FR: Chablis + Yonne Flashcards

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French word for smudgepots

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bougies

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Frost prevention in Chablis

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Water aspersion + chauferrettes are favored/classic methods
* heating cables (Fevre uses them in GC vineyard)

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Forêts

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A favored part of Montmains
* (Left Bank)
* 75% under its own name vs the larger 1er Cru
* V Dauvissat = Forest
* Vocoret, L. Michel, Moreau-Naudet, Bessin, Pinson, Raveneau

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Fourchaume

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Right Bank; northern extension of grand crus
* mostly SW
* L’Homme Mort, Vaupulent, Valurent, Cote de Fontenay

Fevre, Dampt, Pinson

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Les Lys

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Chablis Premier Cru
*Left Bank; sub-section of Vaillons
*Dampt, Defaix

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Monts de Milieu

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Right Bank; top Premier Cru
*faces due south
* Pinson, Billaud-Simon, Fevre, Vocoret, Guy Robin

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Montée de Tonnerre

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SW-facing; Fyé. Separated from Blanchots by a small valley
* Les Chapelots is an important subplot

6ha on its own - 40+ when counting the neighbors under the name

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Butteaux

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Chablis Premier Cru; Left Bank
Sub of Montmains
* Pattes Loup, Raveneau, Collet

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Montmains

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Chablis Premier Cru; Left Bank
* SE-facing
* Foret, Butteaux are important sections often bottled under their own names
* smectite (blue clay) like Petrus/Cheval Blanc

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Vaillons

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Chablis Premier Cru; Left Bank
* Les Lys is an important subplot
* 15ha on its own - 120+ with all the inclusions

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Vaucoupin

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Right Bank; Premier Cru in Chichée
* steep south-facing
* Gilbert Picq, Servin, JP B Droin

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Vau de Vey

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Premier Cru; Right Bank
* faces east with a hint of south (late ripening, loses the sun in the evening)
* Laroche, Lavantureux, de Moor

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Vaulorent

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Exceptional Premier Cru; Right Bank
* sub of Fourchaume; almost right next to Presses
* William Fevre, N&G Fevre, La Chablisienne

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Kimmeridgian vs Portlandian soils

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Kim: upper Jurassic. Crumbly chalky marl, exogyra virgula (oyster shell fossils), more porous

Portlandian: harder cap rock, less clay, not so many fossils, younger and the soils atop are sandier and thinner

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15
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Chablis min. ABV

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9.5% Petit Chablis
10% for regular AC
10.5% for premier cru
11% for Grand Cru

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Chablis max. yields

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60hl/ha for regular AC
54 hl/ha for Grand Cru

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Chablis Grand Cru aspect

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South/Southwest-facing - forming an arc around the Right Bank of the Serein River
* Blanchot is the anomaly that faces SE
* lots of afternoon light, protection from cold northerly winds

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18
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Union des Grands Crus de Chablis

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Rules:
- 8k vines/ha
- organic fertilizers
- manual harvest
- GC/vintage on cork or cap
- earliest release Jan 1 of year 2

Collet, JM Brocard, Dampt, Drouhin-Vaudon, William Fevre

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Les Clos

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Chablis #1 Grand Cru
* biggest and best (28.39ha)
* SW exposure, very uniform

William Fevre (largest holding), L. Moreau, C. Moreau, Pinson, Raveneau, Samuel Billaud

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Grenouilles

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La Chablisienne owns most of it
Chablis Grand Cru

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La Moutonne

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“unofficial” 8th Grand Cru
*monopole of Domaine Long-Depaquit
*sits within Vaudesir with a small slice in Preuses
* 2.35ha

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Preuses

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Chablis Grand Cru
* deep soils, fractured rock formation for solid drainage
* William Fevre, Dampt, Brocard
* 11.43ha

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Valmur

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Chablis Grand Cru
* small enclosed valley - heat trap but easy target for cold and frost. North and south facing flank. More clay - hefty wines
* Raveneau, Guy Robin
* Vallemeur = valley of the brambles

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Vaudesir

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2nd best Grand Cru
Enclosed valley - good heat trap
* Long-Depaquit’s La Moutonne sits within

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Bougros

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Chablis Grand Cru
* Fevre and Laroche label as Bougeurots. There’s a better sector - the one Fevre labels as Cote de Bougerots

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Blanchot

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Chablis Grand Cru
* the anomaly - faces SE
* cooler site
* 12.39ha

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Chablis’ important Right Bank Premier Crus

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Berdiot
Fourchaume
Les Fournaux
Mont de Milieu
Montee de Tonnerre
Vaucopin

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Chablis’ important Left Bank Premier Crus

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Cote de Lechet
Montmains
Vau de Vey
Vosgros
Vaillons

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How many premier cru in Chablis?

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40 total, grouped into 17 main names

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Which 3 Chablis Premier Cru neighbor the Grand Cru’s

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Mont de Milieu
Montee de Tonnerre
Fourchaume

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2 most important Left Bank Chablis Premier Cru?

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Montmains
Vaillons

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2016 Chablis

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hail + frost = down 50%
good quality for what remains, classic style

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2017 Chablis

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bad frost year - remaining harvest was good quality
Acid vintage

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2018 Chablis

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Bumper crop, good yields, healthy fruit. A break from the misery.

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2019 Chablis

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Sunny, dry, minor frost

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2020 Chablis

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best year as of late - dry, very very sunny. 20 - 30% crop loss due to drought. Great quality

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2021 Chablis

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Horrible frost year. Cool season, classic vintage
*down 50%

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Irancy AC

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Yonne Dept
Pinot Noir + 10% comb Pinot Gris/Cesar

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Saint-Bris AC

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Yonne dept
Sauvignon Blanc/Gris

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Vezelay AC

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100% Chardonnay
Yonne dept

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Chablis avg sunlight/rain?

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1800 hours/year
25.5in/year

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Common vine training method in Chablis?

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Double Guyot
(Cordon de Royat also common)

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Lieux dit that can label as Montee de Tonnere

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Cote de Brechain
Pied aux Loups
Les Chapelots

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feuillettes

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traditional Chablis barrel - 132L; rare in actual production but remains the official unit of measurement for growers selling to negoce