RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: & Evermore Chardonnay: Can an Ontario “Budget” Chardonnay Deliver?

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If one pauses momentarily in a wave of Canadian patriotism accentuated by Trumpian carnival barking annexation of Canada aggression and decides to buy Canadian wine one may discover Canadian wines can be pricier than many Chilean, Spanish, Argentinian and Portuguese wines. Chardonnay is no exception so with interest we try a $16 & Evermore 2023 Chardonnay from Niagara, Ontario. An Artisan Wine Co. brand sort of akin to E.J. Gallo in California?

Aroma: Typical Niagara Chard pear, apple and lemon but add to that custard and marzipan. Lean but hopefully not mean!

Palate: The leanness continues on the palate with apple, pineapple and Flemish pear with a surprisingly long yet somewhat bereft finish.

Personality: I am unoaked so you might well expect leanness as a starting point if you are comparing me to oaked Chardonnay. I am the naked grape!

Food Match: Fresh caught perch from Minor Fisheries at Port Colborne in Fort Erie made into a fish chowder.

Price: $16 CDN.

Cellarbility: Don’t surpass 2025 New Year’s Eve with your pre dinner oysters.

RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine Rating: 86/100. Wine Align Community Score 86.

(&Evermore 2023 Unoaked Chardonnay, VQA Niagara Peninsula, 750 mL, 12.7%).

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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