But with time in bottle the wines can hold their own with the finest white wines in the world and, crucially, continue to improve for decades – a real sign of quality.

It makes wines high in acidity that generally take a while to unfurl and show their mettle. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.Ĭhenin Blanc may well be the most underrated white wine grape in the world. The iconic Rioja producer launches a new range of ‘vinos de guarda’, allowing time to do its masterful work.There is great Chenin Blanc in both the Loire and South Africa, the two being closely linked in the image above (see details below). Rippa Dorii – Two wineries, defined by the soul of the DueroĪ unique project from the Ontañón Family, that draws both viticultural and poetic inspiration from the voices of the River Duero.Ĭonde de Los Andes – Experts in the art of time Understated pieces of French luxury at the centre of one’s life. In the end, perhaps the easiest to distinguish is Sauvignon Blanc Riesling and Chenin Blanc may only be distinguishable by slight differences in flavour and extract – but once you ‘get it’ you can truly succeed in blind tasting these three!Ĭlick to learn more about available WSET courses in China>

Texture and extract can be the hardest aspects to judge when wine tasting – so practice, practice, practice. Of these three varieties, Riesling nearly always has the highest extract, so it has a great deal of texture in the mouth. What is 'extract'? This is a part of wine that a lot of experts talk about – it is the elements of a wine besides water and alcohol: the solid elements that come from winemaking and extraction, so sugar, colloids, glycerol, mineral and phenolics. If you are still at this point not clear on what variety it is, there’s yet another way to distinguish them: extract. With Riesling, you will find much more peach, or lemon or lime – these will be more dominant.īesides which, Chenin Blanc carries a distinctive waxy note (I find it a bit plastic-y), Riesling should not have this, but may have a distinctive petrol/flinty notes (arising from the mono-terpenes in that variety). The aromas of Chenin Blanc and Riesling are rather more related – with potential apple notes in common (Chenin Blanc tends to be more bruised apple and Riesling more crisp apple).īut in the way that no two snowflakes are the same, they express differently: Chenin Blanc rarely carries any peachy notes, and with mainly apple notes, the citrus notes play second fiddle. If we look at the wealth of aromas found in these three varieties, it is clear that Sauvignon Blanc is rather unique: not only it is the only one that can have evident tropical notes such as passionfruit and guava, but it also is the only one that carries herbaceous notes, such as grass. On the other hand, Chenin Blanc and Riesling are more versatile and can be used to make wines of all sorts of sweetness: from dry to luscious and all measures in between.

If a wine is medium sweet or dry, there is very little chance it is a Sauvignon Blanc. Sauvignon Blanc mainly makes either completely dry or quite sweet wines in the main. Image (from left to right): Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling and Chenin Blanc So how can we distinguish them? For me, there are three aspects that we need to examine: Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc and Riesling are three grape varieties that in some way or other resemble each other: they all have high acid, they can all be botrytis-affected and they are all aromatic in nature. By Fongyee Walker MW / 葡萄酒大师赵凤仪 30 September 2015

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