Chablis Grand Cru AOC represents the quality peak in the Chablis region. It covers seven named sites or climats located on the best exposed slopes on the right back of the Chablis region, and north of the town of Chablis itself. Originally five grands crus were ratified in 1919, namely Blanchot, Les Clos, Grenouilles, Valmur, and Vaudésir. In 1938 the total increased to seven with the addition of Preuses and Bougros. Jasper Morris (2007) points out that the Chablis Grand Cru AOC covers all seven vineyards, in contrast to Burgundy’s Côte d’Or where each Grand Cru vineyard is an appellation in its own right (Corton excepted). This means the appellation can be followed by the name of the climat from which the wine originates. 

Terroir: The Grands Crus face south-west on gently undulating terrain on calcareous Kimmeridgian soil.

Vineyard area & Wine production: 2002: 5,164hl from 5,184ha (Guide Hachette: 2004, p.458). | 2017 103ha (1% of the Chablis region’s production).

Wineries

No certification: Droin.

Bibliography

Jasper Morris MW., ‘Grand Cru Chablis – Among the Oyster Shells’, World of Fine Wine 18/2007 p.204-210.

Katrina Alloway, ‘Talk the Chalk,’ Wine Magazine August 2001, p.62

Rosemary George MW, The wines of Chablis and the Grand Auxerrois, (Segrave Foulkes, 2007), p.40-41