diff --git a/virtualizarr/manifests/manifest.py b/virtualizarr/manifests/manifest.py
index 666f48548..cab1f50d2 100644
--- a/virtualizarr/manifests/manifest.py
+++ b/virtualizarr/manifests/manifest.py
@@ -1,11 +1,22 @@
 import json
 import re
-from collections.abc import ItemsView, Iterable, Iterator, KeysView, ValuesView
+from collections.abc import (
+    AsyncIterator,
+    ItemsView,
+    Iterable,
+    Iterator,
+    KeysView,
+    ValuesView,
+)
 from pathlib import PosixPath
 from typing import Any, Callable, NewType, Tuple, TypedDict, cast
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse
 
 import numpy as np
+import xarray as xr
+from fsspec.asyn import AsyncFileSystem
+from zarr.abc.store import RangeByteRequest, Store
+from zarr.core.buffer import Buffer, BufferPrototype
 
 from virtualizarr.types import ChunkKey
 
@@ -54,6 +65,110 @@ def with_validation(
         return ChunkEntry(path=path, offset=offset, length=length)
 
 
+class ManifestStore(Store):
+    supports_writes: bool = False
+    supports_deletes: bool = False
+    supports_partial_writes: bool = False
+    supports_listing: bool = True
+
+    fs: AsyncFileSystem
+    vds: xr.Dataset
+
+    def __init__(self, fs, vds, read_only=True):
+        super().__init__(read_only=read_only)
+        self.fs = fs
+        self.vds = vds
+
+    async def clear(self) -> None:
+        self.fs = None
+        self.vds = None
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return f"manifest://{id(self.vds)}"
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return f"ManifestStore('{self}')"
+
+    def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
+        return (
+            isinstance(other, type(self))
+            and self.fs == other.fs
+            and xr.testing.assert_identical(self.vds, other.vds)
+        )
+
+    async def get(
+        self,
+        key: str,
+        prototype: BufferPrototype,
+        byte_range: None = None,  # could this optionally accept a RangeByteRequest?
+    ) -> Buffer | None:
+        if not self._is_open:
+            await self._open()
+        print("key: ", key)
+        print("key split: ", key.split("/"))
+        array_name, _, chunk_key = key.split("/")
+        # TODO: is this the best way?
+        url, offset, length = self.vds[array_name].data.manifest.dict()[chunk_key]
+        value = prototype.buffer.from_bytes(
+            await self.fs._cat_file(
+                url,
+                start=offset,
+                end=offset + length,
+            )
+        )
+        return value
+
+    # TODO: need a get_v3_array_metadata method
+    # to handle key="zarr.json" and return the metadata for the array
+
+    async def get_partial_values(
+        self,
+        prototype: BufferPrototype,
+        key_ranges: Iterable[tuple[str, RangeByteRequest | None]],
+    ) -> list[Buffer | None]:
+        key_ranges = list(key_ranges)
+        paths: list[str] = []
+        starts: list[int] = []
+        stops: list[int] = []
+        for key, _ in key_ranges:
+            array_name, _, chunk_key = key.split("/")
+            url, offset, length = self.vds[array_name].data.manifest.dict()[chunk_key]
+            paths.append(url)
+            starts.append(offset)
+            stops.append(offset + length)
+        res = await self.fs._cat_ranges(paths, starts, stops, on_error="return")
+        return [prototype.buffer.from_bytes(r) for r in res]
+
+    async def exists(self, key: str) -> bool:
+        array_name, _, chunk_key = key.split("/")
+        url, _, _ = self.vds[array_name].data.manifest.dict()[chunk_key]
+        return await self.fs._exists(url)
+
+    async def list(self) -> AsyncIterator[str]:
+        for array_name in self.vds.data_vars:
+            for chunk_key in self.vds[array_name].data.manifest:
+                yield f"{array_name}/{chunk_key}"
+
+    async def list_prefix(self, prefix: str) -> AsyncIterator[str]:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def list_dir(self, prefix: str) -> AsyncIterator[str]:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def delete(self, key: str) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def set(
+        self, key: str, value: Buffer, byte_range: tuple[int, int] | None = None
+    ) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def set_partial_values(
+        self, key_start_values: Iterable[tuple[str, int, bytes]]
+    ) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+
 def validate_and_normalize_path_to_uri(path: str, fs_root: str | None = None) -> str:
     """
     Makes all paths into fully-qualified absolute URIs, or raises.