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The same named after the town in 1938 and classified appeal lies to the north and separated from the wine region of Burgundy in the so-called Basse-Bourgogne in the department of Yonne. The area is through the hills of the Morvan Côte d'Or separately and is the Champagne much closer than the other areas of Burgundy. Even the Romans in the 2nd run Century wine and later took over the church's culture. Acquired special merits while the Pontigny Abbey, whose monks also alleged the Chardonnay introduced here. Once this was 40,000 hectares, which were located around the town of Auxerre, the largest wine region in France. With great difficulty and sales by the Phylloxera damage caused was to convert to other agricultural products. In addition, the area was and is extremely through Hail and (especially in spring) frost risk, therefore, were also destroyed entire crops repeatedly.
All this contributed to the fact that the mid-1950s, only 500 hectares were planted. From the early 1960s, attempts were made to combat it successfully with various measures. The vines are covered with ice with water spray to protect them from the frost, and it can also be used with oil fired furnaces and windmills. Today there are again close to 4,300 hectares in Chablis and a further 19 places. The pale yellow wine with greenish sheen is sorted from the Chardonnay grape variety (in this case it is called Beaunoise) developed dry. He has a typical mineral bouquet of flint (Fr. term "pierre à fusil de Goût") and in spite of strong acid taste sweet and fruity, which is due to the prevailing clay and limestone soil. Traditionally, the wine is aged in steel tanks or concrete tanks, but many manufacturers are increasingly pushing the aging in oak. Most wines today through Malolactic fermentation . A top-Chablis is stored for decades. There are four quality classes and appellations (see also Burgundy classification ):
Chablis Grand Cru: These are the wines from the seven top positions, all located on a hillside north of the town of Chablis. These are the best current Blanchot (12 ha), Bougros (12 ha), Grenouille, Les Clos (27 ha), Les Preuses (11 ha), Valmur (13 ha) and Vaudésir (14 ha). Another vineyard called La Moutonne Although it is not done as Grand Cru, but must give the protected name on the label, because 2.3 acres of which lie in two layers and Les Vaudésir Preuses. A classification as a separate Grand Cru but was once considered, but it is not done until today. The approximately 100 hectares of vineyards make up only 5% of Chablis production.
Premier Cru: These wines may be either the name of a total of 40 individual documents or the name of a so-called group lead position on the label. Mainly the latter more uses, these are (in brackets the documents, which may lead the general term): Cote de Jouan, Cote de Léchet, Cote de Vaubarousse, Beuaroy (Troesmes, Côte de Savant), Berdiot, Chaume de Talvat, Four Chame (Côte de Fontenay, L'Homme Mort, Vaulorent, Vaupulent), Les Fourneaux (Cote-des-Prés Girots, Morein), Les Beauregard (Cote de Cuissy), Landes et Verjuts, Mont de Milieu, Montee de Tonnerre (Chapelot, Cote de Bréchain, Pied d'Aloup) Montmains (Butteaux, Forets), Vaillons (Beugnons, Chestnut, Epinottes Les, Les Lys, Mélinots, Roncières, Secher), Vaucoupin, Vau de Vey (Vaux Ragons, and Vau Ligneau Vosgros (Vaugiraut) . The total area is 750 hectares in 15 municipalities (not the church itself Chablis) and delivers about 30% of production.
Chablis: The AC includes a very large area of approximately 2,300 hectares. It may not be listed on the label position. These wines make up about 60% of production. In good vintages, this can be an excellent, classic Chablis.
Petit Chablis: These are the wines from the lesser soils and positions, which are for the most part in the AC Chablis. Than 1,800 hectares of vineyards are defined, but from those currently used only 200th There are efforts to change the name or something trivializing this class at all to discontinue.
Well-known producers of Grand Cru and / or Premier Crus are Domaine Barat Bichot (Domaine Long-Depaquit), Billaud-Simon, Pascal Bouchard Chablis La, Cobois Michel, Jean Collet, Jean Dauvissat, René & Vincent Dauvissat, Defaix Jean, Jean-Paul Droin, Joseph Drouhin Gérard Duplessis, Domaine Marcel Duplessis, William Fèvre Domaine de la Maladière, Château Grenouille, Jean-Pierre Grossot, Michel Laroche of Domaine Malandes, Domaine des Maronniers, Domaine de Meulière, J. Moreau & Fils, Sylvain Mosnier, Gilbert, whose idea Domaine Pinson, Jean-Marie Ravenau, Guy Robin, Philippe Testut, Jean-Marie Raveneau, Chateau de Viviers, Robert & Fils and Domaine Vocoret Vocret.
All this contributed to the fact that the mid-1950s, only 500 hectares were planted. From the early 1960s, attempts were made to combat it successfully with various measures. The vines are covered with ice with water spray to protect them from the frost, and it can also be used with oil fired furnaces and windmills. Today there are again close to 4,300 hectares in Chablis and a further 19 places. The pale yellow wine with greenish sheen is sorted from the Chardonnay grape variety (in this case it is called Beaunoise) developed dry. He has a typical mineral bouquet of flint (Fr. term "pierre à fusil de Goût") and in spite of strong acid taste sweet and fruity, which is due to the prevailing clay and limestone soil. Traditionally, the wine is aged in steel tanks or concrete tanks, but many manufacturers are increasingly pushing the aging in oak. Most wines today through Malolactic fermentation . A top-Chablis is stored for decades. There are four quality classes and appellations (see also Burgundy classification ):
Chablis Grand Cru: These are the wines from the seven top positions, all located on a hillside north of the town of Chablis. These are the best current Blanchot (12 ha), Bougros (12 ha), Grenouille, Les Clos (27 ha), Les Preuses (11 ha), Valmur (13 ha) and Vaudésir (14 ha). Another vineyard called La Moutonne Although it is not done as Grand Cru, but must give the protected name on the label, because 2.3 acres of which lie in two layers and Les Vaudésir Preuses. A classification as a separate Grand Cru but was once considered, but it is not done until today. The approximately 100 hectares of vineyards make up only 5% of Chablis production.
Premier Cru: These wines may be either the name of a total of 40 individual documents or the name of a so-called group lead position on the label. Mainly the latter more uses, these are (in brackets the documents, which may lead the general term): Cote de Jouan, Cote de Léchet, Cote de Vaubarousse, Beuaroy (Troesmes, Côte de Savant), Berdiot, Chaume de Talvat, Four Chame (Côte de Fontenay, L'Homme Mort, Vaulorent, Vaupulent), Les Fourneaux (Cote-des-Prés Girots, Morein), Les Beauregard (Cote de Cuissy), Landes et Verjuts, Mont de Milieu, Montee de Tonnerre (Chapelot, Cote de Bréchain, Pied d'Aloup) Montmains (Butteaux, Forets), Vaillons (Beugnons, Chestnut, Epinottes Les, Les Lys, Mélinots, Roncières, Secher), Vaucoupin, Vau de Vey (Vaux Ragons, and Vau Ligneau Vosgros (Vaugiraut) . The total area is 750 hectares in 15 municipalities (not the church itself Chablis) and delivers about 30% of production.
Chablis: The AC includes a very large area of approximately 2,300 hectares. It may not be listed on the label position. These wines make up about 60% of production. In good vintages, this can be an excellent, classic Chablis.
Petit Chablis: These are the wines from the lesser soils and positions, which are for the most part in the AC Chablis. Than 1,800 hectares of vineyards are defined, but from those currently used only 200th There are efforts to change the name or something trivializing this class at all to discontinue.
Well-known producers of Grand Cru and / or Premier Crus are Domaine Barat Bichot (Domaine Long-Depaquit), Billaud-Simon, Pascal Bouchard Chablis La, Cobois Michel, Jean Collet, Jean Dauvissat, René & Vincent Dauvissat, Defaix Jean, Jean-Paul Droin, Joseph Drouhin Gérard Duplessis, Domaine Marcel Duplessis, William Fèvre Domaine de la Maladière, Château Grenouille, Jean-Pierre Grossot, Michel Laroche of Domaine Malandes, Domaine des Maronniers, Domaine de Meulière, J. Moreau & Fils, Sylvain Mosnier, Gilbert, whose idea Domaine Pinson, Jean-Marie Ravenau, Guy Robin, Philippe Testut, Jean-Marie Raveneau, Chateau de Viviers, Robert & Fils and Domaine Vocoret Vocret.