Appellations
Village · Chablis
Chablis
white · 3300
A hundred kilometres from the Côte d'Or, on fossil-oyster marl, in a frost-prone pocket.
Under the vines
Kimmeridgian marl on the slopes; younger Portlandian limestone on the plateau carries Petit Chablis.
In the glass
Tense, saline and citrus-driven, with far more ripeness now than the old stereotype allows.
Why it sits here
Spring frost has destroyed large parts of the crop repeatedly, which is why the vineyards are strung with sprinklers.
Commonly misread
That Petit Chablis is young-vine Chablis. It is different rock, on the plateau above.
Names worth knowing
Raveneau, Dauvissat, William Fèvre, Louis Michel, Patrick Piuze