Chenin Blanc
Chenin Blanc
Pinon, Francois & Julien 2018 Vouvray Frizzante 500ml
This is a unique, very unusual and outrageously delicious sweet Vouvray, as described by Chris Kissack in The Wine Doctor: "Poured from a 50cl bottle, this presents a modest golden hue, it not yet having taken on the rich patina of age....
$47.99
Pinon, Francois & Julien 2018 Vouvray Goutte d'Or
"Goutte d'or 2018, Raisins séchés par le vent et le soleil" The grapes were harvested in one pass on October 26th in the "L'Arpent" parcel of 55 year-old vines on clay over lower turonian limestone, facing south-west, with yields of...
$78.99
Pinon, Francois & Julien 2018 Vouvray Brut Non-Dose
François and Julien Pinon make some of the finest sparkling wines in the Loire Valley. The superb Brut Non-Dosé comes from 45 year-old Chenin Blanc vines on Turonien limestone with topsoils of clay with silex, from four parcels; Les Haut...
$33.99
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
Maitre de Chai 2021 Sparkling Chenin Clarksburg
Made entirely of Chenin Blanc from the Wilson Vineyard just south of Clarksburg in the Sacramento River Delta, this is a traditional Méthode Champenoise sparkling wine that drinks clean and classic. The vineyard is known for producing grapes with laser-like...
$34.99
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
Domaine Aux Moines 2022 Savennieres - Roche aux Moines
Domaine aux Moines is operated by Tessa Laroche, organically, and now with biodynamic practices as well, farming under 10 hectares of Chenin Blanc. The vineyards stand next to the famed 'Coulée de Serrant' on South-West facing hillsides of predominately schist...
$57.99
Plaisance 2022 Anjou "Zerzilles"
The cuvee "Zerzilles" is from a single 0.6 hectare site on the Butte de Chaume. The vines average 60 years-old. "Zerzilles" is rapidly becoming the butte’s best-known lieu-dit, coming from vines on the eastern side of the butte, with steep...
$78.99
Delrieu-Ducleux 2018 Ruchette Chenin 500ml
This is a fascinating sweet Chenin with no added sulfites, slightly oxidative in a rich and decadent dessert style. There's ample acidity that cuts through and a deep mineral streak, making this a perfect after dinner treat or alongside various...
$37.99
Pinon, Francois & Julien 2022 Vouvray Sec
100% Chenin Blanc. Pinon chooses vines from more clay-forward parcels for its annual sec bottling. They average 45 years old and have been certified organic since 2007. The bunches are harvested by hand, rigorously sorted and direct-pressed slowly and gently....
$27.99
Jousset, Lise et Bertrand 2022 Vin de France Bubulle Pet Nat
Simply put, the Jousset's 2022 "Bubulle" is top-shelf Pét-Nat for a picnic-friendly price. From organically farmed Chenin vines (45 years of age on average) in Montlouis-sur-Loire in soils of sand and silex over limestone. All cellar operations are by gravity,...
$29.99
Huet 1997 Haut-Lieu Moelleux 1er Trie
"Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Haut Lieu Moelleux Première Trie 1997: From a hugely successful vintage for Noël Pinguet and the domaine, this is just one of three première trie moelleux cuvées produced in this vintage, as Le Mont and Clos...
$209.99
Huet 2023 Haut-Lieu Sec
Le Haut Lieu is the historical, and largest, site of Domaine Huet. A bit more than 9 hectares, slightly higher on the plateau and further from the Loire, the vines are grown on a darker clay with some eolian sands....
$38.99
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...
$32.99
Huet 2023 Clos du Bourg Sec
"Domaine Huët’s 2023 Clos du Bourg Sec bottling is also excellent. The wine is deep, complex and beautifully focused on the nose, wafting from the glass in a mix of quince, apple, a touch of pink grapefruit, complex, chalky soil...
$48.99
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"...
$43.99
Huet 2023 Clos du Bourg Demi-Sec
Gaston Huët believed this to be the greatest of all Vouvray vineyards. With the Première Côte’s poorest, shallowest, stoniest soils, Clos du Bourg is one of the most mythical sites of Vouvray - the topsoil of clay is only one...
$50.99
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...
$48.99
Delrieu-Ducleux 2022 Le Jeau Blanc
Le Jeau Blanc from Julien Delrieu and Thibaut Ducleux is Chenin Blanc from a hillside parcel close to Les Nourissons of Stephane Bernaudeau, planted in 1955 on schist soils. The wine ferments and ages in old barrels without SO2 addition....
$33.99
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
D'Orfeuilles 2019 Vouvray "Les Coudraies"
Domaine D'Orfeuilles is known for the high concentration of flint in their clay/limestone soils, which one finds in the parcel of "Les Coudraies." The 2019 is a lovely "sec-tendre" Vouvray (100% Chenin Blanc) somewhat in the style of the Pinon...
$19.99
