Chenin Blanc

Hello,
Today we talked about Chenin Blanc. This variety is the dominant grape in Loire Valley, in France. It is also found in South Africa, Chile, Argentina and the USA. In Australia it is typically found in Margaret River and McLaren Vale. Bunches are normally medium in size and have thin skinned berries. The color of the wine is typically pale straw to light gold. young wines can contain more of a tropics fruit, perfumed, peach and apple aromas where an aged wine would contain dried fruit and honey aromas. This wine is very crisp and has a lot of acidity but also contains residual sweetness.

1)Amberly
    Made in: Western Australia
    Alc/vol: 13
    Price: $14

Appearance: The core contains a pale straw yellow color and the rim is a pale golden yellow. There are some green hues making it seem like a young wine. The body of the wine seems to be light and the wine has great clarity and vibrancy. It also appears to be light bodied and have no oak content.

Aroma: There are intense aromas of Tropical fruit, peaches, pineapple, and pears. It smells like a fruit salad. There do not appear to be any oak content based on small and there is no secondary aromas.

Palate: There are subtle flavors of peach and passion fruit that slowy build from the front palate to the back palate. The flavors though are extremely subtle especially for the intensity of the aromas. It has a good persistence and there is slight taste of acid as well but it is balanced with the sweetness of the wine. It also dries the mouth slightly.



Thank you
~Karli