LCBO Food & Drink Autumn 2015

WHAT’S NEW COPY BY JULIA AITKEN  •  PHOTOGRAPHY BY VINCE NOGUCHI AND MICHAEL MAHOVLICH

A WORLD OF NEW PRODUCTS AT THE LCBO AND VINTAGES.

Black Bottle Blended ScotchWhisky LCBO 409425, $32.95 First distilled more than 130 years ago, this blended whisky has a rich, slightly smoky taste with notes of chocolate and wood, mak- ing it a surprisingly complex Scotch at this price point. Appropriately, the distillery has reinstated the distinctive black glass bottle—changed to green in 1914—fromwhich the whisky gets its name. THE NEW BLACK

HE SCORES! No. 99 Wayne Gretzky Baco Noir VQA LCBO 426528, $15.95 Combine two Canadian superstars— Ontario’s best-loved hockey great and one of the province’s most popular red grapes—and you get a rich, ripe wine with big personal- ity. This earthy red has flavours of spice, leather and juicy black fruit. It’s a must with a grilled rib-eye on a mild autumn evening… and for the season’s first NHL game.

Cheval Quancard Réserve Bordeaux Blanc LCBO 401604, $13.90 WELL-BRED WHITE

The elegant equine label is fitting for a wine whose château originally housed a stud farm. What’s in the bottle is a thoroughbred, too. The textbook oak-aged white Bordeaux is lively enough to sip on those last warm weekends on the deck, but has sufficient body to team happily with chicken, veal, fish or shellfish.

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