{"id":8385,"date":"2012-06-20T14:37:29","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T14:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/?p=8385"},"modified":"2022-08-16T14:07:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T18:07:17","slug":"kendall-jackson-chardonnay-gemma-barolo-quails-gate-rose-best-lcbo-wines-vintages-release-june-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/kendall-jackson-chardonnay-gemma-barolo-quails-gate-rose-best-lcbo-wines-vintages-release-june-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendall-Jackson Chardonnay, Gemma Barolo, Quails’ Gate Rose: Best LCBO Wines Vintages Release June 23"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here are my top picks from the June 23 Vintages Release. You can also get all 77 of my Best Value Wines<\/strong><\/a> and Top Rated Wines<\/strong><\/a> for red, white, rose, sparkling and dessert wines that encompass many price points, styles and regions. I\u2019ve also posted my picks for everyday good value wines<\/strong><\/a> from the regular list of wines as well as the July 7 Vintages Release<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

You can add my wine picks to your shopping list<\/strong><\/a> by clicking on the little shopping cart icon. You can also create a custom list<\/strong><\/a> just for this release that will be saved in your account. Print a text-only<\/strong><\/a> version of the reviews.<\/p>\n

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2011 Seifried Riesling, South Island<\/strong><\/a>, New Zealand<\/p>\n

Dry and flinty with pretty white floral aromas. Mouth-watering and lovely. Drink: 2012-2016.\u00a0 989541\u00a0 13%\u00a0 D\u00a0 750 mL\u00a0 $17.95\u00a0 Score: 90\/100. Best Value White Wine<\/p>\n

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2009 Kendall-Jackson Chardonnay, Santa Barbara And Monterey County<\/strong><\/a>, California<\/p>\n

Classic! Toasty oak, green apple and white peach. Richly layered and full-bodied but not heavy. Drink: 2012-2015.\u00a0 59576\u00a0 13.5%\u00a0 XD\u00a0 750 mL\u00a0 $27.95\u00a0 Score: 91\/100. Top Rated White Wine<\/p>\n

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2008 Valle Andino Syrah, Rapel Valley<\/strong><\/a>, Chile<\/p>\n

Pretty darn amazing for the price, even at twice the price. Lusciously ripe black fruit with layers of juicy pleasure that will make you regret buying only one bottle. Full-bodied and some kinda wonderful. Drink: 2012-2015.\u00a0 272682\u00a0 14.5%\u00a0 XD\u00a0 750 mL\u00a0 $13.95\u00a0 Score: 91\/100. Best Value Red Wine<\/p>\n

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2005 Gemma Barolo, Piedmont<\/strong><\/a>, Italy<\/p>\n

Superb! Big tannic grip but gorgeous flavours flow in and around that dry feeling with juicy dried cherries and leather and smoke. Full-bodied with an incredibly long finish.\u00a0 185025\u00a0 14%\u00a0 XD\u00a0 750 mL\u00a0 $36.95\u00a0 Score: 95\/100. Top Rated Red Wine
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2011 Petit Rimauresq Grenache Cinsault Syrah Ros\u00e9, C\u00f4tes De Provence<\/strong><\/a>, France<\/p>\n

Rose-petal, spring day pretty! Terrific acidity for grilled salmon. Lovely, fleeting notes of fresh field strawberries. Drink: 2012-2014.\u00a0 276360\u00a0 13%\u00a0 XD\u00a0 750 mL\u00a0 $13.95\u00a0 Score: 91\/100. Best Value Ros\u00e9<\/p>\n

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2011 Quails’ Gate Ros\u00e9, Okanagan Valley<\/strong><\/a>, British Columbia<\/p>\n

Full-bodied for rose but medium in the grand wine scheme of things. Delightfully flavourful with aromas of field raspberries and some nutmeg. The most un-boring rose I’ve tasted. I’m getting a case. Drink: 2012-2014.\u00a0 275842\u00a0 13%\u00a0 XD\u00a0 750 mL\u00a0 $17.95\u00a0 Score: 92\/100. Top Rated Ros\u00e9<\/p>\n

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Bestheim Brut Cr\u00e9mant D’alsace\u00a0 Alsace<\/strong><\/a>, France<\/p>\n

Clean and crisp with nice toasty fresh fruit aromas.. Stunningly great price! Drink: 2012-2014.\u00a0 141184\u00a0 12%\u00a0 D\u00a0 750 mL\u00a0 $17.95\u00a0 Score: 89\/100. Best Value Sparkling Wine<\/p>\n

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2008 Magnotta Vidal Icewine, Niagara Peninsula<\/strong><\/a>, Ontario<\/p>\n

Gorgeous concentration and depth. Honeyed essence is brought to life and vibrancy with the effervesence. Your dessert island wine. Drink: 2012-2020.\u00a0 50195\u00a0 9.8%\u00a0 S\u00a0 375 mL\u00a0 $69.95\u00a0 Score: 93\/100. Top Rated Dessert Wine<\/p>\n

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  Here are my top picks from the June 23 Vintages Release. You can also get all 77 of my Best Value Wines and Top Rated Wines for red, white, rose, sparkling and dessert wines that encompass many price points, styles and regions. I\u2019ve also posted my picks for everyday good value wines from the regular list of wines as well as the July 7 Vintages Release. You can add my wine picks to your shopping list by clicking on the little shopping cart icon. You can also create a custom list just for this release that will be saved […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-picks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8385"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57575,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8385\/revisions\/57575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}