Chablis

Question 1

When was Chablis AOP created?

Answer 1

1938

Question 2

Where are Chablis’ best sites?

Answer 2

The southwest facing slopes of the valley of the Serein river.

Question 3

What divides Chablis from the Cote d’Or?

Answer 3

the hills of the Morvan

Question 4

When did powdery mildew first appear in Chablis?

Answer 4

1886

Question 5

When did phylloxera reach Chablis?

Answer 5

1887

Question 6

What causes market share loss of the Parisian market?

Answer 6

Opening of the railway between Paris-Lyons-Marseilles in 1856

Question 7

What is the climate of Chablis?

Answer 7

Semi-Continental

Question 8

What does spring frost cause damage to?

Answer 8

Young vine shoots

Question 9

What are Smudge Pots?

Answer 9

Heaters to protect from frosts

Question 10

Effective frost protection helped what in the 1960s?

Answer 10

Chablis expansion

Question 11

What are the 7 climats of Grand Cru Chablis?

Answer 11

Les Clos
Blanchots
Bougros
Vaudesir
Valmur
Preuses
Grenouilles

Question 12

What vineyard is considered the 8th grand cru? Where is it?

Answer 12

La Moutonne

Partly in Vaudesir and in Preuses

Question 13

How many premier cru vineyards are in Chablis?

Answer 13

40

Question 14

The rocks of the soil date back to what?

Answer 14

Upper Jurassic age, 180 million years ago

Question 15

Where is Kimmeridge?

Answer 15

Dorset, southern England

Question 16

What kind of soil is in Chablis?

Answer 16

argilo-calcaire

Question 17

What is the second geological layer of the soil?

Answer 17

Portlandien. It has no fossils

Question 18

What is “gout de pierre a fusil”?

Answer 18

gunflint

Question 19

What producers are known for the “gunflint” style?

Answer 19

Louis Michel
Jean Durup
Jean-Marc Brocard
A Regnard
Long-Depaquit

Question 20

Which producers are known to still use some barrels?

Answer 20

Rene and Vincent Dauvissat

Francois and Jean-Marie Raveneau

Question 21

What is the large co-op of Chablis, and how much Chablis as a percentage do they produce?

Answer 21

La Chablisiene, 33%

Question 22

What is the minimum potential alcohol in Chablis GC?

Answer 22

11%

Question 23

What is the max RS of Chablis GC?

Answer 23

4 g/l

Question 24

What is the max yield of Chablis GC?

Answer 24

54 hl/ha

Question 25

Rank the Chablis GC sites by size

Answer 25

``` Les Clos - 25.87ha Vaudesir - 15.43ha Bougros - 15.07ha Blanchot - 12.68ha Preuses - 10.81ha Valmur - 10.55ha Grenouilles - 9.38ha ```

Question 26

Order the Chablis GC sites from NW to SE

Answer 26

``` Bougros Les Preuses Vaudesir Grenouilles Valmur Les Clos Blanchot ```

Question 27

Which two Chablis GC tend to be the biggest in flavor?

Answer 27

Les Clos | Vaudesir

Question 28

Chablis GC is how much of Chablis' vineyard area?

Answer 28

2%

Question 29

Which Chablis GC has a SE exposure?

Answer 29

Blanchot

Question 30

Les Clos dates back to at least what year?

Answer 30

1417

Question 31

La Moutonne is a monopole of whose?

Answer 31

Domaine Long-Depaquit

Question 32

What does Valmur roughly translate to?

Answer 32

The valley of brambles

Question 33

What is the minimum potential alcohol of Chablis?

Answer 33

10%, or 10.5% for Premier Cru

Question 34

What is the minimum must weight of Chablis?

Answer 34

161 g/l (153 prior to 2011) | PC: 170 g/l (161 prior to 2011)

Question 35

What is the max RS of Chablis?

Answer 35

3 g/l

Question 36

What are the permitted training methods in Chablis?

Answer 36

Guyot (simple or double) Cordon de Royat Taille Chablis

Question 37

What is widely considered the top Chablis Premier Cru site?

Answer 37

Montee de Tonnerre

Question 38

Who are major producers of Montee de Tonnerre?

Answer 38

Francois Raveneau Jean Collet Vocoret Billaud-Salmon

Question 39

Which lieu-dits in Montee de Tonnerre can be labeled with their name?

Answer 39

Chapelot Cote de Brechain Pied d'Aloup

Question 40

Which lieu-dits may be labeled as Fourchaume?

Answer 40

Cote de Fontenay L'Homme Mort Vaulorent Vaupulent

Question 41

Where is Mont de Milieu?

Answer 41

Immediately east of Montee de Tonnerre

Question 42

What is the encepagement of Irancy?

Answer 42

Pinot Noir, plus max 10% Pinot Gris/Cesar

Question 43

Where is Irancy?

Answer 43

SW of Chablis

Question 44

What AOP is NW of Irancy?

Answer 44

Saint-Bris

Question 45

What is min potential alcohol of Petit Chablis?

Answer 45

9.5%

Question 46

What is soil of Petit Chablis?

Answer 46

Portlandien limestone

Question 47

What are the minimum potential alcohols of all 4 levels of Chablis?

Answer 47

11% - GC 10.5% - PC 10% - C 9.5% - Petit

Question 48

What are the max yields of 4 Chablis levels?

Answer 48

54 hl/ha - GC 58 - PC 60 - Chablis 60 - Petit

Question 49

What are the minimum planting densities of 4 Chablis levels?

Answer 49

5,500 vph - GC 5,500 - PC 5,500 - C 5,500 - Petit

Question 50

The least-stony GC Chablis is generally what?

Answer 50

Les Preuses