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Chenin Blanc
white grape · also Steen Vouvray / Montlouis; Savennières; Coteaux du Layon / Quarts de Chaume serve 7–11 °C ages 2–30 years
Chenin Blanc is a white grape: medium-bodied, very high acidity, usually dry. 141 Chenin Blanc wines from £10.19. Typical aromas: green apple, quince, pear, honey, chamomile, wet wool.
Typical structure · knowledge base
Sweetness
bone dryluscious
Body
lightfull
Acidity
lowhigh
Oak
noneheavy
Alcohol
lowhigh
Typical for the variety; WineGenie knowledge base, not a measurement of one wine.
Is Chenin Blanc sweet or dry?
Usually dry. bone dry (Savennières, most South African) → off-dry/demi-sec (Vouvray) → luscious botrytis (Coteaux du Layon, Quarts de Chaume); also sparkling
What goes with it
pork, roast chicken, Thai food (off-dry), goat cheese, apple desserts (sweet), fish in cream sauce. high acid plus texture; the sweetness spectrum covers spicy to dessert
Where it grows
Vouvray / Montlouis, France — every sweetness level; check the label
Savennières, France — dry, austere, ageworthy
Coteaux du Layon / Quarts de Chaume, France — botrytis sweet
South Africa (Swartland, Stellenbosch), South Africa — most planted grape; old-vine dry versions are serious
If you like Chenin Blanc
141 Chenin Blanc wines · ranked by critic score, then price · showing 30
sweetness · body on 1–5 · inferred