David & Nadia, Hoe-Steen Chenin Blanc Swartland 2018

95 points Vinous Media"The 2018 Hoë-Steen is predominantly Chenin Blanc, planted toward Darling on deep iron-clay soils and usually picked after the reds. The vines were planted in 1968. This has a more stony bouquet than the Skaliekop, a very...

Domaine de Belliviere, Les Rosiers Jasnieres 2019

94 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate"Grown about 40 kilometers north of Tours on silex clay soils over tuff limestone Eric Nicolas's 2019 Jasnières Les Rosiers is a medium-dry Chenin Blanc from 10- to 40-year-old biodynamically cultivated vines...

Joostenberg, J. Chenin Blanc Paarl 2020

Jancis Robinson"Full bottle 1.196g. Certified Ecocert organic. Screw cap. Estate grapes, made and bottled on the Joostenberg Estate. Vines from four to 49 years old. Soils are a combination of decomposed granite and clay shale...

Le Rocher des Violettes, Touche-Mitaine Montlouis-sur-Loire 2019

93 points Vinous"There are people in life who you hang out with and feel energised and then there are others who suck your spirit - like the Death Eaters à la Harry Potter. The 2019 Touche Mitaine is thankfully the former. It is a barrel-fermented...

Chateau de Plaisance, Ronceray Anjou Blanc 2020

Vinous Reverie NotesVanessa Cherruau is a steward of one of the Loire’s great terroirs – Chaume. After finishing wine school in Angers, she befriended the Rochais family on the Chaume hill, who owned Chateau de Plaisance (more a farmhouse...

Dom Moyer, Le 1/2 Arpent Chenin Blanc Moelleux Montlouis-sur-Loire 2003

Vinous Reverie NotesFrom father to son for 8 generations, the area stretches over 14 ha on the most beautiful slopes of Montlouis. This estate of two centuries of age (the century manor house, a former hunting appointment of the Duke of Choiseul)...

Dom Moyer, Clos de la Garenne Moelleux Montlouis-sur-Loire 2008

Alexandre Monmousseau, Chateau Gaudrelle Clos le Vigneau Vouvray 2018

93 points Wine Enthusiast"Produced by Alexandre Monmousseau, scion of a distinguished local family, this wine is ripe, full-bodied and splendidly rich. Just getting ready to drink, the wine is generous and full of dried apple and peach flavors. Good now,...

Domaine des Aubuisieres, Vouvray Brut NV

Jancis Robinson"85% is from the 2018 vintage, which was vinified in stainless-steel tanks. 15% is from the 2017 vintage, vinified in five-year-old French oak barrels. Secondary fermentation in bottle was for 12 months.Bright pale greenish gold. Really...

Perrault-Jadaud, Haut Les Choeurs Vouvray 2017

Jancis Robinson"Certified organic. 100% Chenin Blanc from a 3-ha vineyard of 40-year-old vines on clay. Hand-picked. Single fermentation in bottle, pet-nat style. On lees for 24 months. 100% malolactic fermentation. 8,000 bottles made.Quite a special...

Beatrice et Pascal Lambert, Le Droit Chenin Blanc Chinon 2020

Vinous Reverie NotesJancis Robinson - Previous Vintage Review"Certified organic and Biodyvin biodynamic. 10- to 30-year-old vines. Hand-picked. Fermented in stainless steel, aged on fine lees for six months in stainless steel and cement and then some of...

Domaine Huet, Petillant Brut Vouvray 2014

93 points Vinous"The 2014 Vouvray Pétillant is such an inviting wine. Scents of apricot, pastry, wild flowers, hazelnut and orange peel appear first. Generous and creamy on the palate, with a gentle mousse, the 2014 is impeccably balanced and...

Beatrice & Pascal Lambert, Les Chesnaies Chinon 2011

Vinous Reverie NotesBeatrice & Pascal Lambert believe that crafting the finest, richest Chinon possible begins with respect for the soil and the vine. Their 18 ha domaine, Les Chesnaies, sits in Cravant-les-Coteaux, just east of the center of Chinon,...

Le Clos de la Meslerie, Vouvray 2009

Jancis Robinson"Great concentration and nerve. Earnest in the extreme. At the moment it tastes just off dy. Really racy and tangy with 37 mg/l sulphites. 17/20 points." Karen MacNeil - The Wine Bible"In the first decade of the 2000s, expat American...

Domaine de la Taille Aux Loups, Clos Michet Sec Montlouis-sur-Loire 2019

96 points Decanter"Clos Michet is the smaller of two adjacent clos that the Domaine de la Taille aux Loups owns in the commune of Saint Martin le Beau. The larger is the 12ha Clos Mosny, which is entirely enclosed by a wall. The Clos Michet has sandy...

Domaine de la Taille Aux Loups, Brut Tradition NV

92 points Wine & Spirits"Jacky Blot makes this wine from his old-vine fruit that’s not ripe enough to produce his Triple Zéro (recommended above). The rigorous selection of clean grapes and the winemaking process is similar, though this...

Domaine de la Taille Aux Loups, Venise Vouvray Vin de France 2016

93 points Wine Spectator"Ripe and steely, with well-detailed white ginger, jasmine, quince, persimmon and quinine notes that are seamlessly entwined as they race through a filigreed finish. Delightful. Drink now through 2033." Jancis Robinson"Powerful...

Chidaine, Les Tuffeaux Demi-Sec Montlouis 2018

94 points Wine Spectator"There is a lot of wine here, with papaya, yellow plum and honeysuckle flavors. Shows incredible harmony where hints of richness are overtaken by the minerally edge that emerges midpalate, while the acidity runs through...

Clos de L'Elu, Bastingage Chenin Blanc Anjou 2016

92 points Vinous 91 points Wine Spectator Vinous Reverie NotesImporter: There is a beautiful and timeless quality to the architecture of Anjou. Anchored by Angers in the west and Saumur further to the east, the buildings of this area are wonderfully...

Huet, Le Mont Demi-Sec Vouvray 2019

97 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate"The 2019 Vouvray Le Mont Demi-Sec is clear, fresh, deep and complex yet pure, fine, elegant and perfectly interwoven on the nose, where notes of crushed flint stones, limestones and concentrated citrus fruit aromas...

Domaine de Vodanis, Vouvray Petillant Brut NV

91 points Wine Enthusiast"From vineyards around the town of Rochecorbon on the banks of the Loire, this beautifully balanced wine is dry while full of honey and almond flavors. It is cut by the intense acidity of Chenin Blanc, just showing signs of...

Damien Laureau, Savennieres Le Bel Ouvrage 2012

93 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate Vinous Reverie NotesBel Ouvrage is made from a blend of three terroirs located in eastern part of Savennières near the village of Épiré. These are grey schist and rhyolite terroirs including...

Ludovic Chanson, Montlouis-sur-Loire Les Pechers 2014

Vinous Reverie NotesJancis Robinson - Previous Vintage Review"Smells like warm, fresh-baked apple pie. Throat-warming – a wine for cold autumn evenings and fireside moments (although it would be stunning with a rich pork roast and salty crackling)...

Alheit, Cartology Bush Vines Western Cape 2019

95 points Tim Atkins"Since its first, headline-grabbing release in 2011, Cartology has become a key wine in the history of the new South Africa. Blended across the Western Cape, it’s an assemblage of Chenin Blanc with 10% Semillon that’s...