Chablis & Yonne Flashcards
What can I make in Irancy AOC?
Red wine, from Pinot Noir, although up to 10% Cesar is allowed.
What’s in a bottle of St Bris AOC?
White wine, Sauv Blanc
Whats in a bottle of Vezelay AOC?
White wine, Chardonnay
What river runs through the ‘Grand Auxerrois’ ?
Yonne River
What’s in a bottle of Bourgogne Tonnerre AOC?
White wine, Chardonnay
What’s in a bottle of Bourgogne Epineuil AOC
Red or rose, from Pinot Noir
What is made under Bourgogne Coulanges La Vineuse AOC? Where is this located?
Red, White, and Rose from Pinot, Cesar, and Chardonnay
Grand Auxerrois, Yonne
What is made under Bourgogne Cotes d’Auxerre AOC?
Red, White, and Rose
chardonnay and pinot
What’s made in Bourgogne Chitry? Where is it?
Red and White, from Pinot and Chard
Grand Auxerrois, Yonne
What’s made in Bourgogne Cote St Jacques?
Where is it?
All 3 colors, of wine, and pinot (blanc, gris, noir) and chardonnay
Grand Auxerrois, Yonne
What is the Grand Auxerrois essentially?
Satellite regions of Chablis.
What river runs through Chablis?
Serein
In what year was Chablis Grand Cru and Chablis classified?
How small was it at the time?
1938
Limited to 20 villages on Kimmeridgian Soils
When were Premier Cru Chablis classified?
What was also done?
In the 60’s and 70’s
Chablis AOC was expanded, and the Petit Chablis category was added.
What are the 7 climats of Chablis Grand Cru?
Les Clos
Blanchots
Bougros
Valmur
Vaudesir
Grenouilles
Les Preuses
How might Blanchots Grand Cru area be characterized?
Its a cooler site that faces SE, and the Brechain down below pulls in cool air late afternoon.
What percent of Chablis Grand Cru does Les Clos account for?
About 25%
Vaudesir Grand Cru fruit could be described how?
Top quality, right there with Les Clos, its warm here and shielded from wind.
Valmur Grand Cru fruit can be characterized how?
The fattest of the Chablis sites, there’s some extra clay here, and its warm.
Les Preuses Grand Cru fruit can be characterized how?
Also top notch, right up there with Les Clos. Not as aromatic, but this fruit is ageworthy.
What is the unofficial 8th Grand Cru of Chablis and where is it? Who owns it?
La Moutonne
Stretches over Vaudesir into Preuses
Domaine Long Depaquit owns it. (Albert Bichot)
How many Premier Cru Chablis are there? How many will I actually see on a bottle?
There are 40 vineyards, but they can be grouped into 17 “headliners” if you will.
One of two ‘super’ premier cru in Chablis. This site lies across the Brechain valley from Grand Cru Blanchots.
1er Cru Montee de Tonnerre
One of two ‘super’ premier cru in Chablis, this 1er cru makes up the Southern portion of 1er cru Fourchaume, just North of Les Preuses.
1er cru Vaulorent, bottled as Fourchaume.
Are the 1er cru Chablis sites of Vaucopin and Les Fourneaux on the right bank of the Sereine river, or the left?
Right, East of Montee de Tonnerre
This 1er cru is on Chablis right bank, and produces some of the most powerful fruit in the AOC. Its between Montee de Tonnerre and Vaucopin.
1er Cru Mont de Milieu
Vaillons, Beauroy, and Vau de Vey are 1er Cru Chablis on the right or left bank of the Sereine river?
Left bank
Le Foret and Butteaux are small 1er cru Chablis plots. What larger 1er cru can they be included in?
Right or Left bank?
Montmains
Left bank
What are some subtle differences of Chablis vineyards from the right bank of the Sereine versus the left bank?
The right bank vineyards show more yellow fruit and exotic aromatics
The left bank shows white fruit and white flowers.
A typical Chablis wine will be produced how?
Steel or old wood ferment, elevage in steel or old wood, (although Grand Cru will see some new oak) and time on the lees upwards of a year and a half.
What soil type is less desired in Chablis, but nonetheless planted to satisfy demand?
Portlandian limestone
Describe Kimmeridgian Marl.
Crumbly chalky marl, of clay and limestone, with fossilized oyster shell embedded in it
How are the recent 2022 and 2021 vintages of Chablis?
2022 is very good. Warm dry year without excessive yields. Acid levels are excellent.
2021 was a challenge. Severe frost, clay heavy petit chablis got demolished, cold weather and rain, disease pressure. Fruit got just ripe late but there isn’t a lot of it.
How did the 2020 Chablis vintage fare?
And 2019?
It was an excellent year in 2020. Warm, dry, and sunny. Fruit came in with excellent ageing potential.
2019 was very good as well, although a bit stressed by drought, small concentrated crop.
How was the 2018 vintage in Chablis?
Good but being a very warm year, acid levels fell off a bit. Big exuberant Chablis that can be enjoyed earlier.
What Chablis vintages were excellent from 2017 to 2000?
Lots of average to good years, the best were 2014 (96), 2015 (95), and 2017 (94)
2002 was a delight as well. (95)
What vintages of Chablis were most difficult from 2017 to 2000?
Tbh, its more about the years that were too warm, steering the wines into richness and stonefruit, and losing some trademark acidity.
2001, 2003, 2009 are examples of this
What percent of Chablis production is at Grand Cru level?
1%
