Vintages New Release – September 13, 2025

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JULIEN BARTHAZAC BRUT CRÉMANT DE BORDEAUX AOC, Bordeaux, France, traditional method

HENRY OF PELHAM SPECK FAMILY RESERVE CHARDONNAY 2023 6 VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment, sustainable Burnt orange peel, peaches, slightly flinty on the nose. Delicate palate with high-toned acids, lemon peel, creaminess and a toasty length. Score: 90 (Decanter World Wine Awards, 2025) Full-bodied & Rich 616466 (XD) 750 ml $34.95 2 Featured in We’re All In On Ontario

53% Sémillon, 42% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc. Bright and rounded, showing citrus peel, white stone fruits, honeydew melon and lovely elderflower perfume framed by minerals. Score: 90 (Decanter

World Wine Awards, 2019) Medium-bodied & Flavourful 42128 (XD) 750 ml

$19.95 2

JANARE Q BRUT FALANGHINA SPARKLING Italy (La Guardiense)

DOMAINE LE CLOS JORDANNE JORDAN VILLAGE CHARDONNAY 2022 6 VQA Niagara Peninsula Herbal, citrus, light toast aromas. Oak well matched with concentrated fruit – melon and papaya at the core. Score: 90 (Decanter World

A fruity sparkling with aromas of pear blossom, white peach and sliced apple. Rounded, weighty and lightly honeyed on the palate with soft, silky bubbles. Drink now. Score: 90 (jamessuckling.com, April 1, 2021) Medium-bodied & Flavourful 45390 (D) 750 ml $17.95 1 Online & Flagship Exclusive

Wine Awards, 2025) Full-bodied & Rich 20455

(XD) 750 ml $30.00 2 Featured in We’re All In On Ontario

CANADA – WHITE WINE ONTARIO

CAVE SPRING ESTATE CHARDONNAY 2023 6

LE CLOS JORDANNE LE GRAND CLOS CHARDONNAY 2021 6 VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment At first, this wine is steely and unyielding. With some glass swirling, a beautiful aromatic tapestry of French lemon-scented laundry powder, oak spice and melon wrapped in Prosciutto unfurls. Then bright, juicy acidity opens the floodgates, with flavors of lemon zest, wet slate and filberts washing over the palate. Try everything you can to find this wine. Editors’ Choice. Score: 95 (Michael Alberty, Wine Enthusiast , March 1, 2025) Full-bodied & Rich 184549 (XD) 750 ml $55.00 2 Featured in We’re All In On Ontario

VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment Highly attractive on the nose, Cave Spring’s 2023 Estate Chardonnay is a marvel of balance and freshness, with very delicate barrel influence and the merest hint of yeasty-lees, featuring instead bright, fresh citrus and apple, pear and lemon yoghurt flavours with above average depth and flavour density, also length. Really an excellent value, drinking well now, comfortable surely in the cellar into the late ’20s or early ’30s. Tasted March 2025. Score: 91 (John Szabo, MS, winealign.com) Full-bodied & Rich 256552 (XD) 750 ml $21.95 2 Featured as our Wine of the Month and in We’re All In On Ontario

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2025 VINTAGES 37