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The Chevré family has owned and farmed this parcel organically since 1996, and before 2017 the harvest formed part of Roches Neuves Insolite cuvée. Thibaud Chevré explains that the sand-rich terroir here results in his most expressive and approachable wine, something borne out by this fine release. Le Haie Nardin is fermented wild and aged for nine months in 50% stainless steel tank and 50% oak vessels, split between 25-hecolitre foudre and 500-litre demi muid. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eIn just its’ second release, this is a splendidly controlled and taut Chenin that opens with layers of minerality, salinity and a hint of spice, and progresses through ripe citrus, green apple and preserved lemon fruit. It's an impressive gateway to the wines of this producer, with terrific balance in the mouth and a long sapid finish.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clos de l'Ecotard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43301992333550,"sku":"20277-750","price":44.61,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/9626e457-adf9-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_20277-750.png?v=1688369812"},{"product_id":"blind-corner-quindalup-petillant-2022","title":"Blind Corner Quindalup Petillant 2021","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eCrafted from Chenin Blanc and a dash of Shiraz (and this year a little Semillon and Cabernet Sauvignon to balance it all out), this delicious, pink-tinged addition to the genre is everything you want and need from a completely naturally grown, made and bottled fizz with no additions whatsoever. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe pressings portion of the Blind Corner Quindalup Chenin Blanc (75%) was wild-fermented in barrels, and a frozen bucket of Shiraz juice is added for good measure. Once very close to dry, the Semillon and Cabernet were added to the blend and the wine completed its ferment in bottle. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blind Corner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43302317195502,"sku":"20433-750","price":20.43,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/2557f534-2af8-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_20433-750.jpg?v=1764135115"},{"product_id":"voyager-estate-sparkling-chenin-blanc-2021","title":"Voyager Estate Sparkling Chenin Blanc 2021","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eAs you might expect, Voyager’s foray into the sparkling arena has class plastered all over it. Perhaps surprisingly however—given this producer’s enviable reputation with Chardonnay—it was crafted entirely from Chenin Blanc (drawn from Voyager Estate’s Weightmans Block 1). This patch of Chenin was selected due to its early ripening characteristics, which result in full flavour development at low sugar levels and with excellent natural acidity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eHand-harvested, the fruit was gently whole-bunch pressed and settled overnight before fermentation in stainless steel tanks. Made using the traditional Champagne method, following a short maturation in tank the wine was bottled in June. It remained on lees until February 2022 when it was disgorged with a light dosage. Cheninpagne!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Voyager Estate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43302671974638,"sku":"20588-750","price":19.77,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/979aaef3-bffd-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_20588-750.png?v=1764136655"},{"product_id":"meltwater-marlborough-chenin-blanc-2021","title":"Meltwater Marlborough Chenin Blanc 2021","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eOrganic. The new kid off the block. Alongside the Pinot and Chardonnay, the Brancott Valley’s Wrekin Vineyard (see below) is home to a small parcel of Chenin Blanc. 2021 marks the first year Mike Paterson has managed to secure an allocation from owners Jan and Andrew Johns. Not being overly familiar with Marlborough Chenin Blanc (is anyone?), I asked Mike how the grapes would usually be treated: “like Sauvignon Blanc,” he deadpanned, “so it’s not my kind of wine”. Enough said. So, Paterson took the Vouvray route: “we bought in fruit in and let it go”. He harvested late and whole-bunch pressed, sending the juice with full solids to puncheon for a wild ferment. So, it’s made much like the Corofin Chardonnays, but taken out of oak a little earlier, in January for bottling in March. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eCorofin only made a single puncheon from just over one tonne of fruit, a situation that is unlikely to change in the coming years. “I’d love to have more,” Paterson shrugs. So would we, Mike. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eExpect ample varietal purity in the white flower and lanolin spectrum alongside a succulent yet vibrant palate dotted with honey and brown spice notes. A terrific New World Chenin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Corofin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43302676332782,"sku":"20665-750","price":27.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/4aec3523-18fc-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_20665-750.png?v=1658796415"},{"product_id":"francois-chidaine-montlouis-les-tuffeaux-2019","title":"Domaine François Chidaine Montlouis Les Tuffeaux 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eOff-dry. This gorgeous, pulpy Chenin Blanc is drawn from the second, later pickings across a range of Chidaine’s old Chenin plots (including the Clos du Volagray, Saint-Martin and Les Grillonnières) that have stony soils which are heavy in yellow limestone, or tuffeau. These vines range in age from 30 to 90 years and are always cropped at tiny yields. The wine fermented with native yeasts, then matured in 620-litre demi-muids for 10 months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrançois Chidaine does not produce this cuvée every year; when he does, it’s a case of run, don’t walk. It ended up with 10 g\/L residual sugar (low for this wine—the 2020 has 14.8 g\/L), which is rendered almost imperceptible by the balancing mineral and saline energy that runs like an arrow through the palate. Again, expect great length, intensity and pulpy succulence over a mouthwatering mineral backbone. It sings on its own or with some charcuterie but will take you to another realm when paired with southeast Asian flavours and textures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine François Chidaine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43302678167790,"sku":"20705-750","price":53.03,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/facb94ce-6cde-ed11-ab3d-024d026f405e_20705-750.png?v=1764136544"},{"product_id":"francois-chidaine-montlouis-brut-nature-2019","title":"Domaine François Chidaine Montlouis Brut Nature 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eChidaine’s Montlouis Brut Nature is made from old-vine, biodynamically farmed, hand-harvested fruit cropped at a very low 35 hectolitres per hectare (a figure almost unheard of in Champagne). To be specific, this zero-dosage Montlouis is 100% Chenin Blanc from the flinty (perruches) sites of Le Volagray and Les Landes, as well as the clay- and limestone-dominant (aubuis) sites of Clos Renard and Les Epinais. Chidaine picks his grapes for sparkling wine at around 11.5 to 12.5 degrees of potential alcohol (i.e. flavour-ripe) as he wants his terroir to shine through. The base wine is wild-fermented in old, 620-litre barrels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis release offers wonderful aromas and flavours of green apple, pistachio, baking spice and white flowers. Again, the palate is engagingly vinous, with a creamy texture shot through with saline energy and spicy complexity. The finish tapers to a long, grippy, mineral-infused close—something seldom encountered in Chenin-based sparkling wines. There’s so much to love here, and what value for a world class sparkling wine!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine François Chidaine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43302678233326,"sku":"20706-750","price":44.81,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/915ad5e6-6cde-ed11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_20706-750.png?v=1764136541"},{"product_id":"francois-chidaine-montlouis-brut-tradition-2019","title":"Domaine François Chidaine Montlouis Brut Tradition 2019","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style='font-family:\"Georgia\",serif'\u003eOrganic\nin conversion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style='font-family:\"Georgia\",serif'\u003e This\nis a négoce sparkling born out of Chidaine’s low yields in 2018 and should not\nbe confused with the Estate’s \u003ci\u003eBrut Nature (\u003c\/i\u003eoffered below).\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eIt is\ncrafted from Chenin grapes purchased from a young grower in Montlouis. The site\nis in organic transition and the fruit cropped from multiple parcels on\nsandy\/clay topsoil with limestone (\u003ci\u003etuffeau\u003c\/i\u003e) bedrock. \u003cb\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style='font-family:\n\"Georgia\",serif'\u003eFollowing a pneumatic pressing, the juice was fermented with\nindigenous yeasts in large format barrels for up to six months. The wine was\nthen aged for a further six months on its fine lees in tank and transferred to\nbottle to rest sur lattes for a minimum of 12 months. No malolactic\nfermentation, no chaptalization, no dosage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine François Chidaine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43302679019758,"sku":"20715-750","price":31.07,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/ecd5c31b-7a01-ed11-ab3d-024d026f405e_20715-750.png?v=1658796439"},{"product_id":"blind-corner-orange-in-colour-2021","title":"Blind Corner Ørange In Colour 2021","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThis year's Orange is 93% Sauvignon with a smidge of Chenin Blanc, sourced from the Blind Corner Quindalup vineyard and from selected like-minded organic partners in Margaret River. Soils are predominantly sand over pea gravel with a granite base. Organic and biodynamically reared grapes were added to a rolling wild ferment. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blind Corner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43302818414830,"sku":"19334-750","price":13.89,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/263db46b-29f8-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_19334-750.jpg?v=1764135293"},{"product_id":"blind-corner-quindalup-chenin-blanc-2020","title":"Blind Corner Quindalup Chenin Blanc 2020","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eBen Gould’s small-batch biodynamic Chenin is sourced from the Blind Corner Quindalup vineyard in the famed Margaret River wine region. Soils are predominantly sand over pea gravel with a granite base. Whole bunch pressed, the lion’s share of the blend was wild fermented in old oak barrels, with a small portion was fermented in concrete eggs to add some background texture and upfront flavour. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eHailed by Stellar Magazine's Mike Bennie as \"legendary juice\", this Chenin Blanc delivers a soft-tasting wine with a hint of citrus to bring some extra character to the story. Splash some into a goblet and pair with a feast fit for a king. Or, just enjoy with a parcel from the local fish n' chippery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blind Corner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43302818906350,"sku":"19461-750","price":19.85,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/d78c1cf6-29f8-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_19461-750.png?v=1764135867"},{"product_id":"beau-rivage-chenin-blanc-2018","title":"Beau Rivage Chenin Blanc 2018","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe wine is drawn from some of Clarksburg’s oldest vines, planted in the 1960s and sourced from a long-term organic grower. Kelley oversees harvest by hand and makes the wine alongside his friend and partner Frank Ingriselli, who also manages the aging. The grapes are picked in two lots. Grapes from the sunny side of the vine are crushed (to release extract), with the fruit from the more shaded side being whole cluster pressed using a very long and firm cycle. The musts are then fermented wild and raised in old, low toast, Burgundy barrels that have seen eight vintages. Each year Kelley uses more and more solids, with the wines building texture and drive from their time on lees. From 2020, longer élevage again and more precision at harvesting (based on the experience of the previous years) come into play. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2019 yields were down by half, and you can feel the added concentration on the palate in the form of more volume and texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2018 was a comparatively late, cool growing season in Clarksburg, and this is reflected in this wine; the raciest and lowest alcohol Chenin that Beau Rivage has offered. It’s taut and tangy, with medium weight for now but plenty of length. Kelley notes, “I wouldn’t be surprised to see it turn out to be the best of the three (2017-2019) in six or seven years.” Time will tell, but for now, it’s a fine, delicate Chenin that’s drinking beautifully, offering inviting scents of lanolin, citrus, herby botanicals and white flowers with a powdery, salty flourish on the finish. It’s bone dry with a firm, pithy texture and a mouthfeel charged by freshness, citrus-pith and crunchy fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beau Rivage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43302837846254,"sku":"20586-750","price":48.38,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/cf25e032-8efd-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_20586-750.png?v=1658796332"},{"product_id":"beau-rivage-chenin-blanc-2019","title":"Beau Rivage Chenin Blanc 2019","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe wine is drawn from some of Clarksburg’s oldest vines, planted in the 1960s and sourced from a long-term organic grower. Kelley oversees harvest by hand and makes the wine alongside his friend and partner Frank Ingriselli, who also manages the aging. The grapes are picked in two lots. Grapes from the sunny side of the vine are crushed (to release extract), with the fruit from the more shaded side being whole cluster pressed using a very long and firm cycle. The musts are then fermented wild and raised in old, low toast, Burgundy barrels that have seen eight vintages. Each year Kelley uses more and more solids, with the wines building texture and drive from their time on lees. From 2020, longer élevage again and more precision at harvesting (based on the experience of the previous years) come into play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eIn 2019 yields were down by half, and you can feel the added concentration on the palate in the form of more volume and texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe wine remains tense and refreshing, only there’s added succulence, and the salinity on the finish seems to be amped up a notch. The aromas are riper too, with yellow flowers and dandelions alongside the more subtle Chenin hints of pine resin and lanolin. The palate is dry, intense, grippy, and full of pure, juicy fruit and delicious savouriness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eBoth vintages should age well, and yet both look great at the table now. Think pork, roast chicken and wild fish, or something with an interplay of sweet and sour. The 2018 will perhaps play best against salty, and more delicate dishes, whilst the 2019 should be able to deal with something a tad richer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beau Rivage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43302837911790,"sku":"20587-750","price":48.38,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/af6bf491-8efd-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_20587-750.png?v=1658796335"},{"product_id":"roches-neuves-saumur-blanc-clos-romans-2019","title":"Roches Neuves Saumur Blanc Clos Romans 2019","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eBiodynamic. The Chenin Blanc vines of Clos Romans are rooted in the walled enclave of a priory dating back to the 11th century. The soil consists of a 30cm layer of sandy clay over Senonian-era limestone bedrock called Pierres de Champigny, the same rock that was used to build Château Champigny. Planted atop a ridge in Parnay, just outside Saumur, the vine roots burrow down through the limestone, towards the famous troglodyte dwellings below. Germain acquired this historic site in 2007 and has been steadily replanting at a density of 12,000 vines per hectare. He practices massale selection, mixing plants to ensure he doesn’t get a mono-dimensional profile of this terroir. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eFor the striking 2019, the grapes were hand-picked, whole-bunch pressed and then fermented in a neutral oval cask, where the wine rested for nine months on lees. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe resulting wine is a showstopper. As always, it’s a dramatically intense, crystalline and soaringly pure Chenin, with this year’s flavours running through clementine and blood orange, peach, roasted citrus and a note of camphor. The texture is sublime and the length exceptional, and the more air you give it the more depth and harmony you can expect. More than ever, one of the great whites of the region (if not France!), a super-mineral Corton-Charlemagne in the heart of the Loire. Worth every cent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roches Neuves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43323953348846,"sku":"19239-750","price":132.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/2aa7b71b-bef9-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_19239-750.jpg?v=1764135295"},{"product_id":"huet-vouvray-le-haut-lieu-demi-sec-2020","title":"Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Demi-Sec 2020","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eLe Haut-Lieu was the estate’s first vineyard, purchased in 1928, and is situated on the ‘Première Côte’. It’s a 9-hectare plot on deep, brown, chalky clay (known as aubuis). Here the yellow limestone (tuffeau) bedrock lies up to four metres down, making for a richer soil that produces round, supple wines that can drink very well young. It generally produces the earliest maturing of the three cuvées and is usually the first to be ready for drinking, but, like the Clos du Bourg and Le Mont, the wines can be extremely long-lived. We have enjoyed bottles from the 40’s that are still drinking very well!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Huet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43323966062830,"sku":"20100-750","price":60.26,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/c353bcdc-f4fc-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_20100-750.png?v=1764135589"},{"product_id":"huet-vouvray-le-haut-lieu-moelleux-premiere-trie-2020","title":"Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Haut Lieu Moelleux Première Trie 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eLe Haut Lieu was the estate’s first vineyard, purchased in 1928, and is situated on the Première Côte. 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This block's argilo-siliceux soils (stony, with green, mineral clays and flint over limestone) provide the tight structure and pungent minerality Le Mont is renowned for. With less clay (and a different type of clay) and more stone than Le Haut-Lieu, this site typically produces the nerviest wines in the Huet stable, so this vineyard mainly produces dry and off-dry whites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuet’s succulent moelleux wines (moelleux translates to ‘marrow-like’ and is pronounced ‘mweh-luh’) typically have between 40 and 60 g\/L residual sugar. They are made mainly from grapes that have dried on the vine (passerillage) rather than those affected by botrytis. 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