Les Athletes du Vin VdF Chenin Blanc 2024 Wine Bar | Featured Red If you still think California

If you still think California Syrah means jam

a brush of cedar

supple center extends into a stellar

This 2023 vintage captures crushed stones

a meaty crack of black pepper and bacon fat

Les Athletes du Vin VdF Chenin Blanc 2024 Wine Bar | Featured Red If you still think CaliforniaLes Athletes du Vin is a negociant project from the Loire's natural wine collective Vini be Good, gathering organically farmed fruit from a lineup of excellent growers into honest, affordable bottlings (look for the playful Michel Tolmer artwork). Chenin Blanc is the Loire's great white grape, and this version keeps it bright and direct: orchard fruit, citrus and a chalky lift, fermented in steel to let the fruit sing. Cheerful, mineral, and an