Chablis Flashcards

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Chablis

3 AOPs

A
  • Petit Chablis AOP: min 9.5% abv​
  • Chablis AOP: min 10% abv
    • Chablis ‘Premier Cru’ : min 10.5% abv
  • Chablis Grand Cru AOP: min 11% abv​
  • Only whites, exclusively Chardonnay
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Chablis

7 Grand Crus

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  • Bougros
  • Les Preuses
  • Vaudésir
  • Les Grenouilles
  • Valmur
  • Les Clos
  • Blanchot
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Petit Chablis

min. abv

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9.5% abv - Petit Chablis

vs.

  • 10% abv - Chablis
  • ​​10.5% abv - Chablis ‘Premier Cru’
  • 11% abv - Chablis Grand Cru
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5
Q

Chablis

4 notable premier cru vineyards

A
  • Mont de Milieu
  • Montee Tonnerre
  • Fourchaume
  • Montmains

all have similar prized southern exposure

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Chablis Grand Cru

min. abv

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11% abv - Chablis Grand Cru

vs.

  • 9.5% abv - Petit Chablis
  • 10% abv - Chablis
  • 10.5% abv - Chablis ‘Premier Cru’
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Irancy AOP

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  • PN plus max comb 10% César, PG

  • 7k vines/ha
  • 52 hl/ha (form. 45, 2011)
  • 180 g/l (171 g/l prior to 2011)
  • 10.5% min abv
  • June 30th following harvest
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10
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Chablis

Unofficial 8th Grand Cru

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La Moutonne

  • Albert Bichot’s Domaine Long-Depaquit owns the vineyard in its entirety
  • may now be labeled as Chablis Grand Cru without the need to refer to either Preuses or Vaudesir
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Chablis 1er Cru

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  • 785 ha
  • 40 climats grouped into 17 ‘major’ 1er Crus
  • Additions in 1978 + 1986
  • Can label under more recognizable, neighboring “major” 1er Cru
  • From .5 ha (Côte de Cuisy) to over 100 ha (Vaillons, Fourchaume)
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12
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Chablis

17 “Major” 1er Crus

(10 North right bank, 7 South left bank)

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Left Bank (S) - restrained

  • Beauroy
  • Chaume de Talvat
  • Côte de Léchet
  • Côte de Jouan
  • Les Beauregards
  • *Montmains
  • Vau de Vay
  • *Vaillons
  • Vosgros
  • Vau Ligneau

Right Bank (N) - opulent, exotic

  • Berdiot
  • Côtes de Vaubarousse
  • Fourchaume
  • Les Forneaux
  • Mont de Mileau
  • *Montée de Tonnerre
  • Vaucoupin
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Chablis

10 Left Bank 1er Crus

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Left Bank - restrained

Beauroy

Chaume de Talvat

Côte de Léchet

Côte de Jouan

Les Beauregards

*Montmains

Vau de Vay

*Vaillons

Vosgros

Vau Ligneau

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Chablis

7 Right Bank 1er Crus

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Right Bank - opulent, exotic

  • Berdiot
  • Côtes de Vaubarousse
  • Fourchaume
  • Les Forneaux
  • Mont de Mileau
  • *Montée de Tonnerre
  • Vaucoupin
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18
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Union des Grands Crus de Chablis

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  • Private organ.; members control half GC acreage
  • Blind tasting
  • Not released until Jan 1, 2nd year
  • Manual harvest, lutte rasionée, lower yield, higher planting dens. >8000 vines/ha
  • Not mandatory for AOP, but in charter of group
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19
Q

Grand Cru Chablis

Size in ha

A

100 ha

  • vs 785 ha 1er Cru Chablis
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21
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Yonne

(Chablis and Grand Auxerrois)

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  • Chablis
    • Northernmost + most production
    • 17 communes (incl. Chablis)(exc. Beaujolais)
    • 130 km NW of Cd’Or
    • 1/5 Burgundy bottles bear name ‘Chablis’
  • Grand Auxerrois
    • Vezelay, Irancy, Tonnerre, Joigny
    • Land surrounding Auxerre, capital of the Yonne
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22
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Chablis 1er Cru

Size in ha

A

785ha

(vs appx 100 ha GC)

  • Two sets of additions in 1978 and 1986
  • 40 named climats overall, grouped into 17 “major” 1er Cru
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23
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A wine from the smaller, lesser known 1er Cru Côte de Bréchain is most likely to be labeled as what larger 1er Cru?

A

Montée de Tonnerre