Versado Malbec 2018 returns to Vintages

Our Versado Malbec 2018 makes its return to LCBO Vintages today! Currently in 174 stores, it’s never been easier to get your hands on, and at $21.95, it’s never been easier on your wallet!

 

Buy in-store, order for home delivery or have it shipped free to a store near you. Here's the link for all the options at the LCBO. 

Anthony Gismondi interviews Ann Sperling for BC Food & Wine Radio

Listen in to the Feb. 21 episode (at about the 21:13 mark) for a discussion of Ann's start in BC, her opinion about using Ontario's surplus of grapes to aid BC's deficit, and a little about her valued Versado project. 

Listen here. 

Can develop for another 10 years - Rick VanSickle

Rick VanSickle of Wines in Niagara revisits our 2010 Versado Reserva in light of its current re-release through the LCBO's Cellar Collection online. We're proud of this nicely aged wine and it's shiny, new 95 score!

Versado Reserva 2010 ($78, order it here, 95 points)

"I first tasted and reviewed this beautiful Malbec in 2015. What a treat for consumers to be able to purchase a well-aged wine of this calibre. 'The thing with great vineyards,' says Niagara’s Peter Gamble, co-owner of Versado with his wife Ann Sperling, 'you really don’t have to do anything once you understand the fruit.' The second release of the Reserva is made from low yield, small berry Malbec that’s hand-picked, hand sorted, berry selected and spends 22 months in French oak (75%) new after wild fermentation in concrete vats. The planting for this block is from 1920. I retried this spectacular wine just recently with Gamble. When Gamble tasted the wine shortly after the original release he felt it was tight and needed time to soften. 'That’s why we held some back.' It simply needed cellaring to absorb all that new oak, he said. It certainly is a much more profound wine than the one I tasted in 2015. The nose is stunning with vivid blueberry pie perfume, cedar, black currants, cassis, plums, fine French oak spice that’s nicely integrated 13 years after the vintage, some peppery/minty notes, subtle roasted vanilla bean and anise. It’s rich, textured and showy on the palate with layers of ripe, dark fruits, fine-grained tannins, black licorice, minty herbs, and gorgeous spice notes that marry well to the abundance of fruit, all leading to a long, echoing finish with finesse and flair. This is not drinking like a 2010 Malbec, it’s still evolving and getting better. Such a rare treat to have this available to consumers. Can further develop for another 10 years."

Read full post here. Online ordering here.

Photo by Rick VanSickle

Cellared for you! The final release of 2010 Versado Reserva

The last-ever release of our 2010 Versado Reserva was offered today through the LCBO's Cellar Collection and can be ordered online in Ontario.

The LCBO's Cellar Collection (formerly Classics Catalogue) features in-demand, cellar-worthy wines from the world's finest regions and most celebrated producers.

#0316984 | $78.00 | Less than 40 cases

Taste & Talk with Ann and Peter at Loop Line Wine & Food

If you're in TO or can arrange to be there, Ann Sperling and Peter Gamble will be at Loop Line Wine & Food on Thursday, March 2 to kick off Loop Line's month-long Women in Wine feature. You can be sure the wines will be wonderful and the conversation far-ranging! 

Loop Line Wine & Food is located at 643 Dupont Street, Toronto, ON. 

Book your spot ahead. Only $25.