LCBO Food & Drink Autumn 2024

Closson Chase The Brock Chardonnay VQA VINTAGES ESSENTIALS 20899, $24.95 New to Vintages Essentials, this Chard gives you the best of both worlds. Half the grapes were fer mented in stainless steel, giving the wine vibrant acidity. The other half were fermented in French oak barrels, yielding nutty notes and a richer texture. Fielding Unoaked Chardonnay VQA VINTAGES ESSENTIALS 164491, $16.95 An early proponent of the unoaked style, Fielding shows the light, crisp potential of this grape when it never sees barrel. Lean and racy with scents of yellow apples, it’s the perfect white for a Pinot Grigio drinker who claims they don’t like Chardonnay.

Unfried Chicken with Thyme Ranch p. 137

Chardonnay

C hardonnay is one of the most widely planted white grapes in the world. It excels in Ontario’s cool cli mate, producing crisper wines with more orchard fruit flavours and food-friendly acid ity. The versatile wine

comes in a few styles. Unoaked means it was fermented in stainless steel tanks, yielding fresher, fruitier Chards that pair well with sea food and chicken. Barrel-­ fermented Chardonnays are rounder and more full-bodied with buttery

flavours from the oak— they’re dynamite with veal, lobster and corn. To match both styles, we came up with Unfried Chicken with Thyme Ranch , a less laborious spin on fried chicken

with the same juicy, crunchy satisfaction.

FOOD STYLING BY LINDSAY GUSCOTT; PROP STYLING BY ANDREA McCRINDLE

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