Chablis
3 AOPs
- 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
Chablis
7 Grand Crus
- Bougros
- Les Preuses
- Vaudésir
- Les Grenouilles
- Valmur
- Les Clos
- Blanchot
Petit Chablis
min. abv
9.5% abv - Petit Chablis
vs.
- 10% abv - Chablis
- 10.5% abv - Chablis ‘Premier Cru’
- 11% abv - Chablis Grand Cru
Chablis
4 notable premier cru vineyards
- Mont de Milieu
- Montee Tonnerre
- Fourchaume
- Montmains
all have similar prized southern exposure
Chablis Grand Cru
min. abv
11% abv - Chablis Grand Cru
vs.
- 9.5% abv - Petit Chablis
- 10% abv - Chablis
- 10.5% abv - Chablis ‘Premier Cru’
Irancy AOP
- 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
Chablis
Unofficial 8th Grand Cru
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
Chablis 1er Cru
- 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)
Chablis
17 “Major” 1er Crus
(10 North right bank, 7 South left bank)
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
Chablis
10 Left Bank 1er Crus
Left Bank - restrained
Beauroy
Chaume de Talvat
Côte de Léchet
Côte de Jouan
Les Beauregards
*Montmains
Vau de Vay
*Vaillons
Vosgros
Vau Ligneau
Chablis
7 Right Bank 1er Crus
Right Bank - opulent, exotic
- Berdiot
- Côtes de Vaubarousse
- Fourchaume
- Les Forneaux
- Mont de Mileau
- *Montée de Tonnerre
- Vaucoupin
Union des Grands Crus de Chablis
- 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
Grand Cru Chablis
Size in ha
100 ha
- vs 785 ha 1er Cru Chablis
Yonne
(Chablis and Grand Auxerrois)
- 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
Chablis 1er Cru
Size in ha
785ha
(vs appx 100 ha GC)
- Two sets of additions in 1978 and 1986
- 40 named climats overall, grouped into 17 “major” 1er Cru
A wine from the smaller, lesser known 1er Cru Côte de Bréchain is most likely to be labeled as what larger 1er Cru?
Montée de Tonnerre
