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The Chablis region is the northernmost
wine district of the Burgundy region in
France.
The grapevines around the town of Chablis are almost all
Chardonnay,
making a dry white wine renowned for the purity of its aroma and
taste.
The northern location
(48°N) means that Chablis wines have more acidity and less fruity
flavours than Chardonnay wines grown in warmer climates, but their
pure, minerally style has great elegance. They often have a "flinty"
note, sometimes described as "goût de pierre à fusil" (gunflint) and
sometimes as "steely".
In comparison to the white wines from the rest of Burgundy, Chablis
has on average much less influence of oak. Much Chablis is completely
unoaked, and vinified in steel tanks. The amount of barrel maturation,
if any, is a stylistic choice which varies widely between Chablis
producers. Many Grand Cru and some Premier Cru wines receive some
maturation in oak barrels, but typically the time in barrel and the
proportion of new barrels is much smaller than for white wines of Côte
de Beaune.
Chardonnay
is known locally as "Beaunois", "the vine from Beaune". |