Brilliant crémant that balances zesty freshness with some savoury complexity from barrel ageing prior to re-fermentation. The smart choice for those seeking Champenoise stylings, minus the price tag. Find out more.

Dazzling Chenin Blanc from vines approaching a staggering 100 years old. Vines of this age produce tiny yields, but the fruit is of the highest quality. The flesh of the fruit is generous and the acidity is on-point and lingering. Just delicious! Find out more.

Chenin, but no buttery oak, this is all done in steel tank to keep that citrus twang just as clean as a whistle. Green apple and pear with some nice zippy white peach. The Baby Bandito range offers some crazy value. Find out more.

Cracking value Bergerac Blanc cuvée equally blending four different white grapes that are expressed in a distinctly Southern style. Do not expect green cut grass from the Sauvignon, this is altogether riper, textured and savoury territory. Find out more.

All the good things about a fresher style of Chenin come together here, ripe yellow stone fruits, stony minerals, taut acids and a lick of spice in the finish. Transferred to bottle in its primary fermentation, the bubbles are created as a pet-nat - lively energetic and fun. Find out more.

A gentle shade of gold in the glass, this is wonderfully delicate and finessed, with gentle notes of citrus and stones. It displays the kind of tightrope balance that we find in the very best examples of the grape, suggesting a long life ahead. Find out more.

Extra-special large format Chenin from the Grapperie cellars. We were lucky to get our hands on a few magnums that have been slowly developing since the 2017 vintage. Like all of our favourite examples of this grape it shows a pitch-perfect balance of fleshy fruit and tightly-wound acidity. A bit of a stunner. Find out more.

Faia brims with crystalline stone fruits that have a concentrated, mouth-coating quality, acidity is tight and the finish leads into a flourish of ginger spice. Serious Chenin which ably demonstrates that a natural approach can produce age-worthy wines up there with the best in the region. Find out more.

As fans of this grape from the Layon area, this is plenty to get excited about. There is that taut, cheese wire of acidity that we look for, coiled tightly around a rich, opulent (grölden?) texture, bolstered by the grapes being briefly macerated on their skins at the start of the vinification. Daring, unconventional and most certainly under-the-radar Loire experimentalism. Find out more.

Slotting into the style of Testalonga's squeaky-clean and delicious Baby Bandito range, this feels a bit like a sparkling version of one of those wines made with Chenin Blanc. Really harnessing the zest and acidity of the grape, this is fleshy, vinous and super-zippy. Find out more.

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Superstar Chenin from one of the Loire's key players. Layers of ripe, spicy fruit from a very hot vintage are bound up with bright acidity and plenty of that underlying, trademark minerality. This year the wine has a tiny amount of sugar remaining, providing succulence and spritz. One of the great Layon cuvées. Find out more.

Taut, electric Chenin that ticks all the boxes when it comes to what we want from the grape. Perfectly balancing a low-key richness with a lucid clarity, this finely-tuned wine sees crystalline fruits tightly bound with a sinew-y coil of acidity that cuts with phenomenal length. Find out more.

As a broad stroke one could describe Les Aussigouins as a more amped-up sister to Faia - the production is the same, it is the qualities in the raw materials that make it unique. The fruit is opluent and richly textured, with beautiful, long acidity that points to this being a wine built to go the distance. Find out more.

Made in tiny quantities, this sublime Chenin Blanc comes from less than half a hectare of old vines planted over clay, limestone and silex, spread out amongst five tiny parcels. Built on a backbone of pristine fruit, it displays impeccable balance and is seasoned gently with anise, ginger and the unmistakable memory of flint. Find out more.

No, your eyes do not deceive you - we have made a tiny quantity of sought-after Leroy Chenin available for the season. Find out more.

The macerated version of the wonderful 'Les Pouches' Chenin - a method that makes so much sense with this taut, fleshy wine. It really boosts the overall texture and aroma, and makes that electrically-charged finish zing on for even longer. So good! Find out more.

The Opéra wines come from younger vines and represent the entry-point to the Robinot's singular world of Chenin Blanc & Pineau d'Aunis. A great place to start if you are new to this iconic producer and looking for an in. Straw yellow in the glass, it draws you in with gentle notes of stone fruits and minerals before a whistle clean finish. Find out more.

Blending together three of the key Loire grapes, and harvesting a little of each of their character, this is a dry, fruity rosé with lots going on. Flesh and texture from the Chenin, herbal cherry fruit from the Cab Franc and a lovely bit of fragrant spice from the d'Aunis. Find out more.

With a label that gives the impression that this wine could in fact be a drinkable Diptyque candle, the elusive Jerome Saurigny returns with his 2021 rouge. Lifted, sanguine and a must for anyone with a taste for the rare and alluring. Production is tiny and our allocation this year was just a few bottles. Find out more.

Classic Chenin opulence and aromatics, but lighter, brighter, and fresher than previous vintages - fleshy, with a flash of ginger spice in the finish. A more drinkable take on this often highly complex grape. Find out more.

Our new favourite park wine - it's hard to think of a more immediately satisfying, tasty wine to drink sat on some grass in the sun. Also a great introduction to this producer as it blends together all their grapes from all their plots, snapshot style. Fruity, herbaceous, spicy and vegetal - just delicious. Find out more.