Chablis
Styles
Principal grape varieties
Terroir
Natural factors
- Soils on Kimmeridgian bedrock ('Marnes à exogyra virgula'): argillaceous limestones rich in small comma-shaped fossilised oysters.
- Soils consistently calcareous, thin and very stony, well drained; more clayey on the marly escarpment slope.
- Cuesta 'Côte des Bars': limestone scarp in Calcaire du Barrois (Tithonian) above a marly slope, with a drop of 120 to 130 m and a maximum elevation of 320 m.
- Oceanic climate with continental tendencies: 650 mm/year, mean annual temperature 10.8 °C, high risk of spring frosts aggravated by the enclosed topography.
- 17 communes in the département of the Yonne, in the lateral valleys of the Serein (a tributary of the Yonne), east of Auxerre.
Human factors
- Single variety: Chardonnay, trained using the traditional 'taille Chablis' pruning method adapted to the challenging climatic conditions.
- Viticulture attested as early as 510 CE; the AOC was framed by court rulings from 1920 to 1932 and formally recognised as an AOC in 1938.
Product characteristics
- Dry white wine, lively, fruity and mineral; gains in complexity and finesse with age, with acidity and minerality ensuring a persistent freshness of character.
- The Premiers Crus are age-worthy wines that reach their peak after 8 to 10 years of cellaring.
Terroir / wine link
- The lively, mineral character is attributed explicitly to the cool oceanic climate, further nuanced by mesoclimatic influences arising from the complex topography.
Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.
Dénominations géographiques complémentaires
- Chablis premier cru AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Beauroy AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Berdiot AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Beugnons AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Butteaux AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Chapelot AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Chatains AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Chaume de Talvat AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Côte de Bréchain AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Côte de Cuisy AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Côte de Fontenay AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Côte de Jouan AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Côte de Léchet AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Côte de Savant AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Côte de Vaubarousse AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Côte des Prés-Girots AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Forêts AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Fourchaume AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru L'Homme Mort AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Les Beauregards AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Les Epinottes AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Les Fourneaux AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Les Lys AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Mont de Milieu AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Montmains AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Montée de Tonnerre AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Morein AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Mélinots AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Pied d'Aloup AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Roncières AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Sécher AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Troesmes AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Vaillons AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Vau de Vey AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Vau Ligneau AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Vaucoupin AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Vaugiraut AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Vaulorent AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Vaupulent AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Vaux Ragons AOC (PDO)
- Chablis premier cru Vosgros AOC (PDO)