Category | Grand Cru appellation since 13/01/1938 There is one single appellation – Chablis Grand Cru – the individual climats do not have individual/seperate AOCs. |
Commune(s) of production | Yonne. 1 commune: Chablis |
Climats classed as grand cru | There are seven official grand cru climats. An eigth ‘climat’ exists which takes the grand cru label: The seven are: Blanchot 12.7 ha, Bougros 15 ha, Grenouilles 9.4 ha, Les Clos 25.9 ha, Preuses 10.8 ha, Valmur 10.5 ha, Vaudésir 15.4 ha The eight is La Moutonne (fully owned by Albert Bichot’s Domaine Long-Depaquit), a 2.35 ha parcel that straddles mainly Vaudésir and a little Preuses; granted the right by the INAO to use the name ‘La Moutonne’ instead of Vaudésir in 1952 – but curiously never officially recognized as a grand cru climat by publication in the INAO’s Official Journal. |
Colours and grape varieties | White: chardonnay (Beaunoise as sometimes called in the region) |
Potential area of production | 100.12 hectares |
Maximum yield per hectare | White: 54 hl |
2018 crop | 5,418 hectolitres |
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Source: BIVB