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What’s Chenin Blanc wine?
Chenin Blanc is without doubt one of the wine world’s nice all-rounders: dry, candy, glowing, nonetheless, oaked, unoaked, by itself, in a mix – it might do all of it. Its house is the Loire in France, however you’re most definitely to come across it in South Africa and cooler elements of Australia. You’ll recognise Chenin Blanc from its refreshing acidity and distinctive apple-like fruit.
Within the Loire, Chenin is utilized in a broad vary of wines. It’s generally a solo performer in Saumur, Anjou and Vouvray. Confusingly, Chenins from the Loire, like Vouvray, can vary from totally dry (sec) to off-dry (demi-sec), or very candy (moelleux) – verify the bottle. Crémant de Loire and Saumur glowing wines are sometimes Chenin-based and an reasonably priced various to champagne. In South Africa, practically 20 per cent of vineyards are planted with Chenin. It was initially planted to make brandy, however now produces a few of the world’s most characterful wines.
What does Chenin Blanc wine style like?
Chenin has a definite apple style with mouth-watering acidity, like biting right into a Granny Smith. In hotter climates, you would possibly get tropical fruit notes, corresponding to pineapple. Some South African examples are oaked and have spice notes. Sweeter ones, like Bonnezeaux and Quarts de Chaume, style of honey and marmalade. The driest wines are from Savennières and have such agency acidity that they want time within the bottle to melt.
What dishes go nicely with Chenin Blanc wine?
Don’t serve it too chilly – round 7-10C is good. Take it out of the fridge 20 minutes earlier than ingesting. Chenin’s acidity makes it versatile and match for fatty meals. Why not pair this scrumptious wine with one among our tender sluggish cooker lamb shanks. The meat is so tender and juicy that it’s going to fall away from the bone. Or, for a twist on the traditional lamb shank, flip it right into a hearty pie with shortcrust suet pastry, peas and mint with our freezable lamb shank, pea & mint pie.
Chenin Blanc additionally pairs nicely with goat’s cheese. Our goat’s cheese & thyme stuffed hen is a good date night time dish because it serves two, but the recipe can simply be doubled for extra firm. The salty bacon and goat’s cheese completely stability the roasted greens’ sweetness. For a vegetarian choice, pair this acidic wine with our baked ratatouille & goat’s cheese, which counts as three of your five-a-day.
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