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.
RegionLimoux, Languedoc, France
GrapesChardonnay, Chenin Blanc & Mauzac
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
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.
RegionBandits Kloof, Eendekuil & Piketberg, Swartland, South Africa
GrapesChenin Blanc
VineyardUncertified Organic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
Stay Brave is the orange wine of the Baby Bandito bunch - it is Chenin Blanc with a week or so of skin maceration, followed by some rounding out in old barrels. Zesty acidity, ripe pear and spicy ginger. Find out more.
RegionBandits Kloof, Eendekuil & Piketberg, Swartland, South Africa
GrapesChenin Blanc
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
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.
Chenin Blanc from a ninety-year-old, it displays a tightrope balance and delicate notes of smoke, citrus and stones. One that will age beautifully. Find out more.
RegionJasnières, Loire, France
GrapesChenin Blanc
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
This warmer vintage has rendered a plush, perfumed wine that pairs ripe stone fruits, smoke and anise to beautiful effect. On the palate there is tension and minerality sitting in perfect balance with ripe fruits. Find out more.
RegionAnjou, Loire, France
GrapesChenin Blanc
VineyardOrganic & Biodynamic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
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.
RegionBandits Kloof, Eendekuil & Piketberg, Swartland, South Africa
GrapesChenin Blanc
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
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.
RegionAnjou, Loire, France
GrapesChenin Blanc
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
A textural wine that opens up beautifully in the glass or after a couple of years in bottle, it has a fleshy and moreish fruit with refreshing bitters and a granite-induced salty finish. A wine with bags of character and complexity. Find out more.
RegionEntraygues-sur-Truyère, Aveyron, France
GrapesChenin Blanc
VineyardOrganic & Biodynamic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
Chenin Blanc pressed slowly, then put straight into old barrels for over two years. A remarkable wine with such lovely texture, pure fruit and quite incredible length, it's at once delicate and powerful. Find out more.
RegionSaumur, Loire, France
GrapesChenin Blanc
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
Given time to open up, a nuanced meld of gently honeyed crisp green apple, lemon sorbet and matchstick reduction float from the glass. Less high-definition-angular than his longer-lived wines, again there is an appealing softness to the structure, with everything hanging in place with casual poise. Salty minerals underpin, and the acidity cuts neatly, with a faint twang of ginger in the long finish. Find out more.
RegionVouvray, Loire, France
GrapesChenin Blanc
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
This vintage is a touch lighter than previous, with bright aromatic fruit, vivid acidity and a nice touch of roundness and spice from time in old barrel. A red and white blend with 50% Grolleau, 40% Chenin Blanc, and 10% Cabernet Franc. Find out more.
RegionRablay-sur-Layon, Loire, France
GrapesGrolleau, Chenin Blanc & Cabernet Franc
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
Elegant sparkling Chenin Blanc from Touraine, with a lean, linear expression. Sharp freshly-squeezed lemon and green apple cuts the palate nicely, with fine bubbles and a delicate, savoury lees flavours to underpin. The whole thing is harmoniously balanced and bound up with an electric coil of acid that lingers long into the finish. Find out more.
RegionTouraine, Loire, France
GrapesChenin Blanc
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
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. Fruitier and slightly wilder than the last vintage but still dry and very refreshing. Very tasty stuff! Find out more.
RegionSaumur-Champigny, Loire, France
GrapesChenin Blanc, Cabernet Franc & Pineau d'Aunis
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
Like all of Mikaël's wines from the dry 2022 vintage, there is a chiselled structure and profound minerality, the vines having reached deep down to the limestone bedrock for nutrients. White peach and spices with taut acidity and a delicate, honeyed quality, neatly balanced out with a pronounced salty minerals. A wine of precision and poise. Find out more.
RegionTouraine, Loire, France
GrapesChenin Blanc
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
This is made from white grapes from all of Albert’s plots, which are very lightly macerated on the skins. All completed in steel tanks for pristine freshness. It is tonic and herbaceous, with a delicately aromatic nose. Would be perfect with a fish stew or some sardines on the grill. Find out more.
RegionAiguamúrcia, Catalonia, Spain
GrapesParellada, Macabeo, Garnatxa Blanca, Chenin Blanc & Muscat
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
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.
A one-off cuvée from our friends Joel (Wrights Wines), Sean and Andy. A wine they made using stellar grapes from the vines at Vins Hodgson, where they worked on the 2022 harvest. Find out more.
RegionAnjou, Loire, France
GrapesChenin Blanc
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
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