This is made with the Chenin Blanc grape variety in the Loire Valley region of France. While the South Africans turn this grape variety into a wine that tastes of a fruit explosion the French version is restrained with light pear and sharp apple flavours. There’s also a greenness to it that tastes a bit like chewing on a twig but none of the promised full-bodied assertiveness presented itself. It tasted like the white Italian white wine Gavi made with the Cortese grape variety, which too can come with some eye-watering price tags.
