Chenin Blanc
Moulin Touchais 2010 Côteaux du Layon, Loire Valley, France
100% Sauvignon Blanc. Famed for it's beautiful pale gold colour, sometimes featuring an almost greenish tinge, and with wonderful aromas of peach, apricot, honey and acacia, as well as roundness, suppleness and full-bodied character.
$49.99
Château de Bonnezeaux 2022 'La Minée Basse' Chenin Blanc, Loire Valley, France
Expect floral notes of acacia and honeysuckle alongside subtle hints of waxed apple and cooked butter, with a faint, characteristic nail varnish/kerosene note. The palate is rich with stone fruit like peach and apricot, mingling with nutty, apple flavors.
$89.97
Château de Bonnezeaux 2022 'Les Coqueries', Chenin Blanc, Loire Valley, Vin de France
New Chenin parcel, debuting in 2020. Site has been a real revelation with it’s outcropping schist and quartz. One finds the freshness of Chenin, straightness from the rocky soil, aromatic complexity from exceptional soil. Aging 12 months in barrels.
$69.99
Domaine Huet 2023 Clos du Bourg Demi-Sec, Vouvray, Loire Valley, France
Structured and elegant, this is a demi-sec but supremely balanced, with subtle sweetness deftly offset by savory power and mineral notes. Plush and generous, with flavors of honeycomb, ripe apple and plum skin that are tightly hemmed in. Complex finish.
$49.99
Domaine Guiberteau 2020 'Les Moulins', Saumur Blanc, Loire Valley, France
Astonishing. Precise. Sharp as a razor’s edge. Stone, apple, lime, notes of honey. Salty finish. Dry as a bone and will benefit from air and time, but then it opens up very strong.
$44.99
Domaine Huet 2015 'Cuvée Constance', Vouvray, Loire, France 500mL
Stunning from the start, with a silky and refined feel despite the panoply of dried quince, fig, pear and apricot flavors that are exotic in nature. Lovely green tea, orange blossom and persimmon notes fill in the background. Great dessert wine.
$194.99
Chai de la Dive 2024 Saumur Blanc Les Moulins, Loire, France
Dry, nervy, mineralic Chenin at its finest! Aromas of green apple, quince, pear, and crushed rock come gushing out of the glass, and it's just as riveting on the palate. Vibrant and linear, the electric acidity is integrated into the stone fruit palate.
$29.99