Chablis Grand Cru

Question 1

Preuses

Answer 1

Very stony soils, elegant with great aging potential

Sits above Bougros

Question 2

Vaudesir

Answer 2

Floral rounded and ripe style
On top of hill above Grenouilles
17ha
Shaped like an amphitheater, steel slopes protect against north wind
Soils are lighter than other GCs, have more clay
La moutonne is within this gc

Question 3

Grenouilles

Answer 3

Floral, fruity, softer and richer body, close to the river
Smallest gc
Much is controlled by a coop la Chablisienne-labelled as chat de Grenouilles-new oak

Question 4

Valmur

Answer 4

Mineral, nervy but balanced with fruit
Above les grenouilles
Long term aging

Question 5

Les Clos

Answer 5

Mineral and powerful, big with great aging potential
Largest gc
Between blanchots and valmur
Rocky well draining soils

Question 6

Blanchot

Answer 6

Floral, supple, elegant style
Most south east gc
Delicate style that matures early

Question 7

Bougros

Answer 7

Fullish bodied, less mineral driven great aging potential
Most north west gc
There is a subsection that faces south west that gives best quality

Question 8

Moutonne

Answer 8

Unofficial GC
Straddles vaudesir 95% and les Preuses 5%
2.35 ha plot
It’s a monopole owned by domaine Long-Depaquit
Slope of almost 40% south/eastern exposure
25%oak barrel aging
Formerly owned by Pontigny monks