LCBO Food & Drink Autumn 2020

A BETTER BAR CART

Elegant reds If you prefer a red wine to be elegant and food-friendly, not massive and inky, Pinot Noir and Gamay are the obvious choices. But don’t forget how perfectly a well-balanced Bordeaux or Chianti behave at the dinner table.

Delectable digestifs End the evening with a nip of something that tastes satisfyingly complex and intense.

Toasted chamomile is one of many warm spices that master mixologist Frankie Solarik adds to this rich whisky-based

cocktail. A fabulous autumnal nightcap.

BarChef Project The Toasted Old Fashioned

LCBO 546994, 375 mL, $26.20

Rocca delle Macìe Chianti Riserva VINTAGES ESSENTIALS 111641, $15.95 It’s the acidity that makes Chianti such a useful food wine, cut- ting through rich dishes and delivering its own impressions of cherries, nutmeg and a hint of dark chocolate. Rocca delle Macìe gives great quality for the price.

Malivoire Gamay VQA VINTAGES ESSENTIALS 591313, $19.95 Gamay is one of Ontario’s not-so-secret weapons. Fresh and lively, full of vivid cherry and berry flavours with a touch of red licorice, Malivoire’s version is cheerfully unpreten- tious as a food wine, but so beautifully made!

Rosehall Run Defiant Pinot Noir VQA LCBO 307769, $19.95 The year 2019 was a long cool vintage in Prince Edward County, hence the deep red fruit aromatics and vibrant acidic structure of this youthful beauty. It really is the ideal accompaniment to a traditional Thanksgiving roast turkey.

Château Argadens Bordeaux Supérieur VINTAGES ESSENTIALS 681643, $18.95 Taste what good, well-knit Bordeaux is all about—for under $20. Dark cedar aromas and firm tannins lead, but enough cassis and raspberry lurks be- neath to carry you into the long, satisfying finish. Open it next time you cook rack of lamb.

Coffee and cocoa beans enhance Jägermeister’s familiar knot of bitter herbal flavours. An ice- cold shot provides just enough caffeine energy to get you upstairs to bed. Jägermeister Cold Brew LCBO 14404, $34.60

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