About JP Chenet Wines
Enter JP Chenet, with its unique, slanted, mis-shapen, but never missed bottle shape, and simple labelling, by grape variety, taking a modern edge on the traditional French approach of labelling wines by region, not grape variety. It was at one point the top selling French wine brand all over the world, with over 64 million bottle sales!
JP Chenet was first created in 1984, and is a privately owned company, based in Alsace in France. In a direct contrast to most traditional French wine companies, the dumpy, oddly- shaped, but immediately recognisable bottle shape of JP Chenet was introduced in 1991, and the brand has never looked back.
At a time when the focus was all about Australia and other New World countries, who were making wine choices easy, JP Chenet, set about launching the French counter-offensive, and set up to create French wines that were labelled by grape variety, not region, to make consumer choice simpler.
JP Chenet decided that the south and south west of France were the best areas for sourcing and making their wines, and set up good business relationships with a number of cooperative growers in the Languedoc region of the south of France, and also Cotes de Gascogne in the South West.
Now the brand covers a wide range of grape varieties, but always from these two regions, with the focus on enjoyable, fruity, easy-drinking styles of wine.
What Styles Do JP Chenet Produce?
JP Chenet make fresh, flavoursome, easy-drinking wines from the south of France, all packaged in their trademark, wonkily-shaped bottle – 2 whites, 2 rose, 2 red.
JP Chenet Colombard Sauvignon – Made from the traditional grapes from the Gascony wine region of France, the blend is dominated by the fresh, lively and fruity Colombard grape, with 20% of zesty, aromatic Sauvignon Blanc added – refreshing and crisp.
JP Chenet Colombard Chardonnay – A blend of Gascony’s crispily fruity Colombard, with the warm, ripe Chardonnay fruit of the Languedoc, this is smooth, dry, full-flavoured white, with white peach and citrussy flavours, and a refreshingly lively tang on the finish.
JP Chenet Spakling Rose – This wine is all about soft, dry, juicy berry flavours. Quite light in colour, a pale salmon pink, it’s from the south of France, and is a lively, very fruity dry Rose, full of strawberry and rosehip flavours.
J.P. Chenet Sauvignon Blanc – Hailing from Gascony, it creates ideal conditions for growing aromatic grapes. This sauvignon blanc reveals subtle aromas of white flowers and citrus fruits.
JP Chenet Merlot – 100% Merlot from Vin de Pays d’Oc, in southern France, this is a really fruity, velvety treat. It’s full flavoured and rich, yet soft, and silky, with gentle tannins and lots of ripe, blackberry and ripe plum fruit.
JP Chenet Cabernet Syrah – A blend from southern France, this wine encompasses 2 of the region’s best know grape varieties. It’s rich, smooth, yet soft, with full body, and lots of blackcurrant flavours, with a warm, spicy edge.