AOC/AOP Regulations
Département
- Yonne
Communes of Production
- Chablis
Styles and Encépagement
- Blanc: 100% Chardonnay
Minimum Potential Alcohol
- 11%
Minimum Must Weights
- 178 g/l (170 g/l prior to 2011)
Maximum Residual Sugar
- 4 g/l
Minimum Planting Density
- 5,500 vines per hectare
Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)
- 54 hl/ha
Primary Soil Type
- Kimmeridgian marl
AOC Established
- 1938 (last updated 2011)
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Grand Cru Vineyards of Chablis (7)
Vineyard | Size** | Major Producers | Notes |
Blanchot | 12.68 ha | Domaine Laroche, Vocoret, La Chablisienne, Long-Depaquit, François Servin, François Raveneau | Unlike the other grand cru climats, Blanchot has a southeast exposure, facing the premier cru Montée de Tonnerre. |
Bougros | 15.07 ha | William Fèvre (two bottlings: „Bougros“ and „Côte Bouguerots“), Domaine du Colombier, Guy Robin, François Servin | Bougros was not originally classified as grand cru in 1935; it was added in 1938 as part of the final AOC legislation. |
Grenouilles | 9.38 ha | La Chablisienne (Château de Grenouilles), Philippe Testut, Benoît Droin, Louis Michel | La Chablisienne owns 7.20 ha of this low-lying vineyard near the River Serein, named for the grenouilles, or „frogs,“ that likely make it their home. |
Les Clos | 25.87 ha | William Fèvre, Louis Moreau, Christian Moreau (both Moreau estates produce two bottlings: Les Clos and „Clos des Hospices dans le Clos“), Pinson, Drouhin-Vaudon, Vocoret, Vincent Dauvissat, Benoît Droin, François Servin, François Raveneau, Billaud-Simon, Louis Michel | This climat, which dates to at least 1417, is unanimously considered the top vineyard in Chablis. No walls stand today. |
Preuses | 10.81 ha | La Chablisienne, Vincent Dauvissat, Jean et Sébastien Dauvissat, Billaud-Simon | Like Bougros, Preuses was not originally classified as grand cru in 1935; it was added in 1938 as part of the final AOC legislation. 0.11 hectares of Long-Depaquit’s „La Moutonne“ monopole lie within Preuses. Spelled „Perreuse“ in the 1500s, the vineyard name derives from pierre, or „stone.“ |
Valmur | 10.55 ha | Jean-Claude Bessin, Guy Robin, Christian Moreau, François Raveneau | This vineyard dates to the 1200s, when it was known as Vallemeur, the valley of brambles. It sits in a small, enclosed valley in the center of the grand cru hillside. With little wind and airflow, it acts as a heat trap in the summertime, and an easy target for cold and frost in the winter and spring. |
Vaudésir | 15.43 ha | Christian Moreau, Alain Besson, Gérard Tremblay, Louis Michel | Many critics posit Vaudésir as the second-best grand cru, after Les Clos. Most of Domaine Long-Depaquit’s 2.35-ha monopole „La Moutonne“ is within Vaudésir. |