Chenin Blanc
Chenin Blanc is an important white grape variety planted in the Anjou-Saumur and Touraine regions of
the Loire Valley and the most widely planted varietal grape in South Africa.
In the Loire it produces high quality dry wines in Savenniéres, and luscious sweet, dessert wines in Coteaux du Layon, Bonnezeaux and Quarts de Chaume. In Vouvray and Montlouis it can be dry, medium dry, or sweet, and still or sparkling. Whether dry or sweet, the best Loire Chenin Blancs possess marvellously concentrated rich, honeyed fruit toge ther with refreshingly vibrant acidity. It is Chenin Blanc`s high acidity that enable the wines to age so well.
In the Loire it produces high quality dry wines in Savenniéres, and luscious sweet, dessert wines in Coteaux du Layon, Bonnezeaux and Quarts de Chaume. In Vouvray and Montlouis it can be dry, medium dry, or sweet, and still or sparkling. Whether dry or sweet, the best Loire Chenin Blancs possess marvellously concentrated rich, honeyed fruit toge ther with refreshingly vibrant acidity. It is Chenin Blanc`s high acidity that enable the wines to age so well.
In South Africa Chenin Blanc is easier to grow and is prized for its versatility. It is used as a cheap blending option with Chardonnay, Colombard, and Muscat but also bottled unblended. The best producers keep their yields low and produce impressive mouthfilling wines.
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Vouvray, Vieilles Vignes, Domaine Bourillon Dorléans
France » Loire » Touraine » Vouvray Limited Stock
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Light-Medium Bodied,
Medium Dry,
White,
Chenin Blanc,
Ready, but will keep,
Organic (Not certified/in conversion),
Cork Closure,
13% alc.
"Fred Bourillon continues to deliver. This is reassuringly ripe but also restrained on the nose, with a nice lift of lanolin & stone-fruit aromas. The white peachy palate is fleshy, succulent almost thanks to a hot July, while the fine structure & minerally dryness would make it a fine ... MORE | ||||
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Coteaux du Layon Chaume, Dme des Forges
France » Loire » Anjou-Saumur » Coteaux du Layon Limited Stock
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£ 12.95 |
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Medium-Full Bodied,
Sweet,
White,
Chenin Blanc,
Ready, but will keep,
Organic (Not certified/in conversion),
Cork Closure,
13% alc.
Stéphane's masterpiece. Fresh yet with very rich botrytic fruit and peerless minerality. Drink 2008-2012 . | ||||
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Mullineux White, Swartland, South Africa
South Africa » Swartland |
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£ 14.25 |
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Medium-Full Bodied,
Dry,
White,
Chenin Blanc,
Ready, but will keep,
Organic (Not certified/in conversion),
Biodynamic (Not certified/in conversion),
Cork Closure,
13.5% alc.
Extremely tangy, but deeply satisfying and wild. Firm and bone dry with lots of honey and interest. Exceptional. New South African producer to watch. (Jancis Robinson, White Christmas - Wines for festive drinking - Financial Times, 28 Nov 09) The 2008 Mullineux White marks a ... MORE Wine Gang Score: 91/100 | ||||
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Bonnézeaux, La Montagne, Domaine du Petit Val
France » Loire » Anjou-Saumur » Bonnezeaux |
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£ 20.00 |
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216.00
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Medium-Full Bodied,
Sweet,
White,
Chenin Blanc,
Ready, but will keep,
Cork Closure,
13.5% alc.
La Montagne represents Denis Goizil's finest Bonnezeaux, from a 50 year old single-vineyard on rocky/schistous soils, the fine botrytised fruit was hand-harvested by successive 'tries' before being fermented in stainless-steel cuves. The result: moreishly rich, focused custard-cream, honeyed, ... MORE BBR Score: 18/20 | ||||
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Vouvray Le Mont Sec, Gaston Huët
France » Loire » Touraine » Vouvray Limited Stock
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£ 21.00 |
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Medium-Full Bodied,
Dry,
White,
Chenin Blanc,
For laying down,
Organic (Certified),
Biodynamic (Certified),
Cork Closure,
13% alc.
Sandy, lime-stones and clay soils underpin this scintillating wine, which compared to the weightier Clos du Bourg, seems more perfumed and ethereal. The nose pings with piercing lime flower notes, while the off-dry (9 grams RS) palate whistles through with a puckering lemon zestiness at a near ... MORE BBR Score: 20/20 | ||||
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Vouvray Clos du Bourg Sec, Gaston Huët
France » Loire » Touraine » Vouvray |
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£ 21.50 |
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Full Bodied,
Dry,
White,
Chenin Blanc,
For laying down,
Organic (Certified),
Biodynamic (Certified),
Cork Closure,
13% alc.
From this excellent vintage for dry Chenin Blanc, a tangerine-dream of a wine that builds on a prime chalky vineyard location, vinified in a mix of cement cuves and old french oak, to give a zesty, orange blossom wine riven with immense purity, minerality and life, thanks surely to the application ... MORE BBR Score: 19/20 | ||||
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Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Sec, Gaston Huët
France » Loire » Touraine » Vouvray Limited Stock
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Full Bodied,
Dry,
White,
Chenin Blanc,
Ready, but will keep,
Organic (Certified),
Biodynamic (Certified),
Cork Closure,
12% alc.
Compared to the cool dense green stone of Le Mont, Haut Lieu higher up on the plateau is an altogether more facile terroir, iron rich and red. The Vouvray wines tend to be fruitier than the quivering Le Mont, yet deceptively so for Haut-Lieu ages just as well. Take this wine: the nose a ... MORE | ||||
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Vouvray Le Mont Sec, Gaston Huët
France » Loire » Touraine » Vouvray Limited Stock
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Full Bodied,
Dry,
White,
Chenin Blanc,
Ready, but will keep,
Organic (Certified),
Biodynamic (Certified),
Cork Closure,
12% alc.
Bizarre though it may sound, the initial whiff of this rare beauty spirited me to Epernay, to the cellars of Alfred Gratien in fact, to moment when they popped a bottle of their 1998 vintage, aged “sur-lattes” on their corks, not on bottle caps…that distinct smell of wild ... MORE | ||||
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Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux 1ere Trie, Huët
France » Loire » Touraine » Vouvray Limited Stock
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£ 58.75 |
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Full Bodied,
Sweet,
White,
Chenin Blanc,
Ready, but will improve,
Organic (Certified),
Biodynamic (Certified),
Cork Closure,
12.5% alc.
This 1996 Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux is a mesh of orange, lime peel, straw, brioche and hay even; on the palate the wine's 67 grams of residual sugar is sublimely integrated, balanced out by scintillatingly pure, another dead-ringer for Sauternes surely; one of the Loire's very best without a doubt. ... MORE | ||||
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Vouvray, Cuvée Constance Moelleux Dme. Huet
France » Loire » Touraine » Vouvray Limited Stock
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Full Bodied,
Medium Sweet,
White,
Chenin Blanc,
Ready, but will keep,
Organic (Certified),
Biodynamic (Certified),
Cork Closure,
12.5% alc.
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