Julie Dupouy gives us a lesson in how the Chenin Blanc grape is underrated …
Wine labels are becoming brands to aspire to own or consume and the prices are naturally following. There are however three positions on a podium and the variety that should be taking a proud step forward and rightfully enjoying a little more attention is Chenin Blanc. As Jancis Robinson wrote in her blog in May 2021: “Chenin Blanc may well be the most underrated white wine grape in the world.” I could not agree more.
Currently, the largest producer of Chenin Blanc in the world is South Africa with around 19,000 hectares under vine, making it the most planted grape variety in the country. Chenin arrived in South Africa in the middle of the 17th century and was called “Steen” until 1963, when Professor Chris Offer, from Stellenbosch University, discovered that Steen and Chenin Blanc were in fact the same grape variety.
The earliest written mention of the name Chenin Blanc dates all the way back to 1534, in the book of “Gargantua” by medieval author François Rabelais.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
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