Chenin
Chenin
Champalou 2023 Vouvray Sec
French White
White acacia blossom opens into green apple, pear and quince, with a quiet note of honeyed wax and dried herbs. The palate is medium-bodied and dry, balancing fruit expression with fresh acidity and a long, clean finish. Detailed yet unforced, it works equally well as an aperitif or alongside grilled trout, pork, rice dishes or fresh cheeses.
Mulderbosch 2023 Chenin Blanc Stellenbosch
South African White
Green apple and white peach develop into pear and ripe melon, with a subtle savoury note beneath the fruit. Partial maturation in neutral wood adds breadth without obvious oak flavour. Fresh, textured and dry, the palate finishes with orchard fruit and a light mineral edge. Pair with roast chicken, seafood or creamy vegetable dishes.
Catherine & Pierre Breton NV La Dilettante Vouvray Brut
French Sparkling
Bone-dry and energetic, with fresh pear, white peach, quince and yellow apple leading into delicate honey and apricot tones. A creamy mousse gives the palate breadth without blunting its lively acidity. Ginger, orange zest and a flinty mineral note add definition, carrying a persistent, mouthwatering finish. Serve with goat cheese, shellfish or lightly spiced dishes.
Château Moncontour 2022 Vouvray Sec
French White
Gérard Bertrand 2023 Héritage An 825 Brut Crémant de Limoux
French Sparkling
Moulin Touchais Coteaux du Layon 2007
French Dessert
Unctuous yet vibrant, with honey, baked apple, saffron, guava and mango lifted by dusty lemon, dried herbs, grass and fresh mint. The palate is generous and layered, balancing tropical sweetness with the high, graceful acidity that gives mature Chenin its poise. Long and luscious without becoming cloying, it suits blue cheese, baked apple or lightly spiced pâté.
Moulin Touchais Coteaux du Layon 1998
French Dessert
Brilliant gold in the glass, with rich apricot, baked apple and dried fruit joined by honeyed spice and a subtle botrytised complexity. The palate is luscious yet disciplined, balancing mature sweetness with a bright seam of acidity and gently savoury depth. Long and poised on the finish, it is excellent with blue cheese, tarte tatin or fruit-based desserts.
Famille Joly 2016 Les Vieux Clos Savennières
French White
Baumard 2023 La Calèche
French White
Floral and lightly mineral, with a calm, understated aromatic profile. The medium-bodied palate is balanced and structured, carrying enough freshness and shape to remain composed through the finish. Its clean lines and restrained character make it especially versatile at the table. Pair with shellfish, white fish, poultry, green vegetables or goat cheese.
Spier 2024 Signature Chenin Blanc Western Cape
South African White
Pale straw colour has a green tinge. Green guava, ripe peach and pear sit beside lime zest, while juicy tropical fruit accompanies a crisp profile. Balanced acidity supports a lingering finish. The Chenin Blanc was destemmed and lightly crushed, followed by brief skin contact and pressing. Free-run juice settled overnight before cool fermentation with selected yeast, and the wine remained on fine lees without oak.
Veuve Devienne Blanc de Blancs Brut
French Sparkling
Pale yellow colour accompanies peach, mirabelle plum and white cherry, with a mineral note. The acidity is dynamic, the fruit remains present and the bubbles are fine. Airen and Ugni Blanc account for 80 percent of the blend, while Chenin and Chardonnay make up the remaining 20 percent. Classified as Vin Mousseux Brut, the wine is dry and suited to service as an aperitif.
Santa Julia 2024 Chenin Blanc
Argentinian White
White fruit, floral and mineral notes shape this dry Chenin. The body is light, the texture delicate and the acidity lively, with no oak influence. Apricot and peach also appear, while the finish is fruity. The wine is made entirely from Chenin grown in Mendoza and contains 12.5 percent alcohol with 1.7 grams per litre of sugar.
Holden Manz 2020 Reserve Chenin Blanc
South African White
Golden-yellow colour leads to kumquat, honeysuckle, quince and citrus blossom. The palate is rounded and medium to full in body, with crisp acidity, yellow fruit, fresh ginger and pineapple through a long finish. Chenin Blanc comes from Simonsberg/Paarl and Perdeberg. Wild-yeast fermentation uses barrels and tanks, with part of the wine spending twelve months in French oak and regular fine-lees stirring.
La Lisse 2025 Soie d’Ivoire Chenin Blanc
French White
Round and supple, with rich toasted notes from oak ageing and a gentle citrus character. The palate is densely fruity, led by peach flambée. Chenin Blanc grows on cool clay-and-limestone slopes in the Pyrenean foothills, where later picking brings full ripeness while retaining crispness. Partial vinification and maturation use new and seasoned French oak, and the wine carries HVE3 sustainable certification.
Cognato Non-Alcoholic Chenin Blanc
South African Non-Alcoholic Wine
Citrus and cut grass define a fresh profile with crisp acidity and a fine mouthfeel. Fully ripened Chenin Blanc grapes undergo controlled-temperature fermentation before the wine is dealcoholised to less than zero-point-five percent alcohol. The fruit comes from South Africa's Western Cape, where a long, cool growing season and dry conditions are documented for this release.
Anthony Buchanan 2024 Chenin Blanc
White
Freshly picked apple, hay, pear and lemon-lime zest appear with a mineral undertone. The fruit comes from old, certified-organic Chenin vines. It was direct pressed in Washington, settled overnight and transferred in sealed tanks. Fermentation took place partly in a 1,000-litre cask and partly in concrete. The wine has low alcohol and high acidity.
Deligeroy Crémant de Loire Brut NV
French Sparkling
Fine, persistent bubbles rise through a pale-yellow colour. The bouquet combines Chenin freshness, Chardonnay flowers and Cabernet Franc fruit. A lively entry opens into a round structure with white-flower flavours, followed by a long finish of juicy pear and peach. The grapes are pressed gently and fermented cool. A second fermentation takes place in bottle, and the wine ages on its lees for at least twelve months in tuffeau cellars.
Château Moncontour 2012 Vouvray Moelleux
French Dessert
This still white is made from Chenin Blanc and classified as moelleux. Alcohol is twelve percent. The château stands at the western entrance to Vouvray and overlooks the Loire. Built in the fifteenth century and renovated in the eighteenth, the property includes more than one hundred hectares of vines and a cellar beneath the hillside.
Lightning Rock 2024 Arete Vineyard Chenin Blanc Pét-Nat
American Sparkling
Citrus blossom, green apple and pear skin meet chalky minerality and a subtle yeast note. The palate is energetic, with bold bubbles and a crisp finish. Organically farmed Chenin comes from Arete Vineyard in Othello, Washington. The fruit was whole-cluster pressed, settled overnight and racked off gross lees. Fermentation began in stainless steel, then completed in bottle before disgorgement after five months on the lees.
Château Moncontour 2021 Vouvray Demi-Sec
French White
Chenin gives a pale-yellow colour with green tints. Citrus, white flowers, apricot and green apple accompany a rich, fresh profile. The palate is soft, round and sweet, with acidity and an almost dry finish. Fruit comes from the La Monaco plot on chalky clay soil. Fermentation lasts one month in temperature-controlled tanks. Maturation lasts three months with fining and regular racking.
Screenplay Wines 2010 White Blend Carneros
American White
Flower and cream notes sit alongside peach custard, honeysuckle and papaya. The blend brings together Chardonnay, Viognier, Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc and carries 14.2 percent alcohol. Carneros vineyards lie one to four miles from San Pablo Bay, where cool afternoon breezes are often strong and daytime temperatures rarely exceed eighty degrees. The appellation's average growing season runs from April 1 to November 1.
Château Moncontour Vouvray Brut
French Sparkling
Fine bubbles accompany white-fruit and floral scents. The palate is lively and powerful, with apricot and a rich, harmonious character. This white sparkling wine is made entirely from Chenin in Vouvray using the traditional method. The cuvée comes from a family estate in the Loire Valley. The wine contains 12.5 percent alcohol and 6.6 grams per litre of residual sugar.
Rigour & Whimsy 2025 Gong Show
Canadian Red
Gamay Noir accounts for seventy percent of the field blend, with thirty percent Chenin Blanc. The organically farmed fruit comes from Apeiron Vineyard in the Okanagan Valley and was harvested on September twenty-seventh. Maturation lasted three months in neutral French barrique, and bottling took place on February ninth. Alcohol is 11.4 percent, acidity 5.9 grams per litre and added sulphites sixteen milligrams per litre.
Spier 2017 21 Gables Chenin Blanc
South African White
Dry-farmed Chenin vines grow in decomposed Malmesbury shale on the Tygerberg hills, fifteen kilometres from the ocean. Six hours of skin contact and overnight settling precede fermentation in French oak vessels of several sizes. The wine remains on its lees in barrel for fourteen months. White peach, pear, toasted almond and wood spice accompany a creamy palate and white-grapefruit acidity.
Bernard Baudry 2018 Chinon Blanc Le Domaine
French White
Chenin provides the base for this Loire white. Bright straw with a watery hue, it offers Jonathan apple, pear, honeysuckle, quince and light spicy musk. The palate brings ripe pear and baked apple with good weight and a soft, rich texture. Further quince and spice are present. The finish is dry and fresh, with a medium-to-long spicy aftertaste.
Rigour & Whimsy 2025 Mnemosyne Chenin Blanc Pét-Nat
Canadian Sparkling
Made entirely from Chenin Blanc grown organically at Apeiron Vineyard in the Okanagan Valley, this pét-nat has 11.3 percent alcohol and acidity of 9.8 grams per litre. The fruit was harvested on October 9 and the wine was bottled on November 12, with seventeen milligrams per litre of sulphites added. Bottle ageing lasts two months, and residual sugar is 0.2 grams per litre.
Clos du Tue-Boeuf 2020 Tutti Frutti Rosé
French Rosé
An experimental field blend brings together Gamay, Pineau d’Aunis, Chenin, Menu Pineau and Meslier. The grapes come from a 0.3-hectare parcel on flint clay and are purchased from organic growers. The vines are ninety years old, and the reported yield is twenty-five hectolitres per hectare. Fermentation and ageing last eight months in a Burgundy barrel.
Arnaud Lambert 2023 Les Parcelles Chenin Blanc
French White
Almond, Granny Smith apple, honeyed flowers and mineral notes appear in a dry, delicate profile with present acidity. The wine is made entirely from Chenin Blanc grown on tuffeau limestone with sand and clay topsoil. Natural fermentation remains below seventeen degrees Celsius. Ageing lasts six to eight months in stainless steel, followed by light filtration and the first sulphur addition at bottling.
Domaine La Paleine 2024 Saumur Blanc
French White
Apple, pear, white flowers and honey appear in a dry, medium-bodied Chenin with present acidity and a delicate texture. The wine has no oak character and contains less than 1.2 grams of residual sugar per litre. It carries Organic and Biodynamic classifications. The grapes are hand harvested, and fermentation uses indigenous yeasts in stainless steel; maturation lasts twelve months in stainless steel.
Swerwer 2021 Chenin Blanc
South African White
Citrus pith, Bosc pear and fynbos accompany a fine texture and a saline finish. Chenin comes from four dry-farmed, granitic Paardeberg vineyards, with vines averaging forty years. Around five percent of the fruit receives skin contact. Native fermentation and ten months on lees take place in older French barrels, while the finished wine is medium bodied.