Wines made from Chenin blanc grapes of Black Sea
Discover the best wines made with Chenin blanc as a single variety or as a blend of Black Sea.
Chameleon whites with taut acidity, ranging from mineral dry (Savennières, Vouvray sec) to off-dry and medium-sweet (Vouvray, Montlouis), sumptuous botrytised sweet (Quarts-de-Chaume, Bonnezeaux, Coteaux du Layon) and brilliant sparkling (Crémant de Loire, Vouvray brut). Aromas of quince, apple, honey, white flowers, beeswax and flint. An Anjou variety, also star of South Africa's Western Cape.
Vast transnational zone around the Black Sea (Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Turkey), one of the world's cradles of wine (6,000 years). Signature Saperavi in dense, deep red with signature notes of black cherry, blackberry, plum, ink, leather and a spicy touch, firm tannins. Structured Bulgarian Mavrud, supple Ukrainian Odesa Black. Rkatsiteli in taut white (green apple, citrus, mineral).