Bourgogne - Chablis

Question 1

What are red grapes grown in Chablis allowed to be labeled?

Answer 1

Bourgogne AOC

Question 2

What is the main river around Chablis AOC

Answer 2

Serein

Question 3

What are the 2 types of soils

Answer 3

Kimmeridgean Marl
Portlandian soils

Question 4

What AOC is typically found on the top of slopes in Portlandian soils and are more acidic?

Answer 4

Petit Chablis AOC

Question 5

How many vineyards make the Grand Cru Chablis?

Answer 5

7

Question 6

What are the Grand Cru vineyards (climats)

Answer 6

Bourges
Preuses
Vaudesir
Gernouilles
Valmur
Les Clos
Blanchot

Question 7

What is considered the “unofficial” vineyard in Grand Cru Chablis?

Answer 7

La Moutonne (95% in Vaudesir)

Question 8

What is the monopole in the Grand Cru Chablis?

Answer 8

La Moutonne

Question 9

What is the requirement for Chablis?

Answer 9

100% Chardonnay

Question 10

Describe Chablis Premier Cru

Answer 10

Not an AOC
S facing slopes
No Oak
Best sites on right bank
Ripe and Mineral
High acidity

Question 11

The Grand Auxerrois AOC furthest south on clay and limestone soils?

Answer 11

Vezelay

Question 12

Where is the red wine only AOC in Auxerrois?

Answer 12

Irancy AOC

Question 13

What AOC can use César with Pinot Noir and sits on Kimmeridgean soils?

Answer 13

Irancy AOC

Question 14

White wine AOC only in Chablis region that produces Sauvignon Blanc and Sauvignon Gris?

Answer 14

Saint-Bris AOC

Question 15

What is the DGC in Chablis region making red and rosé

Answer 15

Bourgogne Épineuil (a DGC)

Question 16

What are the most northern areas in Bourgogne?

Answer 16

Chablis and Grand Auxerrois

Question 17

Where do soils in Chablis rank in terms of age?

Answer 17

Youngest
Maconnais is the oldest

Question 18

Where does Chablis sit in French Geology?

Answer 18

Paris Basin eg sedimentary soils

Question 19

What is the grape found in Chablis that is native to the Rhine, vulnerable to frost, rusty and tannic?

Answer 19

César

Question 20

What is the vine area NE of Chablis?

Answer 20

Tonnerrois

Question 21

What are the vineyards SW of Chablis?

Answer 21

Auxerrois

Question 22

What is the river that runs through Auxerrois?

Answer 22

Yonne

Question 23

What are most Auxerois bottled as?

Answer 23

Bourgogne AOC

Question 24

What is Irancy’s primary grape?

Answer 24

Pinot Noir

Question 25

How many villages does Tonnerre cover?

Answer 25

6 for white wine under Bourgogne DGC

Question 26

Chablis climate?

Answer 26

Continental with oceanic influences

Question 27

What are Chablis wines that are Less mineral and more fruity?

Answer 27

Petit Chablis

Question 28

What is the style of Chablis AOC?

Answer 28

Pure style, no oak, use stainless

Question 29

How much of La Moutonne in Vaudésir?

Answer 29

95%

Question 30

What is the production difference from Grand Cru?

Answer 30

Barrel fermented and aged

Question 31

What style does Vézelay make?

Answer 31

White Chardonnay

Question 32

Where have grapes been planted since Roman times?

Answer 32

Vézelay

Question 33

What are the soils of Irancy?

Answer 33

Kimmeridgean marls

Question 34

What Bourgogne DGC is around the town of Joigny?

Answer 34

Côte Saint Jacques

Question 35

What DGC is Auxxerois that produce white, red, and rosé?

Answer 35

Bourgogne Coulanges la Vineuse

Question 36

What DGC is Tonnere that produces white, red, and rosé?

Answer 36

Bourgogne Chitry

Question 37

What area NE of Chablis and just south of Champagne that straddles the Seine that produces Bourgogne AOC and Cremant de Bourgogne?

Answer 37

Châtillonnais