Top Chablis alternatives: Fresh whites under £15

Leopardo Felici is a highly rated Verdicchio producer. This wine is from a hilly, cool area between Apiro & Cupramontana and shows bright natural acidity with a mineral overlay. Aged in cement tanks, there are lovely zesty grapefruit and lemon sherbert notes here. Very similar in style and drive to Chablis.

Made by the highly popular Olivier Leflaive, this is a great example of the often underrated Aligote. It's decidedly Chablis-like, with just a tiny hint of stone fruit ripeness. Very pure, mineral, focussed and with rapier like acidity.

Located in Irpinia, the Fiano grapes come from north to northeast facing slopes at 500-600m altitude. Hand-harvest and vinified in stainless steel followed by 10 months tank ageing, this delicious, concentrated, classy example shows a pale lemon hue and some restrained herbal notes on both nose and palate, allied to zesty acidity and a touch of Italian bitterness.

Vinified in Chablis by leading producer, Samuel Billaud, this is a blend of fruit from Chablis and the Maconnais. It is fermented in steel and aged on its fine lees for six months, giving crisp, clean, lemon notes, a Chablis-like acidity, and a little texture from the Maconnais component.

This bone-dry Muscadet, produced by Sébastien Chéreau, is both ‘de Sèvre et Maine’, and ‘Sur Lie’. With a closed, restrained nose there is an abundance of taut, crisp acidity here. Fruit character is green Granny Smith apple in character, with a lingering wet stone finish. A great option for seafood.

A fine example of mineral and zesty Assyrtiko, made from 60 year old vines. In fact, the precise blend is 90% Assyrtiko, 5% Aidani, 5% Athiri. It’s hard to imagine this as a Chablis alternative from the climate perspective, but in taste (lime, lemon and pears) and concentration they are surprisingly close.