Chenin Blanc

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Chenin Blanc is a versatile white wine grape variety from France’s Loire Valley, known for producing wines ranging from dry and sparkling to richly sweet, with high acidity and notes of apple, honey, and floral aromas.

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Label Occurrences
Chenin Blanc canonical 34
Chenin Blanc wines 2
Chenin blanc 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Vitis vinifera cultivar
white wine grape variety
alsoKnownAs Pineau de la Loire
climateSuitability cool climate
moderate climate
countryOfOrigin France
foodPairing goat cheese
poultry dishes
seafood dishes
spicy Asian cuisine
grapeColor white
majorGrowingRegion Anjou AOC
surface form: Anjou

Argentina
California, United States
surface form: California

Chile
Loire Valley
Saumur
Savennières
South Africa
Touraine
Vouvray wines
surface form: Vouvray

Western Australia
notableAroma chamomile
floral notes
green apple
honey
honeysuckle
pear
quince
notableCharacteristic expresses terroir strongly
high acidity allows long aging potential
notableFlavor citrus
minerality
stone fruit
regionOfOrigin Loire Valley
ripeningTime mid-ripening
susceptibility Botrytis cinerea
surface form: botrytis cinerea
sweetnessRange bone dry
lusciously sweet
medium sweet
off-dry
typicalAcidity high
typicalAlcoholRange 11–14% ABV
usedFor blended wines
single-varietal wines
widelyPlantedIn South Africa
wineBodyRange light-bodied
medium-bodied
wineStyle botrytized dessert wine
dry white wine
off-dry white wine
sparkling wine
still wine
sweet white wine

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Touraine grapeVariety Chenin Blanc
Loire Valley vineyards grapeVariety Chenin Blanc
this entity surface form: Chenin blanc
Chinon whiteWineGrapeVariety Chenin Blanc
Chinon permittedWhiteGrape Chenin Blanc
Limoux AOC authorizedGrapeVariety Chenin Blanc
Estaing AOC grapeVarietyWhite Chenin Blanc
Touraine AOC grapeVariety Chenin Blanc
York Winery grapeVarietyUsed Chenin Blanc
Sula Vineyards grapeVarietyUsed Chenin Blanc
Stellenbosch wine district knownFor Chenin Blanc
Vouvray wines primaryGrapeVariety Chenin Blanc
Crémant de Loire sparkling wine grapeVarietyAllowed Chenin Blanc
subject surface form: Crémant de Loire
Crémant de Loire sparkling wine mainWhiteGrape Chenin Blanc
subject surface form: Crémant de Loire
Blewitt Springs grapeVariety Chenin Blanc
Chinon AOC authorizedGrapeVariety Chenin Blanc
Chinon AOC grapeForWhite Chenin Blanc
Anjou AOC grapeVarietyUsed Chenin Blanc
Vallée du Loir wine region knownFor Chenin Blanc
this entity surface form: Chenin Blanc wines
Jasnières AOC grapeVariety Chenin Blanc
Jasnières AOC authorizedGrape Chenin Blanc
Bonnievale Wines grapeVarietyUsed Chenin Blanc
Swartland knownFor Chenin Blanc
this entity surface form: Chenin Blanc wines
Swartland mainGrapeVariety Chenin Blanc
Mauzac usedInBlendWith Chenin Blanc