LCBO Food & Drink Early Summer 2023

Sparkling – a Pop of Fun! Celebrate the everyday by popping open a bottle of VQA sparkling! Ontario’s cool climate and limestone soils produce some of the world’s best sparkling wines. Ontario VQA bubbly is incredibly versatile, so it’s easy to match with any cuisine.

TRADITIONAL METHOD • One of the most celebrated methods of crafting sparkling wine • Secondary fermentation takes place in the bottle (aging on the lees/dead yeast cells) • The result is delicate bubbles, complex flavours and fine brioche aromas • Produces sparkling wines that are fresh, vibrant and fruit forward • Secondary fermentation takes place in steel tanks before bottling CHARMAT/CUVE CLOSE METHOD

KEY FLAVOURS Citrus

Brioche Mineral

KEY FLAVOURS

Floral Citrus Berry

• Often called Pét-Nat or Méthode Ancestrale • Bubbles usually have light and fizzy mouthfeel • Sometimes cloudy as they are typically unfiltered • Usually lower in alcohol and sweeter due to naturally unfermented sugars TRENDY EFFERVESCENTS

SWEETNESS SCALE BRUT NATURE*/BRUT 0 – 15g/L

EXTRA DRY (Extra Sec) 15 – 25g/L

DRY (Sec) 25 – 35g/L

MEDIUM DRY (Demi Sec) 35 – 50g/L

SWEET (Doux) > 50g/L

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