{"title":"Chenin Blanc","description":"\u003cp\u003eChenin Blanc is one of the most versatile white grapes, able to make dry, off-dry, sweet and sparkling wines of real distinction. In the Loire Valley, Vouvray and Savennières show quince, honey, apple and a racy mineral backbone that ages for decades. South Africa, where old bush vines are prized, produces generous, textured versions of excellent value. High natural acidity keeps every style fresh. Try it with pork, Thai dishes, roast chicken and soft cheeses.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"2023-chardonnay-xanadu","title":"Chardonnay, Xanadu 2023","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStone fruit, citrus zest and pear on the nose, with a delicate nutty edge from the barrel. The palate is bright, generous and creamy but held in check by high acidity and a saline, mineral freshness. Chardonnay 98%, Chenin Blanc 2%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eXanadu is a pioneer of Margaret River, founded by John Lagan, an Irish doctor who arrived in the region in 1968 and planted his first vines in 1977, naming the property after the paradise in Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan; 65 hectares of vines now grow on the original estate under winemaker Glenn Goodall, who joined in 1999. Ninety per cent of the fruit comes from the estate's Stevens Road and Boodjidup vineyards in the Wallcliffe sub-region, with the balance from mature sites at Wilyabrup and Treeton, and every parcel is Gingin clone, a small-bunched selection prone to millerandage that concentrates the fruit and keeps natural acidity high. The vines grow on ancient granite soils loaded with ironstone gravel, free-draining and low in water and nutrients, at the point where the Indian and Southern Oceans meet and sea breezes hold the site in balance; the vineyard is managed sustainably as a member of Sustainable Winegrowing Australia. The fruit was whole-bunch pressed and fermented entirely in French oak barriques, a quarter of them new, with wild yeast encouraged for complexity, then stirred on its lees through nine months in barrel with no malolactic conversion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 10-12°C. Good with grilled scallops, roast chicken with lemon, a creamy fish pie or a mild washed-rind cheese. Drinking well now and over the next five to eight years; no decanting needed. Sealed with a screwcap. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xanadu Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58475998019967,"sku":"HNW-5440823A","price":25.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/5440823A.jpg?v=1789918666"},{"product_id":"2022-cantaca-domaine-lafage","title":"Cantaca, Domaine Lafage 2022","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBright golden in the glass, with an intense exotic nose of pineapple, mango, apricot and peach mingling with floral and cedar notes. The palate carries all of that with excellent length, a hint of white pepper and a sapid finish, held together by real freshness. Chardonnay 40%, Petit Manseng 30%, Chenin Blanc 20%, Sauvignon Blanc 10%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDomaine Lafage sits between Perpignan and the Spanish border in the Côtes Catalanes, in Roussillon, and has been run by Jean-Marc and Eliane Lafage since 2001, on an estate whose winemaking history dates back to 1798; the couple harvested and made wine in South America, California, South Africa and Germany before settling back home. The Chardonnay, Petit Manseng and Chenin come from a hillside near Limoux on clay-limestone, under a continental climate, while the Sauvignon Blanc grows at 450 metres above Saint-Martin de Fenouillet on granite arena and black schist. The vineyards are worked by regenerative agriculture – low-density plant cover, no ploughing, and biochar to build the soil's biological and physical fertility – with different methods of cultivating water being trialled against Roussillon's extreme drought. The grapes were cold-macerated on skins for 24 hours, the juice stabilised for 30 days, then fermented in cask and aged on its lees for 18 months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 10–12°C. It suits roast pork, seared scallops, a creamy chicken dish and a mild curry, and will drink well over the next five to ten years. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Lafage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476290441599,"sku":"HNW-5086022A","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/5086022A.jpg?v=1789920918"},{"product_id":"2025-chenin-du-val-de-loire-domaine-des-forges","title":"Chenin du Val de Loire, Domaine des Forges 2025","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreen apple and ripe golden delicious lead, with stone fruit behind and a saline lift across the finish. Light in weight at 11%, fully dry, with high acidity carrying the fruit and keeping everything vibrant. Chenin Blanc 100%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDomaine des Forges has been in the same family for five generations, run today by Stéphane Branchereau and his wife Séverine, with his father Claude still to be found in the cellar. Its 50 hectares of HVE-certified vines lie around St Aubin de Luigné in the southern Loire, where schist and carboniferous soils retain heat and push ripening in a cool northern climate; 30 hectares are planted to Chenin Blanc. The harvest is picked in three passes so only the ripest fruit is taken, then pressed and settled parcel by parcel, fermented slowly with selected yeasts in temperature-controlled stainless steel and matured on fine lees before a cross-flow filtration that keeps sulphur levels low.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 8–10°C. It suits grilled sea bass, goat's cheese salad, moules marinière and roast chicken with herbs. Drink over the next three to five years; no decanting needed. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine des Forges","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476400902527,"sku":"HNW-5069125A","price":18.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/5069125A.jpg?v=1789921640"},{"product_id":"2025-vouvray-demi-sec-les-argiles-domaine-de-la-rouletiere","title":"Vouvray Demi-Sec, Les Argiles, Domaine de la Rouletière 2025","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCitrus and juicy quince wound through honeycomb and vine peach, with fresh apple behind and wet-stone salinity across the finish. Off-dry rather than sweet: twenty-five grams of sugar held in balance by bright acidity, medium in weight. Chenin Blanc 100%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDomaine de la Rouletière sits on some of the most sought-after slopes in Vouvray, on the right bank of the Loire. Founded in 1914 and owned by the Gilet family, winegrowers for five generations, it is farmed today by Jean-Marc Gilet, whose 27 hectares are certified organic by Ecocert and worked without synthetic or chemical preparations. Les Argiles is a single vineyard on Turonian limestone hillsides covered in perruche, the flinty clay that lends the wine its elegance; beneath the estate the family has carved an 800-square-metre two-storey cellar out of freestone over many generations. Each plot was vinified separately, the fruit picked at optimum ripeness and sorted on the table, then fermented at low temperature in stainless steel and left unoaked to keep the fruit pure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 8–10°C. It handles Thai green curry, roast pork with apple, a ripe blue cheese and coarse country pâté. Drink over the next five to ten years; no decanting needed. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine de la Rouletière","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476406636927,"sku":"HNW-5095125A","price":21.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/5095125A.jpg?v=1789921695"},{"product_id":"2025-vouvray-sec-les-calcaires-domaine-de-la-rouletiere","title":"Vouvray Sec, Les Calcaires, Domaine de la Rouletière 2025","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruised apple and greengage on the nose, with grape and vine peach and a mineral undertow behind them. Dry and medium in weight, with high acidity and a lively, saline finish that runs on. Chenin Blanc 100%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDomaine de la Rouletière sits on some of the most sought-after slopes in Vouvray. Founded in 1914 and owned by the Gilet family, winegrowers for five generations, it is farmed today by Jean-Marc Gilet across 27 hectares certified organic by Ecocert; beneath the estate the family has carved an 800-square-metre two-storey cellar out of freestone over many generations. Les Calcaires is a single vineyard on Turonian limestone hillsides covered in perruche, a flinty clay that lends elegance, worked without synthetic or chemical preparations. The grapes were harvested at optimum ripeness and carefully sorted, then vinified plot by plot to keep the nuances of the terroir, fermenting at low temperature in stainless steel to hold on to the freshness and purity of the fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 8–10°C. It suits roast chicken, grilled sole, pork rillettes and an aged goat's cheese. Drink over the next five to ten years; no decanting needed. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine de la Rouletière","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476407587199,"sku":"HNW-5095025A","price":21.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/5095025A.jpg?v=1789921722"},{"product_id":"2024-savennieres-le-moulin-du-gue-domaine-des-forges","title":"Savennières, Le Moulin du Gué, Domaine des Forges 2024","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreen apple and fennel over a creamy, buttery core, with hazelnut and sweet spice behind and the flinty mineral streak that marks Savennières. Dry and medium in weight, rich in texture but pulled straight by high acidity through a refreshing finish. Chenin Blanc 100%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDomaine des Forges has been in the same family for five generations, run today by Stéphane Branchereau and his wife Séverine. The estate holds three plots in Savennières, and this wine comes from 1.5 hectares in the cru of Le Moulin du Gué, on the schist and carboniferous soils that mark the finest parcels of the appellation; the schist retains heat and pushes ripening in a cool northern climate, and yields run at 35 hl\/ha. The rows are grassed, green-harvested and summer-thinned to expose the fruit, and the harvest is picked in three passes so only the ripest grapes are taken. Each parcel was pressed and settled separately, fermented slowly with selected yeasts in barrel with a partial malolactic conversion to round the palate, and matured on fine lees in 400-litre barrels before a cross-flow filtration that keeps sulphur levels low.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 10–12°C. Good with roast chicken, turbot in a butter sauce, slow-cooked pork belly and a mature Comté. Drink over the next five to ten years; half an hour in a decanter opens it up. Sealed under DIAM. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine des Forges","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476409913727,"sku":"HNW-5069424A","price":23.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/5069424A.jpg?v=1789921749"},{"product_id":"2025-chenin-blanc-mason-road-brookdale-estate","title":"Chenin Blanc, Mason Road, Brookdale Estate 2025","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuicy tropical fruit and pear lead, with apple freshness and a lick of lime on the finish. Dry and medium-bodied, the acidity bright, a salty, faintly creamy edge underneath from time on the lees. Chenin Blanc 100%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrookdale Estate sits below the Klein Drakenstein Mountains in Paarl, a 67-hectare property left overgrown until the Rudd family recognised its potential and acquired it in 2015, with the aim of making world-class wine from varieties still unusual in South Africa. The Mason Road Chenin Blanc comes from the oldest vines that could be salvaged, blocks planted in 1985 and 1993 at the foot of the Du Toitskloof Pass, on granite soils with clay and quartz that hold water through the warm summer; the site climbs from 220 to 330 metres, where strong winds cut yields and cool a warm, dry district, and the trellised vines are worked and picked by hand. The 1993 block was picked in four batches at different degrees of ripeness, destemmed, gently pressed and settled overnight, then fermented in a mix of stainless steel and old French oak barrels, the final blend assembled after eleven months on the lees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 8-10°C. It works with roast chicken, grilled white fish, a Thai green curry, or a young goat's cheese. Drinking now and over the next three to five years. Sealed under screwcap. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brookdale Estate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476499763583,"sku":"HNW-5585225A","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/5585225A.jpg?v=1789922461"},{"product_id":"2022-chenin-blanc-lismore-estate-vineyards","title":"Chenin Blanc, Lismore Estate Vineyards 2022","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrange blossom and jasmine on the nose, then a taut, linear palate that stays narrow and bright rather than broad. Eleven months on the lees in barrel adds a little grip without filling it out, and it finishes racy and dry. Chenin Blanc 100%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Californian Samantha O'Keefe founded Lismore Estate Vineyards in the foothills of a dramatic mountain range at the bottom of Africa, and the estate was recently classed as a First Growth and crowned Winery of the Year in Tim Atkin MW's 2026 South Africa Report; it also pioneered the Wine of Origin 'Greyton', designated by SAWIS in recognition of that terroir. The Chenin Blanc comes from the Walker Bay subregion, close to the southern tip of Africa's Cape South Coast, a cool-climate site where coastal breezes temper a warm microclimate and carry moisture off the sea, stretching hang time so the grapes ripen gradually and hold their acidity; the vines sit on mostly sandy, free-draining soils, trellised, judiciously irrigated and hand harvested. The fruit was gently whole-bunch pressed at 600 litres per tonne, the juice cold settled overnight and racked off its lees for a natural wild-yeast fermentation in barrel — two new 500-litre barrels, the remainder neutral 400-litre — then left eleven months on the lees for texture and complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 10–12°C. It goes with grilled white fish, roast pork, a fennel and apple salad, or a young goat's cheese. Drink now or over the next five to ten years; no decanting needed. Sealed with a DIAM closure. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lismore Estate Vineyards","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476545999231,"sku":"HNW-5596022A","price":33.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/5596022A.jpg?v=1789923562"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.edkawines.com\/collections\/chenin-blanc-wine.oembed","provider":"Edka Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}