small lots / bottlings of 8-22 barrels that include a series of dry-farmed field-blends of Carignan, Garnacha, Monastrell, País, Cinsault and Cab Franc grown on pre-phylloxera rootstock with small farmers in the Maule and Itata. Each wine is from a 1-2 hectare parcel in a different place.
Over the years working in the community they have raised a veritable posse of vineyard hands whose skills are working the vineyards the old way / the traditional way– originario. The vineyards are on the old coastal range of mountains closer to the Pacific and have granitic soils with cracks for roots to get deep down into.
When GWCo. speaks of the provenance of these wines they mean more than just the geological terroir. Derek and Pilar think the farming practices that have evolved over generations have as much to do with the wines’ personalities as the soils. All the wines are made by hand with native yeasts in small tanks, punched down manually and pressed out in a small basket press. GWCo is still very much a DIY operation and we still tow much of the crop back to the winery in trailers behind trusty pickup trucks 2,000 kilos at a time.
Press Reviews
WineAlign
91 points - Michael Godel
The 2018 país was, and I quote Garage Wine Company founder (and Oakvillean) Derek Mossman Knapp ”A wine that rose from the 2017 bush fires, quickly having ascended out of the ashes as something resurrected and reinvented.” The method is pressing whole clusters with stems and a co-fermented (2018) collection of país, stacked with carinena, one on top of the other. Now in 2021 it’s all about the mission grape, survivor and revivalist, the stacks of fruit like lyrics, on repeat. If you say the mantra often enough it becomes bible and this grape made in this way is the lifeblood and soul of Chile’s Secano Interior Cauquenes. A very instrumental red wine, comfortable, of relaxed warmth and lack of pressure that you would only expect at home, with people you love. “People can you feel it? Love is everywhere.” Drink 2023-2026. Tasted February 2023.
90 points - Megha Jandhyala
Born during the pandemic, the Garage Wine Company’s old-vine project is devoted to reviving previously-neglected old vines and supporting local farming communities. Founded by Mossman Knapp and Pilar Miranda, it is based in Maule, home to many dry-farmed, family-owned, old vineyards. Only about 5000 bottles of this old-vine país were made using traditional methods, including traditional dry-farming and hand-harvesting in the vineyards, and manual punchdowns and native yeast in the winery. It is a fresh, light, cheerfully fruity, wine, clean and uncluttered, with a down-to-earth, guileless charm. Red berries and herbs are joined by notes of pepper and wildflowers. The palate is medium-bodied and soft, with fine tannins, tart acids, and very good length.
- White Wine
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Dry
- Residual Sugar: 6 g/l
- Medium Bodied
- 750ml
- 13% alc./vol
About the Winery
Invivo
Invivo's journey began when two Kiwi friends, Rob and Tim, met in a London bar, determined to revolutionize the wine industry by creating a strong brand that defies tradition. Since 2008, Invivo has become a leading producer in New Zealand, winning over 600 medals and expanding operations across several countries. Through customer focus and innovation, including being one of the Southern Hemisphere's largest crowdfunded companies, Invivo has rapidly grown. Rejecting traditional winemaking norms, Invivo brings elegance from the old world to their original range, featuring Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Rosé. Their collaborations with Graham Norton and Sarah Jessica Parker have further elevated their profile, embodying Invivo's vision of bringing people together to create greatness.
Press Reviews
Wine Orbit
93 Points
Splendidly fruited and aromatic, the bouquet shows passionfruit, kiwifruit, rockmelon and kaffir lime characters, leading to a gorgeously flavoursome palate that's succulent and lingering. Upfront with excellent fruit purity and vibrancy, making it highly enjoyable. At its best: now to 2027.
- White Wine
- Merlot
- Dry
- Residual Sugar: 7.00 g/l
- Light Bodied
- 750ml
- 12.50% alc./vol
Press Reviews
Falstaff
90 Points - Ulrich Sautter
A hint of pink in the colour. Sweet cherry, herbal and savoury aromas, some liquorice. On the palate the wine is dense, juicy and fresh, with aromas coherent with the fragrance, very well balanced, fruity in the finish, with a clear tactile mineral background. Convincing style, very good extract.
- White Wine
- Assyrtiko
- Dry
- Residual Sugar: 2 g/l
- Medium Bodied
- 750ml
- 14.00% alc./vol
Press Reviews
WineAlign
94 points - David Lawrason
This has a quite fine, delicate and complex nose of hay, wildflowers, leesy spice and vague tropical fruit. Perhaps some fennel as well. It is notably rich yet elegant, much more so than expected from assyrtiko. Powerful too at $14% alcohol. It is creamy and almost lush but the minerality and warmth keep it in check. Flavours have excellent to outstanding length. Some bitterness and a salty tang on the finish. Clearly an elite white that needs some attention.
- White Wine
- Scheurebe
- Dry
- Residual Sugar: 7.00 g/l
- Light Bodied
- 750ml
- 12.50% alc./vol
Press Reviews
Falstaff
89 Points
Initial notes of ripe yellow gooseberries within a powerful, savoury bouquet, then notes of apricot and dried mango. An intense juicy acidity, compact, with a lean texture, a fine fruit sweetness, and savoury undertones. An elated wine, not at all shy.
- Rosé Wine
- Pinot Noir
- Sustainable
- Dry
- Residual Sugar: 3.00 g/l
- Light Bodied
- 750ml
- 12.50% alc./vol
About the Winery
Invivo
Invivo's journey began when two Kiwi friends, Rob and Tim, met in a London bar, determined to revolutionize the wine industry by creating a strong brand that defies tradition. Since 2008, Invivo has become a leading producer in New Zealand, winning over 600 medals and expanding operations across several countries. Through customer focus and innovation, including being one of the Southern Hemisphere's largest crowdfunded companies, Invivo has rapidly grown. Rejecting traditional winemaking norms, Invivo brings elegance from the old world to their original range, featuring Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Rosé. Their collaborations with Graham Norton and Sarah Jessica Parker have further elevated their profile, embodying Invivo's vision of bringing people together to create greatness.
Press Reviews
Wine Orbit
93 Points
Fabulously expressed with raspberry, red apple, citrus peel and white floral nuances, it's delicately flavoursome in the mouth displaying excellent fruit purity and vibrancy, finishing persistent and sleek
- White Wine
- Sylvaner
- Dry
- Residual Sugar: 4.00 g/l
- Light Bodied
- 750ml
- 12.50% alc./vol
- Red Wine
- Pinot Noir
- Sustainable
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- 750ml
- 13.5% alc./vol
Press Reviews
Decanter World Wine Awards
95 Points
Savoury and mineral nose with notes of rich berry, dark cherry and spiced plum. Firm, structured tannins, well-textured with a very persistent toasty finish. Value.
- White Wine
- Chardonnay
- Sustainable, Volcanic
- Dry
- Residual Sugar: 2.00 g/l
- Medium Bodied
- 750ml
- 13.00% alc./vol
About the Winery
Vinos Baettig
Francisco Baettig and Carlos de Carlos have been friends for more than 20 years and share a passion for high-quality wines that are genuine and connected to the land where they are made.
"A promising project in a wine region that is the future of high-quality Chilean wines" - Patricio Tapia, Descorchados
Press Reviews
James Suckling
96 Points
Complexity and lots of stamina and verve here! Smoky lemons, nougat, ginger and flint provide a very flavourful palate. Intense and substantial on the palate, but still elegant and nuanced, with a hint of phenolics at the end. Long, focused finish. Think fine Meursault. Drink or hold.
Robert Parker
95 Points - Luis Gutiérrez
The 2020 Selección de Parcelas Los Primos Chardonnay was cropped from a warm and dry vintage, but in Traiguén in the south, it is not as warm as in the central valley of Chile. The grapes were harvested the first half of April; they harvested earlier and finished with more alcohol, still a moderate 13.5%, from a year of more body and rounder wines but without heat. The wine kept a pH of 3.16 and 6.9 grams of acidity. This also makes the wine a little more Burgundian, more Meursault than Chablis or Puligny, tasty, spicy with a tad more oak (all the new barrels for white are 400-liter ones, 38% of them new in 2020), because in warmer years there is a little more extraction from the oak. This is the warmest vintage so far, but the wine is still bone dry and there is no ripeness; but there's more weight and width. The wines have to show the differences of the climate conditions each year... 4,069 bottles were filled in July 2021.
- Pinot Noir
- Dry
- Residual Sugar: 2 g/l
- Medium Bodied
- 750ml
- 13.50% alc./vol
About the Winery
Blank Canvas
Blank Canvas is the personal wine range of husband and wife team, Matt Thomson and Sophie Parker-Thomson.
Having completed over fifty back-to-back vintages in both New Zealand and Europe as an award-winning winemaking consultant, Matt together with Sophie felt it was time to create and build a wine brand together, with their first vintage in 2013. Blank Canvas embodies their own expression of art-meets-science with single-vineyard, small batch wines that push the sensory boundaries and challenge winemaking orthodoxy.
Winemaker Matt Thomson’s science background defines the parameters of his winemaking canvas, allowing creativity to flow within those bounds. Together with business partner, Master of Wine student and wife Sophie Parker-Thomson, Matt is striving to achieve the unique winemaking fusion between art and science, pushing the boundaries to capture a unique expression.
Sophie recently obtained her Master of Wine title, joining 149 women MWs globally with the total number of MWs in the world now 418 in 32 countries.
Press Reviews
Cameron Douglas, MS
95 Points
Ripe, intense, richly scented, varietal and fruity bouquet with aromas of ripe dark cherries and plums. There’s a definitive dried herb, savoury complexity - classic Otago message - then aromas of smoky oak with a quiet clove baking spice suggestion. All the action for this wine is on the palate - it’s delicious with a detailed story of spices and fruits, textures and length, concentration and a sense of place. Tannins are fine and polished, oak has a nut-like quality alongside the toast-wood. The core of fruit finishes with a floral note - a flick forming part of a lengthy youthful finish. Fabulous drinking now and through 2026+. Definitely a wine of discussion
- Red Wine
- Carignan, Syrah
- Organic, Sustainable
- Dry
- Residual Sugar: 2.00 g/l
- Medium Bodied
- 750ml
- 13.50% alc./vol
About the Winery
Garage Wine Co.
Garage Wine was literally started in a garage in 2001, by Etobicoke expat Derek Mossman and his wife Pilar Miranda. Since then, the dynamic duo handcraft wines from a series of individual vineyards located in the Maule and Itata Valleys, in the south of Santiago, Chile.
Garage Wine Co makes wines from a series of individual parcels, small lots / bottlings of 8-22 barrels that include a series of dry-farmed field-blends of Carignan, Garnacha, Monastrell, País, Cinsault and Cab Franc grown on pre-phylloxera rootstock with small farmers in the Maule and Itata. Each wine is from a 1-2 hectare parcel in a different place.
Over the years working in the community they have raised a veritable posse of vineyard hands whose skills are working the vineyards the old way / the traditional way– originario. The vineyards are on the old coastal range of mountains closer to the Pacific and have granitic soils with cracks for roots to get deep down into.
When GWCo. speaks of the provenance of these wines they mean more than just the geological terroir. Derek and Pilar think the farming practices that have evolved over generations have as much to do with the wines’ personalities as the soils. All the wines are made by hand with native yeasts in small tanks, punched down manually and pressed out in a small basket press. GWCo is still very much a DIY operation and we still tow much of the crop back to the winery in trailers behind trusty pickup trucks 2,000 kilos at a time.
Press Reviews
Wine Advocate
96+ Points - Luis Gutiérrez
The 2020 Truquilemu Vineyard follows the path of the 2018 and 2019 with even lower alcohol (12.9%) and great freshness and acidity, a pH of 3.36 and 6.4 grams of acidity. The modus operandi was the usual: fermented in open-top vats with indigenous yeasts and manual punch-down with a slow malolactic, which took 10 months to finish, and matured in used barrels over two winters. It contains some 4% Syrah. This has the ethereal quality of this vineyard, powerful but weightless. This place makes fresh wines even in warm vintages like 2020, and you feel that especially in the palate where the wine is vibrant and lively. 5,882 bottles were filled in February 2022.