Chenin Blanc
Chenin Blanc
Carmarans 2022 VdP Selves
Selves is made from 100% Chenin Blanc from vines aged anywhere from 5-50 years old that are planted in granitic soils. The nose is very pretty with seashells, white flowers, a touch of ripe tropical melon. On the palate it...
$36.99
Hope Well 2022 Improbable Rose Eola-Amity Hills
From winemaker Mimi Casteel: "The most improbable story of 2022 was that there was any fruit at all in my newly grafted postage stamp vineyard. Against all odds, in the last days of October 2022 we brought in three boxes...
$49.99
Huet 2009 Vouvray Clos du Bourg Sec
"Vouvray Clos du Bourg Sec 2009: At 15 years of age this presents a fine orange gold hue in the glass, with the finest tinge of onion skin to it, although not enough to raise any concern. The nose is...
$74.99
Huet 2009 Vouvray Le Mont Sec
With its green clay and its perfect exposition on the Première Côte de Vouvray just above the winery, Le Mont is an outstanding site for Chenin, and I have to admit often my favorite in the line-up. It has the...
$74.99
Huet 2022 Vouvray "Le Mont" Moelleux
I love the 2022 vintage in Vouvray, especially at Pinon and Huet, where the acidity and intense mineral character backs up the fruit which is so gorgeous, ripe and fresh. Here is Rebecca Gibb in Vinous on the "Le Mont"...
$47.99
Huet 2023 Vouvray Le Mont Sec
As is frequently noted, the "Le Mont" Sec needs time to open up and reveal it's mineral mysteries, so be sure to get some "Le Haut Lieu" for current drinking... Here's Rebecca Gibb again in Vinous: "The 2023 Vouvray Sec...
$51.99
Roche Bleue NV Jasnières Clos des Molières (21/22)
100% Chenin Blanc, from 35 year-old vines on a slope of clay/silex soils on limestone, certified organic. Slow pressing of whole clusters; long, slow one year fermentation, most in 4 to 6 year-old barriques, the younger vines in cuve inox;...
$34.99
Bellivière 2022 Jasnières "Prémices"
The Belliviere Jasnieres "Prémices" is a selection of the most fruit-forward barrels and is the first release in any given vintage. The fruit comes from vines ranging from 10-40 years old, planted on variations on flinty clay soils over tuffeau...
$25.99
Pinon 2003 Vouvray Moelleux 1er Trie 750 ml
The greatest producers of Vouvray such as Pinon, Huet and Foreau, made beautiful moelleux wines in 2003 despite the heat, with adequate, if not high acidities. We have tasted many Pinon 2003s which have been superb - here is Chris...
$99.99
Methode Sauvage Iruai 2023 Shasta-Cascade White
This is an interesting blend of Savagnin, Gruner Veltliner, Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay and Savagnin Rose (aka Roter Traminer), inspired by high elevation Alpine whites of the Jura and Savoie regions. The fruit comes in part from the Shasta-Cascade region in...
$26.99
Roche Bleue 2022 Jasnieres Sec
100% Chenin Blanc, from 20 to 35 year-old vines on a slope of clay/silex soils on limestone, certified organic. Slow pressing of whole clusters; long fermentations, most in 4 to 6 year-old barriques, the younger vines in cuve inox; élevage...
$28.99
Pinon, François & Julien 2020 Vouvray Brut
The Chenin's of Pinon are some of the best in Vouvray due to their impeccable farming, diversity of clay, limestone, and silex soils, and deliberate, albeit low-intervention, cellar work. The Vouvray Brut comes from 45 year-old vines that are hand-harvested...
$28.99
Pinon 2005 Vouvray Moelleux "Cuvée Botrytis"
The 2005 "Botrytis" is one of François Pinon's finest wines..."I have tasted this cuvée much more regularly than the straight Moelleux from François over the years, and once again it does not disappoint. In the glass it displays a polished...
$104.99
Huet 2019 Vouvray Petillant
The Huet Vouvray Petillant is bottled before primary fermentation is finished, resulting in a lower pressure sparkling wine - pétillant - because only a portion of the fermentation occurs inside the bottle. The wine ages for a minimum of three...
$33.99
Jousset, Lise et Bertrand 2023 Vin de France Exile Blanc Petillant
A delightful petillant version of the Exile Blanc, Chenin from Anjou and Colombard from the southwest, naturally delicious! Herbaceous with tree fruit, soaring acidity and juicy citrus, I can't think of a better liquid companion for an exile to a...
$21.99
Pinon, Francois & Julien 2018 Vouvray Les Deronnieres
The grapes for "Les Déronnières" from Julien Pinon (first made in 2014) used to be included in the Silex Noir, but this wonderful vineyard, the Pinon's best parcel on a hill-top directly above their cellar, much deserves to be bottled...
$34.99
Grandes Vignes 2018 Museme Brut
Museme Brut is 100% Chenin Blanc, made in champenois method, aged on the lees for almost 5 years. Rich and generous aromas of burnt honey, brioche and honeysuckle, and a broad, dense mid-palate.
$39.99
Giquel, Alexandre 2022 Multitude VDF Chenin Blanc
An off-dry Chenin Blanc from vines in Vouvray, from up and coming young farmer/producer, Alexandre Giquel.
$29.99
Pinon, Francois & Julien 2022 Vouvray Les Deronnieres
The grapes for "Les Déronnières" from Julien Pinon (first made in 2014) used to be included in the Silex Noir, but this wonderful vineyard, the Pinon's best parcel on a hill-top directly above their cellar, much deserves to be bottled...
$34.99
Bellivière 2022 Coteaux du Loir "Vieilles Vignes Eparses"
Vieilles Vignes Éparses is Bellivière's oldest-vine cuvée, with ages ranging from 80 to 100 years old, across multiple parcels in the Coteaux du Loir: the name "éparses" is in fact in reference to the parcellation of the vineyards. These old...
$69.99
