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Chenin, n.|ʃənɛ̃|
[Fr., perh. f. the name of the manor of Mont-Chenin, Touraine, where it was first imported from Anjou. The place-name may ult. derive from OF. chenin ‘dog-like’; cf. canine a.
In Gargantua & Pantagruel (1534) I. xxv., Rabelais mentions raisins chenins; there is some confusion as to whether this refers to the red or the white grape (see quots. 1611 at sense 1, 1928 at sense 2 below).]
1. rare. Usu. in full as Chenin Noir. A variety of black grape native to the Loire region, more commonly known as Pineau d'Aunis (see quot. 1994).
[1611R. Cotgrave Dict. Fr. & English sig. Qvi/2 Raisins chenins, a kind of great red grapes, fitter for medicines than for meat.] 1896Rep. Viticultural Wk. (U.C. College Agric.) i. 364 Chenin noir,..this is one of the chief red-wine grapes of the department of Maine-et-Loire. 1994J. Robinson Oxf. Comp. Wine 733/2 Pineau d'Aunis, sometimes called Chenin Noir, is a variety that is neither a Pinot nor a Chenin according to Galet, but a distinct black-berried Loire vine variety associated since the Middle Ages with the Preuré d'Aunis near Saumur.
2. Usu. in full as Chenin Blanc. A variety of white grape, native to the Loire valley but now also widely cultivated elsewhere (esp. in the Americas and in South Africa), and used to make wine with a distinctive flowery taste; also, the vine producing this grape, or the wine made from it.
1928P. M. Shand Bk. of French Wines iii. 111 In Gargantua, Rabelais classifies the Touraine wines into ‘Pineaultz, Fiers, Muscadeaulz, Bécanes, Foyards, Francs Aubiers, and Chenins’ for the white, and ‘Verrons’ for the red. 1913A. L. Simon In Vino Veritas iii. 95 At Saumur, the Chenin Blanc is the vine chiefly cultivated for white wines. 1952A. Lichine Wines of France xv. 197 Saumur..is made of two-thirds white Chenin and one-third Cabernet. 1984J. Dentinger First Hit of Season v. 35 She..poured a glass of Chenin Blanc. 1990Good Food Jan.–Feb. 68/1 The Chenin also produces flowery wines, apparently honeyed even when they are dry. 1994J. Robinson Oxf. Comp. Wine 224/2 Chenin..is probably the world's most versatile grape variety, capable of producing some of the finest, longest-living sweet wines although more usually harnessed to the yoke of basic New World table wine production. |