Chablis #2

Question 1

Chablis

3 AOPs

Answer 1

• 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

Question 2

Chablis

7 Grand Crus

Answer 2

• Bougros
• Les Preuses
• Vaudésir
• Les Grenouilles
• Valmur
• Les Clos
• Blanchot

Question 4

Petit Chablis

min. abv

Answer 4

9.5% abv - Petit Chablis

_vs.

• _{10% abv - Chablis}
• _{​​10.5% abv - Chablis ‘Premier Cru’}
• _{11% abv - Chablis Grand Cru}

Question 5

Chablis

4 notable premier cru vineyards

Answer 5

• Mont de Milieu
• Montee Tonnerre
• Fourchaume
• Montmains

all have similar prized southern exposure

Question 6

Chablis Grand Cru

min. abv

Answer 6

11% abv - Chablis Grand Cru

_vs.

• _{9.5% abv - Petit Chablis}
• _{10% abv - Chablis}
• _{10.5% abv - Chablis ‘Premier Cru’}

Question 9

Irancy AOP

Answer 9

• 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

Question 10

Chablis

Unofficial 8th Grand Cru

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Chablis 1er Cru

Answer 11

• 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)

Question 12

Chablis

17 “Major” 1er Crus

(10 North right bank, 7 South left bank)

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Chablis

10 Left Bank 1er Crus

Answer 13

Left Bank - restrained

Beauroy

Chaume de Talvat

Côte de Léchet

Côte de Jouan

Les Beauregards

*Montmains

Vau de Vay

*Vaillons

Vosgros

Vau Ligneau

Question 14

Chablis

7 Right Bank 1er Crus

Answer 14

Right Bank - opulent, exotic

• Berdiot
• Côtes de Vaubarousse
• Fourchaume
• Les Forneaux
• Mont de Mileau
• *Montée de Tonnerre
• Vaucoupin

Question 18

Union des Grands Crus de Chablis

Answer 18

• 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

Question 19

Grand Cru Chablis

Size in ha

Answer 19

100 ha

• vs 785 ha 1er Cru Chablis

Question 21

Yonne

(Chablis and Grand Auxerrois)

Answer 21

• 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

Question 22

Chablis 1er Cru

Size in ha

Answer 22

785ha

(vs appx 100 ha GC)

• Two sets of additions in 1978 and 1986
• 40 named climats overall, grouped into 17 “major” 1er Cru

Question 23

A wine from the smaller, lesser known 1er Cru Côte de Bréchain is most likely to be labeled as what larger 1er Cru?

Answer 23

Montée de Tonnerre