Vintages New Release Collection – December 6, 2025

THE NEW RELEASE COLLECTION

CANADA – WHITE WINE ONTARIO LIEBLING LINGARD VINEYARD RIESLING 2023 6

NOVA SCOTIA BLOMIDON CHARDONNAY 2022 6 Nova Scotia

100% Chardonnay. Fresh nose with lemon, lime, grassy notes. Clean minerality shines through on the palate to a long finish. [This wine was also awarded the 2025 Lieutenant-Governor’s Award for Excellence in Nova Scotia Wines.] Score: 90 (Decanter World Wine Awards, 2025) Full-bodied & Rich 46539 (XD) 750 ml $31.95 2 Online & Flagship Exclusive CANADA – RED WINE ONTARIO DOMAINE QUEYLUS RÉSERVE DU DOMAINE PINOT NOIR 2020 6 VQA Niagara Peninsula Queylus Réserve du Domaine 2020 Pinot expresses the warmth of the vintage with inviting aromas of wild strawberries, concentrated red currants, and cherries. Accents of dried flowers and purple iris add aromatic complexity. The palate shows smooth tannins and juicy acidity, with layered flavours that build gracefully. More concentrated and generous than the cooler 2019 expression, it offers perfect length and a supple, structured finish. Drinking window: 2025-2034. Score: 93 (Magdalena Kaiser, decanter.com, April 25, 2025) Medium-bodied & Fruity 22977 (XD) 750 ml $50.70 2 Featured in ’Tis Your Season HIDDEN BENCH TERROIR CACHÉ 2021 6 VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment, sustainable, unfiltered A blend of Merlot with Malbec and Cabernets Franc and Sauvignon, this Bordeaux-inspired blend is sourced from 100% organic estate-grown fruit from the Rosomel, Locust Lane and Felseck vineyards. It spent 20 months in barrel and show- cases dried blackcurrant, plum, green peppercorn, cedar and chocolate. Medium-bodied & Fruity 505610 (XD) 750 ml $47.95 2 Featured in ’Tis Your Season 4 Organic product

VQA St. David’s Bench, Niagara-on-the-Lake The grapes are from the Lingard Vineyard on the St. David’s Bench that was planted in 2006 to the 21b Clone. Fermentation was stopped to leave a bit of residual sugar (8 g/l) to balance the crisp acidity. A classic Niagara Riesling nose of lime, grapefruit, floral lift, lanolin and white peach. It’s nicely balanced on the palate with lip-smacking citrus, summer peaches, ginger, honeycomb and yellow apple with a zippy, lifted finish. Can cellar through 2031. Score: 90 (Rick VanSickle, wines inniagara.com, July 21, 2025) Aromatic & Flavourful 41257 (XD) 750 ml $22.00 2 Made from later picked (but not forgotten in the end) grapes this is a very elegant, cushy chardonnay that has real poise and some sophistication. It is very much in Malivoire’s calm, cool and collected style. Expect ripe peach pie fruit effortlessly integrated with wood spice, sourdough crust. Acid is even, alcohol just a bit warm (13.5%). Flavours stay very well focused and run to excellent to outstanding length. Tasted May 2025. Score: 93 (David Lawrason, winealign.com) Full-bodied & Rich 48250 (XD) 750 ml $36.95 2 VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment Simple, juicy, lactic, leesy, yogurty and free. Welcome to Canadian chardonnay as Chablis done with nothing but easy drinking and freedom in mind. Treads that fine line between clean and leesy but yes, this goes properly and adroitly for the wine. Drink date: 2025-2029. Tasted blind at NWACs, June 2025. Score: 91 (Michael Godel, winealign.com) Light & Crisp 416321 (XD) 750 ml $46.95 2 Featured in ’Tis Your Season TAWSE ROBYN’S BLOCK CHARDONNAY 2022 6 MALIVOIRE FORGOTTEN ROW CHARDONNAY 2021 6 VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment, sustainable

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