![]() ![]() (The word “petit", meaning “little," is a sort of quality denotation, as if “Petit Chablis" were the little brother of greater Chablis wines. ![]() ![]() Petit Chablis, wines that deserve the Chablis name but lag behind others from the region because they're made from grapes grown on less-than-ideal soil or on north-facing slopes. The vineyards involved are often less steep or not so well oriented compared with those producing better-rated wines. Chablis, the appellation given to good-but-not-great wines that still benefit from Chablis terroir. Vau Ligneau, Vau de Vey and Côte de Léchet are narrow strips of land on steep, east-facing slopes to the west of the village of Milly Vosgros is a comma-shaped, west-facing vineyard on the northern part of a hill called Paradis, at an elevation of 590 to 689 feet (180 to 210 meters). Premier Cru, excellent wines from vineyards grown on favorably exposed slopes, scattered all around the area. The area produces some of the most complex, site-specific, and undeniably thirst-quenching bottles of white wine on the planet. Here, ranging in elevation from 443 to 722 feet (135 to 220 meters), you'll find the best vineyards of Chablis: Bougros, Les Preuses, Vaudésir, Grenquilles, Valmur, Les Clos and Blanchot. If you love crisp, refreshing white wines with ample amounts of lip-puckering acidity, then chardonnay from Chablis is just the wine for you. On Route de Tonnere, from the crossroad with D91 to the crossroad with Rue Blanchot it's about one mile (less than two kilometers). These come from vineyards north of the town of Chablis, on a steep slope facing south. Wines from Chablis are classified as follows: In recent years, the overall reputation of this region's wine has climbed, thanks to a rigid classification system that aimed at clearly stating a wine's origin - and, therefore, its quality - on the label, to preserve Chablis' good name. Cultivated acres significantly decreased (from roughly 100,000 acres in the whole Yonne départment at the end of 1800s to 10,000 acres nowadays in the Chablis region), but soil, climate and winemakers' expertise did not. Terroir in Chablis, however, didn't change. But the region fell victim to a phylloxera epidemic that damaged most of the vineyards. Until the nineteenth century, vineyards occupied a larger area around the small town of Chablis, on the Serein River about halfway between Dijon and Paris. In the Jurassic era, the sediment-enriched clay of the Chablis region began to form, and it's this clay that gives Chablis wine its unique elegance, freshness and complexity. Millions of years ago, the area around what's now the small town of Chablis was covered by sea. ![]()
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