Chenin Blanc
Chenin Blanc is strangely not common in New Zealand, but is deceptively so worldwide. California and South Africa make fine examples but also use it for volume: plantings in each exceed its homeland, France. At home in the cool Loire Valley, Chenin grows near sibling-grape Sauvignon Blanc to make many important, mineral styles: from super-value Methode Traditionelle to complex, fleshy whites like Saumur and Vouvray to rich dessert wines like Bonnezeaux. Chenin is loved by exclusive dessert winemakers for the same reason it is by mass producers of still whites in sun-baked California: for its ability, like Riesling, to retain acid when very ripe. A versatile and impressive variety, top Chenins age for a century while basic ones never fail to please with seafood and white meats.

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2021 Astrolabe Chenin Blanc Sec
Bob Campbell MW
A new bottling of Chenin Blanc from some of NZ's biggest fans of this grape. It offer refreshing white fruits with a zingy minerality, in an easy-drinking style that reflects Astrolabe's special ... read more$23.99 in mixed 6+ or $26.99 per bottle -
2020 Astrolabe Wrekin Vineyard Chenin Blanc
Bob Campbell MW
A beautiful example of Chenin Blanc by the masters of Marborough varietals, Astrolabe. Check out Bob Campbell's 94 point score! As it showcases all that is so gorgeous and typically New Zealand ... read more$27.99 in mixed 6+ or $31.99 per bottle -
2020 Marc Bredif Vouvray
Richard Caro
Marc Bredif is a classic reference point for the Vouvray style and a true star of Chenin Blanc. Weighty and plump yet minerally, every vintage it is everything you want a Vouvray to be. Matched ... read more$29.99 in mixed 6+ or $33.99 per bottle -
2019 Bernard Fouquet Aubuisieres Vouvray Girardieres (Demi-Sec)
John Caro
A gorgeous off-dry Chenin Vouvray from the experts. This demi-sec white offers a beautifully defined sweetness and gentle opulence, while revealing layers of fresh acidity and mineral nuance. In ... read more$31.99 in mixed 6+ or $35.99 per bottle -
2020 Millton Te Arai Vineyard Chenin Blanc
Richard Caro
A New Zealand and world benchmark for Chenin Blanc. James Millton is a legend of biodynamic wine and has great dedication to this grape, allowing vintage variation to express itself with in a ... read more$34.99 in mixed 6+ or $38.99 per bottle -
2018 Millton Clos de Ste Anne Chenin Blanc
Raymond Chan
This special Chenin Blanc is from a section of the vineyard 'down there' (La Bas), on Millton's Clos de Ste Anne hillside vineyard at Manutuke, Gisborne. Lees-aged for nine months in large, ... read more$79.99 in mixed 6+ or $88.99 per bottle