FR: Chablis + Yonne Flashcards
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French word for smudgepots
bougies
Frost prevention in Chablis
Water aspersion + chauferrettes are favored/classic methods
* heating cables (Fevre uses them in GC vineyard)
Forêts
- location
- 3 producders?
Chablis 1er Cru - favored part of Montmains, located on Left Bank.
- 75% under its own name vs the larger 1er Cru
- V Dauvissat = Forest
- Vocoret, L. Michel, Moreau-Naudet, Bessin, Pinson, Raveneau
Fourchaume
- location
- exposure
- name 3 climats
- 3 producers?
Right Bank; northern extension of grand crus. 130ha
- EXPOSURE: W / SW (early ripening)
- SOILS: brown clay, lightly stony
- CLIMATS: L’Homme Mort, Vaupulent, Vaulorent, Cote de Fontenay
William Fevre, Vincent Dampt, Domaine Pinson
Domaine Laroche, Roland Lavantereux
Les Lys
- location
- exposure
- producers
Climat of Vaillons; Chablis Premier Cru (Left Bank)
EXPOSURE: N / NE
Daniel Dampt
Daniel-Etienne Defaix
Albert Bichot
Monts de Milieu
- location
- exposure
- 3 producers?
Right Bank; top Premier Cru
no climats
EXPOSURE: S / SE - facing Serein Valley, which is relatively wide here so the 44ha of Milieu is open, airy, and sundrenched. Woods protect it from northerly winds.
Domaine Pinson
Billaud-Simon
William Fevre
Vocoret
Guy Robin
Montée de Tonnerre
- location/exposure
- climats (3)
- 3 producers?
Left Bank. Fyé; sits across a small valley from Blanchots, just west of Monts de Milieu
- EXPOSURE: W / SW.
- LIEUX-DIT: Chapelot, Côte de Bréchain and Pied d’Aloup (6ha on its own; 44 when counting these 3)
PRODUCERS
William Fevre
Alain Gautheron
Samuel Billaud
Patrick Piuze
Louis Jadot
Francois Raveneau
Butteaux
- location
- producers
Chablis Premier Cru
Sub of Montmains (alongside Foret)
Pattes Loup
Raveneau
Collet
Patrick Piuze
Louis Michel
Montmains
- where
- important climats
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
Vaillons
- where
- important climats
- name 5 producers
Chablis Premier Cru; Left Bank. 15ha on its own, 120 counting the sub-climats
* SUBS: Les Lys, Roncieres, Beugnons, Chatains, Epinottes, Melinots, Secher
* 15ha on its own - 120+ with all the inclusions
Francois Raveneau
Vincent Dauvissat
Guy Robin
Patrick Piuze
William Fevre
Domaine Laroche
Vaucoupin
- where
- producers
Right Bank; Premier Cru in Chichée
Exceptionally steep S-facing exposure. Style of wines suggest a cooler site.
Alain Gautheron
Gilbert Picq
Domaine Oudin
Domaine Guegen
Vaulorent
- location
- producers
Exceptional Premier Cru; Right Bank
WHERE: sub of Fourchaume; almost right next to Preuses. Higher clay content than the other climats.
La Chablisienne
William Fevre
N&G Fevre
Benoit Droin
Kimmeridgian vs Portlandian soils
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
Chablis min. ABV
9.5% Petit Chablis
10% for regular AC
10.5% for premier cru
11% for Grand Cru
Chablis max. yields
60hl/ha for regular AC
54 hl/ha for Grand Cru
Chablis Grand Cru aspect
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
Union des Grands Crus de Chablis
- rules
- members
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
Les Clos
- exposure
- name 3 producers
Chablis #1 Grand Cru
* biggest and best (28.39ha)
* SW exposure, very uniform
William Fevre (largest holding)
Raveneau
Guy Robin
Vocoret
L. Moreau
C. Moreau
Pinson
Samuel Billaud
Grenouilles
- lay of the land
- biggest landholder
TERRAIN: Smallest of the 7, sandwiched between Valmur and Vaudesir. Rises steeply from valley floor before flattening out - 2 microclimates = varying expressions
La Chablisienne owns most of it
Chablis Grand Cru
La Moutonne
- where
- ownership
“unofficial” 8th Grand Cru - located (mostly) within Vaudesir with a sliver in Les Preuses
- 2.35ha
- monopole of Domaine Long-Depaquit (Albert Bichot)
- mostly S-facing with some SE
Les Preuses
Chablis Grand Cru.
- TERRAIN: Most of it sits above Bougros. Gentle slope with deeper topsoils… fractured rock formation for solid drainage
- 11.43ha
William Fevre
Vincent Dauvissat
La Chablisienne
Billaud-Simon
Jean-Marc Brocard
Valmur
- location/terrain
- producers
Chablis Grand Cru. Forms a wedge between Grenouilles and Les Close.
- TERRAIN: small enclosed valley - heat trap but easy target for cold and frost. North and south facing flank. More clay - hefty wines
* Vallemeur = valley of the brambles
Guy Robin
Raveneau
Louis Moreau
Vocoret
Jean Collet
William Fevre
Vaudesir
- lay of the land
- producers
TERRAIN: sits in a E-W valley, shaped like an ampitheater (like Valmur). 1/2 of vines face S, 1/2 face SW. Enclosed valley - good heat trap.
* Long-Depaquit’s La Moutonne sits within
Besson, Droin, Billaud-Simon –> plots on both sides of valley
William Fevre
Louis Michel
Louis Moreau
Guy Robin
Bougros
- lay of the land
- producers
Chablis Grand Cru. The NW bookend of the GCs. Along with neighbor Les Preuses, was added to list of GCs 3 years after the other 5.
* Fevre and Laroche label as Bougeurots. There’s a better sector - the one Fevre labels as Cote de Bougerots
William Fevre
Guy Robin
Domaine Laroche
