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  1. Chateau du Rouet Cuvee Reserve Cotes de Provence Rose 2022 375ml
    Chateau du Rouet Cuvee Reserve Cotes de Provence Rose 2022 375ml

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    2022
    Carignan, Grenache, Mourvedre
    France
    460
  2. Domaine Pajot Cotes de Gascogne Blanc 2022
    Domaine Pajot Cotes de Gascogne Blanc 2022
    The Domaine itself is plonked on the hills overlooking Eauze the capital of Armagnac. Its certified organic and has eighty acres of vines that grow on the gentle hills of sand and fine silt soils. All harvests are done by hand and the domaine does not use any chemical fertilizers or pesticides. This is a dry and textural blend of Colombard, Ugni-Blanc, Sauvignon, and Gros-Manseng.

    We were super impressed with the latest vintage here. Much more texture and weight then in previous vintage with an emphasis on phenolic grip and slippery fruit. There is lovely chalky, white pepper note on the nose with fresh nashi pear and green apple to the fore. It's a lovely ride on the palate and this skates a line for serious and textural as well as fruity and forward beautifully.
    2022
    White Blend
    France
    393
  3. Chateau du Rouet Cuvee Reserve Rose 2021 375ml
    Chateau du Rouet Cuvee Reserve Rose 2021 375ml
    Never judge a book buy it's cover right? Mostly, you see the colour of this and you at least know you are on good footing to begin with. It's pale, like a blush of peach. Properly dry with a splash of sweet citrus, mandarin, ripe red grapefruit, a just tart orange aspect and then some lovely peach notes. All this is underpinned by a bright, clear, palate cleansing freshness and a nice pithy texture that licks at the sides of your mouth. It's long and energising, it both slackens the thirst with its buoyant, uplifting feel and engages the old taste buds and sets the salivary glands quivering. Who doesn't love Rose like this? It's so enjoyable to drink. ROSCOE
    2021
    Carignan, Grenache, Mourvedre
    France
    460
  4. Fontareche Corbieres Rouge Vieilles Vignes 2022
    Fontareche Corbieres Rouge Vieilles Vignes 2022
    The Fontarèche property, at the heart of Corbiere in Languedoc-Roussillon, has a long, illustrious and noble history dating back to 1201. Current proprietor, Jacques de Lamy took over from his father, Count Edouard de Lamy in 1957 where the de Lamy family has been in charge of the property since 1682. The estate works with 17 grape varieties, but Carignan is their jewel in the crown. The vines are planted to the semi-desert Mediterranean climate trapped between the Atlantic and Mediterranean. The Atlantic breezes funnel through the mountain ranges that form the backdrop of the region and help to temper the summer heat in the vineyards retaining freshness and vibrancy in the wines.

    Wonderfully lifted notes of violets, mulberry and blue fruits all underlined with gentle minerality. The palate is brimming with a core of dark fruits that come together nicely with a focused and energetic finish. It really is surprising the level of subtle complexity at this price point that remains so easy to drink at the same time
    2022
    Carignan
    France
    418
  5. Quinta de Chocapalha Mar de Lisboa Branco 2022
    Quinta de Chocapalha Mar de Lisboa Branco 2022

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    2022
    White Blend
    Portugal
  6. Fontareche Corbieres Rouge Vieilles Vignes 2023
    Fontareche Corbieres Rouge Vieilles Vignes 2023

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    2023
    Carignan
    France
    418
  7. Domaine Pajot Cotes de Gascogne Blanc 2021
    Domaine Pajot Cotes de Gascogne Blanc 2021

    The Domaine itself is plonked on the hills overlooking Eauze the capital of Armagnac. Its certified organic and has eighty acres of vines that grow on the gentle hills of sand and fine silt soils. All harvests are done by hand and the domaine does not use any chemical fertilizers or pesticides. This is a dry and textural blend of Colombard, Ugni-Blanc, Sauvignon, and Gros-Manseng.

    They have done it again! This is my go to white for summer with a lovely lemony, floral lilt and powdery, perfumed nose. Gentle and bright with clean and crisp flavours of orchard fruits and white nectarine. Its uncomplicated and delicious with clean, crunchy fruits and a zippy, minerally finish. Ridiculous value. MYLES, PWS

    2021
    White Blend
    France
    393
  8. Head Wines Rossa Monte et al 2021
    Head Wines Rossa Monte et al 2021

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    2021
    Carignan, Grenache, tempranillo
    Australia
    349
  9. Voyager Estate Chenin Blanc 2024
    Voyager Estate Chenin Blanc 2024
    Fruit for the Chenin Blanc comes from three organically farmed estate blocks on the Voyager Estate property. Voyager has some of the oldest Chenin Blanc in the Margaret River region, with some of the vines planted as far back as 1978. The vineyard soils are mostly gravelly loams with stony clay subsoils, providing excellent drainage and good moisture-holding capacity. The resulting fruit has exceptional balance.

    One of the better chenin blancs from Voyager Estate to date as it has flavour and richness but stays neatly in the dry spectrum. Poached pears and quince, lemon balm and lime curd with an intriguing waft of lanolin and the tug of phenolics add to the palate's shape. There's refreshment throughout but also depth. Lovely. JANE FAULKNER, wine companion
    2023
    Chenin Blanc
    Australia
    432
  10. Hugel Gentil 2021
    Hugel Gentil 2021

    A very fresh dry white with yellow apple, lemon, fresh garden herb and snowpea aromas. Crisp and structured with a nice interplay of lively acidity and creaminess. Long, delicately spicy and herbal finish that’s very clean. A cuvee of 32% gewurztraminer, 25% pinot gris, 15% riesling, 15% pinot blanc, 10% sylvaner and 3% muscat. Drink or hold. STUART PIGOTT, JamesSucjkling.com


    2021
    White Blend
    France
    343
  11. Voyager Estate Sparkling Chenin Blanc 2023
    Voyager Estate Sparkling Chenin Blanc 2023
    Organically farmed Chenin Blanc from Weightmans Block 1 Vineyard with red, brown loamy soil, stone, gravel subsoils. This vineyard produces Chenin Blanc fruit with incredible purity and freshness – perfect for crafting a uniquely Western Australian aperitif style sparkling that suits our sunny climate and lifestyle. TIM SHAND, CHIEF WINEMAKER
    2023
    Chenin Blanc
    Australia
    432
  12. MMAD Chenin Blanc 2023 375ml
    MMAD Chenin Blanc 2023 375ml

    I cut my teeth on chenin blanc, McLaren Vale chenin at that, but the wines I was drinking in the late 1980s didn’t bear a great deal of resemblance to this majestic offering.

    I’m a bit blown away. Instead of being the steak knives in the range this vies for top spot. It has flavour and texture but it’s the way brine and smoky, reductive characters play in with the fruit that really gets you in. This is a sophisticated white wine. It’s all river stones and nashi pear, apple and cedar, though it’s defined by its smoke/salt/stone characters. It’s also exceptionally poised, dry and tense, all of which suggest that it has a seriously good future ahead of it. (96) CAMPBELL MATTINSON, The Wine Front

    Bright, light yellow hue with a nutty bouquet that reflects some barrel work, combined with creamy, waxy, pastry-like nuances. The wine is bright and intense in the mouth, restrained and quietly persuasive, with a bone-dry balance and refreshing qualities. There's a lot to like here. HUONE HOOKE, The Real Review

    2023
    Chenin Blanc
    Australia
    436
  13. Scala Bianco (Greco) 2023
    Scala Bianco (Greco) 2023

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    2023
    Vermentino, White Blend
    Italy
    495
  14. Geyer Wine Co. Chenin Blanc 2022
    Geyer Wine Co. Chenin Blanc 2022

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    2022
    Chenin Blanc
    Australia
  15. Corymbia Chenin Blanc 2024
    Corymbia Chenin Blanc 2024

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    2024
    Chenin Blanc
    Australia
  16. Ministry of Clouds Carignan Grenache 2023
    Ministry of Clouds Carignan Grenache 2023

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    2023
    Carignan, Grenache
  17. JC's Owen Freestyler White Blend 2022
    JC's Owen Freestyler White Blend 2022

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    2022
    White Blend
    Australia
    436
  18. Spinifex Grenache Gris 2023
    Spinifex Grenache Gris 2023

    It’s a new plot of vineyard (on the estate) and this is the first year where there was enough crop to make/release a wine. It was fermented wild in old oak and then matured in a (not new) 1000l foudre.

    Time in old oak was important here because it’s added texture to what is, at heart, a structural white wine. It’s a wine of skin and bones, stones and spices, its dryness a key part of its appeal. We’re almost into brine territory here, or stones sitting in a saline solution, perhaps. It knows what it wants, and it wants for food. This is a good, interesting wine, worth buying and drinking, and future releases will be worth following. CAMPBELL MATTINSON, The Wine Front

    2021
    Carignan, Grenache
    Australia
    349
  19. Quealy 'Pobblebonk'  2024
    Quealy 'Pobblebonk' 2024

    Quite possibly the most delicious Pobblebonk to date. Riesling, friulano, pinot grigio and ribolla gialla are the friends, each fermented wild in used French oak, on full solids and later blended. It’s heady with meadow flowers, lemon blossom and hints of lemon verbena, really spicy with nutty, leesy aromas, and the palate is both textural and alive with fine acidity. Neat phenolics add to the pleasure of drinking this. (95) JANE FAULKNER, Halliday Wine Companion

    Light to mid straw colour in the glass, the bouquet savoury with some nutty notes possibly from barrel ferment, adding layers to the floral and spicy fruit aromas. Deliciously intense fruit on palate with a touch more dimension than the Quealy pinot grigios. It's truly more than the sum of its parts. A lovely drink, intense, long and harmonious, the finish lip-smackingly dry and appetising. (95), HUON HOOKE, The Real Review

    How do you make a melange of fruity, bitter and salty so perfectly? So easygoing, delivering the goods, not stingy on flavour, not pushy with perfume. Just right. Lightly honeyed, with pink rock salt to balance, crunch of pears and cashews, with a cooling aniseed to finish. Textural but smooth. Simply yum. Nailed it. (94), KASIA SOBIESIAK Kasia Sobiesiak, The Wine Front

    2024
    Friulano, Pinot Grigio, Ribolla Gialla, Riesling, White Blend
    Australia
    441
  20. ARC Summer White 2021
    ARC Summer White 2021

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    2021
    White Blend
    Australia
  21. Damien Pinon Tuffo Vouvray Sec 2022
    Damien Pinon Tuffo Vouvray Sec 2022
    Damien Pinon is the third generation of his family to naturally farm Chenin Blanc in the chalky soils of Vernou-sur-Brenne in the appellation of Vouvray. His vines are old, creating lush, expressive white wines.

    Ah Tuffo! This wine seems to never fail us. Not only is it a wonderful example of classic Vouvray it always delivers that little x-factor and bit of pizzaz we like. That lovely clay/waxed citrus and quince fruit comes at you straight off-the-bat with that slaty chalky thin that chenin does in the Loire so well. Some apple and pear drop generosity on the palate is cut by crunchy acidity and a little hit of phenolic grip that stick all those beautiful flavours to your mouth. There is a little floral flourish in the middle and spritz of mixed sweet spice on the finish. A cracker!
    2022
    Chenin Blanc
    France
    422
  22. Marri Wood Park Chenin Blanc 2023
    Marri Wood Park Chenin Blanc 2023

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    2023
    Chenin Blanc
  23. Badenhorst Secateurs Chenin 2024
    Badenhorst Secateurs Chenin 2024

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    2024
    Chenin Blanc
    South Africa
    486
  24. Cep by Cep Anjou Blanc 2023
    Cep by Cep Anjou Blanc 2023

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    2023
    Chenin Blanc
    France
    423
  25. Pichot Vouvray Sec Coteau de La Biche 2023
    Pichot Vouvray Sec Coteau de La Biche 2023

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    2023
    Chenin Blanc
    France
    422
  26. Hobo Wine Camp Folk Machine Clarksburg Chenin Blanc 2020
    Hobo Wine Camp Folk Machine Clarksburg Chenin Blanc 2020
    This is 100% chenin blanc from Merritt Island in Clarksburg. Clean as a whistle, fresh and bright with a poised quince and mineral streak. Crunchy and delicious. MYLES, PWS
    2019
    Chenin Blanc
    USA
    362
  27. Gustavo Martinez 'Waro' Pais 2019
    Gustavo Martinez 'Waro' Pais 2019

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    2019
    Carignan
    Chile
  28. Dormilona Cupid Chenin Blanc 2024
    Dormilona Cupid Chenin Blanc 2024

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    2024
    Chenin Blanc
  29. Poppelvej ‘Blue Rose Case’ Chenin 2022
    Poppelvej ‘Blue Rose Case’ Chenin 2022

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    2022
    Chenin Blanc
    Australia
    436
  30. Gustavo Martinez 'Koupin' Carignan 2019
    Gustavo Martinez 'Koupin' Carignan 2019

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    2019
    Carignan
    Chile
  31. Chateau du Rouet Cuvee Reserve Cotes de Provence Rose 2023
    Chateau du Rouet Cuvee Reserve Cotes de Provence Rose 2023
    Pale, shimmering orange-pink. Spice-accented red currant, cherry and floral scents pick up a hint of orange pith with air. Chewy and focused on the palate, offering bitter cherry and red berry flavors and a touch of candied lavender. Finishes long and silky, with repeating florality and a zesty snap of white pepper. VINOUS
    2023
    Carignan, Grenache, Mourvedre
    France
    460
  32. Fabien Jouves Les Agudes 2019
    Fabien Jouves Les Agudes 2019

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    2019
    Chenin Blanc, sauvignon Blanc
    France
    360
  33. Brash Higgins CHN Chenin Blanc 2021
    Brash Higgins CHN Chenin Blanc 2021

    Chenin Blanc from McLaren Vale, fermented wild, matured in wood.

    Colour and cloudiness, straw and nuts. This wine is wild with flavour. Citrus, saline, honey and handfuls of nuts. Lots of zip but lots of give/texture/flavour. Food-friendly and sit-and-ponder friendly. Dry and grippy on the finish, an attractive squeakiness there, and no shortage of length. It’s a ripper, really. It’s varietal but we are also in the presence of difference. CAMPBELL MATTINSON, The Wine Front

    2021
    Chenin Blanc
    Australia
    436
  34. Brash Higgins CHN Chenin Blanc 2022
    Brash Higgins CHN Chenin Blanc 2022

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    2022
    Chenin Blanc
    Australia
    436
  35. Hobo Wine Camp Folk Machine Clarksburg Chenin Blanc 2022
    Hobo Wine Camp Folk Machine Clarksburg Chenin Blanc 2022

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    2022
    Chenin Blanc
    USA
    362
  36. Rocher des Violettes Vin de France Chenin 2023
    Rocher des Violettes Vin de France Chenin 2023
    The 2023 Chenin is dry, clean and pure-fruited. Youthful, with a focus on the fresh fruit that's all pear and honeydew melon, it’s light in body but rounded. This is a silky, appealing style that has some nice juicy fruit. It’s attractive from day one. REBECCA GIBB MW, Vinous
    2023
    Chenin Blanc
    France
    422
  37. Bosco de Medici Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Bianco Lavaflava 2021
    Bosco de Medici Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Bianco Lavaflava 2021

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    2021
    White Blend
    Italy
    363
  38. Domaine Patrice Colin Blanc "Pierre a Feu" 2023
    Domaine Patrice Colin Blanc "Pierre a Feu" 2023

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    2023
    Chenin Blanc
    France
    423
  39. Hobo Wine Camp Folk Machine Parts and Labour Red 2022
    Hobo Wine Camp Folk Machine Parts and Labour Red 2022
    This is the second vintage that Grenache has dominated the P&L blend. The 2022 is a blend of Grenache from Mangels Ranch in Suisun Valley, Cedar Lane in Arroyo Seco, and Waddington Ranch in Mendocino, Carignane from Lolonis, Maria Martinson, and Castañon all in Mendocino, and Syrah from Vecino in Potter Valley. There is a good amount of whole cluster and carbonic maceration through the lots keeping everything fresh and fun. As always, the blend was made immediately after harvest and the wine was aged in a combination of French oak foudres and stainless steel tanks.

    Oh yum! This is such a joy to drink. A cracking drop here from the legend that is Kenny likitprakong of Hobo. He was telling us that this was his house wine. The one that he has cases of to rip the corks off when mates come round, the BBQ fires up and a long warm weekend is about a kick off and we can see why. This is hard to put down once it's in your glass.

    It's all about the red fruits here with fresh picked red cherry and raspberry all vying for position at the front of the pack. Some pretty violet notes swirl around and as this opens up some savoury whole black peppercorn and foresty bits make themselves heard. Its lithe and fresh bursting onto the palate with that core of red berry fruit. Clean and pure just sizzling with energy. A joy to drink and would happily take a brief chill if you were so inclined.
    2022
    Barbera, Carignan, Grenache, shiraz
    USA
    362
  40. Craven Wines ‘Karibib Vineyard’ 2023
    Craven Wines ‘Karibib Vineyard’ 2023

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    2023
    Chenin Blanc
    South Africa
  41. Clos du Gravillas Sous les Cailloux des Grillons 2020
    Clos du Gravillas Sous les Cailloux des Grillons 2020

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    2020
    Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Cinsault, Grenache, Mourvedre, shiraz
    France
    418
  42. Rochers des Violettes Touche Mitane 2020
    Rochers des Violettes Touche Mitane 2020

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    2020
    Chenin Blanc
    France
    423
  43. Damien Pinon Vouvray Brut NV
    Damien Pinon Vouvray Brut NV
    Third generation vignerons, the Pinons have 25 hectares in Vernou-sur-Brenne. 50% of their production is sparkling and 50% still wine with nothing sold off to the négoce.

    We have long loved the wines of Damien Pinon and when we first tried this little number we were pretty stoked. Great sparkling Loire is such a treat. It captures all that zingy, racy, pure goodness of chenin blanc while bringing the added dimension of bubbles into the equation. They seem like a perfect partnership and we absolutely love this wine.

    Quince and granny smith, talcum powder, quartyz spice and a gently honeysuckle, floral element that floats deliciously around in the background. Its pure and precise but fills out across the palate with each sip. Sometimes, Loire Sparkling is a little too lean  but this deliver plenty of fruit at the same time to balance of the fine, minerally acidity.
    NV
    Chenin Blanc
    France
    422
  44. Chateau du Rouet Cuvee Reserve Cotes de Provence Rose 2022
    Chateau du Rouet Cuvee Reserve Cotes de Provence Rose 2022
    A lovely lift of red cherries, pomegranate and white nectarines leads into a fleshy and textured core. Subtle herbal tones of fennel and dried thyme and wild strawberries join in the chorus too. There's presence and intensity thanks to the riper 2022 vintage, balanced by a spine of chalky acidity. Pleasing phenolics on the finish add a tantalising chew, like biting through peach skins. A hint of white pepper to finish adds a twist (reminds me of adding pepper to strawberries, shouldn't work but it does!). Keep this delightful thirst slaker on hand this summer. GABRIELLE POY, PWS
    2022
    Carignan, Grenache, Mourvedre
    France
    460
  45. Tribouley l'Alba Carignan Syrah Grenache 2019
    Tribouley l'Alba Carignan Syrah Grenache 2019

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    2019
    Carignan, Grenache, shiraz
    France
    418
  46. Jean Louis Tribouley l'Alba Tribouley 2020
    Jean Louis Tribouley l'Alba Tribouley 2020

    Carignan, Grenache and Syrah. Organic viticulture, hand harvest. Blend of different plots on gneiss soils with 8-11 months of elevage. No fining, filtration or additions.

    2020
    Carignan, Grenache, shiraz
    France
    418
  47. Castera Jurancon Sec 2021
    Castera Jurancon Sec 2021
    STAGE 14 - MOUNTAIN - PAU > SAINT-LARY-SOULAN PLA D'ADET 151.9 KM

    Franck Lihour is a relative newcomer with only his first vintage in 2014. But within a short amount of time, he has lifted his family's estate, Domaine Castera, to be one of the top producers of Jurançon. His ability to tame the searing acidity with concentrated fruit while keeping the wines bone dry and without ever losing any balance is exceptional. His work in the vineyard, slow & long pressing, time in old neutral oak and use of whole clusters the key to maintaining the knife edge wines he has endeared his fans with.

    Waxy citrus, pear and white orchard fruit entice you in while a gentle floral lilt and softly spice nose keep you coming back for more. The palate is refined and electric, with a long, slightly leesy finish, that seems to build and build in on its self as you continue to sip it. This is at once luxurious and broad that seems to paint the flavours across your palate while sitting up, fresh and bright on a web of tightly woven acidity. Very cool!
    2021
    White Blend
    France
    412
  48. Rochers des Violettes Touche Mitaine 2021
    Rochers des Violettes Touche Mitaine 2021

    The Touche Mitaine parcel features Chenin Blanc vines aged 35 years, planted on clay and flint soils. It was vinified in used oak barrels of 228 litres, with an élevage lasting twelve months. Aromatically this is rich in powdered chalk, with layers of white peach and a fragrant, lifted, minty freshness. The palate matches this style, in a gently composed structure, polished and fresh, with the same minty, white peach substance. It is framed by firm acidity, which I find typifies the vintage. The alcohol is 12.8% CHRIS KISSACK

    Pure and alluring, with apple and citrus cloaked in spices and salty brine. Remains racy through the smoky, vivid finish, thanks to mouthwatering acidity. Drink now through 2028. WINE SPECTATOR

    2021
    Chenin Blanc
    France
    423
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