Chablis, Grand Auxerrois & Châtillonnais Flashcards
What is most associated with “mineral” from Chablis wines?
Succinic Acid
Where are Chablis AOC vineyards located?
Serein River Valley
Where are Grand Auxerrois vineyards located?
Around towns:
Auxerre
Tonnerre
Vézelay
Joigny
Where are Châtillonnais vineyards located?
East of Chablis / Tonnerre
NW from Dijon
What is Châtillonnais climate?
Continental with oceanic influences
What soils are most Chablis Grand Crus located?
Kimmeridgean marl
What is Kimmeridgean marl
Limestone-rich clay
160 MYA
What soils are most Petit Chablis AOCs?
Portlandian Marl
What is Portlandian Marl?
Sedimentary soil formed 140-150MYA
Aside from soil what are the differences between Petit Chablis and Gran Crus
Portlandian Soil
Higher altitude
What soils are found on Châtillonnais and Grand Auxerrois?
Portlandian Soil
What does Chablis, Auxerrois and Chatillonnais produce respectively
Chablis –> 100% White
Auxerrois –> 60% W / 40% R
Chatillonnais –> Crémant de Bourgogne
What are Grand Crus?
Single, exceptional vineyards
What can appear on a Grand Cru label with 1 exception?
Only “Grand Cru” + vineyard name
Except if in village of Chablis = Grand Cru + vineyard + Chablis
How many Grand Crus are total and Chablis?
33
Only Chablis
How many AOCs produce Chablis?
3
Chablis Grand Cru
Chablis AOC
Petit Chablis
What is the hierarchy for quality in Chablis from best to worst?
- Grand Cru
- Premiere Grand Cru
- Chablis
- Petit Chablis
What is the grape for Chablis?
100% Chardonnay
What are the 7 climats of Chablis Grand Cru?
Blanchot
Bougros
Les Clos
Grenouilles
Preuses
Valmur
Vaudésir
Where are the 7 climats for Chablis Grand Cru located?
1 single hillside, SW sloping, Kimmeridgean soil
What is the unofficial climat in Chablis Grand Cru?
La Moutonne
Overlaps Vaudesir & Preuses
Monopole of Domaine Long-Depaquit
Where are the vineyards of Chablis AOC located?
Slopes and plains around Chablis
Poor thin soils on slopes
Serein River
Where are Petit Chablis vineyards found?
Portlandian soils on hilltops
How many Premier Cru are in Chablis AOC
40 Total
17 are Umbrella
On Kimmeridgean soils
Name the rivers in Chablis
Yonne
Serein
Name the rivers in Chatillonnais
Seine
Ource
Name the AOCs of Grand Auxerrois
Saint-Bris
Irancy
Vézelay
Saint-Bris AOC
Dry White
Sauvignon Blanc / Sauvignon Gris
On both Kimmeridgean and Portlandian
Irancy AOC
Red / Rose
Pinot Noir + Cesar
Pinot Gris
Soils of Irancy
Kimmeridgean
Vézelay
Dry White - Chardonnay
Grapes since Romans
Tiny 1% production
Soils of Vézelay
Clay
What is the smallest production in Chablis/Grand Auxerrois?
Vézelay AOC -1%
What is the largest production in Chablis/Grand Auxerrois?
Chablis AOC - 58%
What does Châtillonnais produce
Only Regional bottle
Crémant de Bourgogne
What grapes are in Châtillonnais Crémant de Bourgogne
Pinot Noit
Chardonnay
Aligoté
How is most of the wine from Grand Auxerrois bottled
Either regional Bourgogne
or
Bourgogne plus DGC
only 3 village appellations
How many village AOCs in Grand Auxerrois?
3
