Chablis
Characteristics of Chablis wine
Chablis wines are recognized as dry white wines. They are characterized by colors that combine greenish-gold and gray. This wine can also have emerald reflections. Highly prized for its acidity, it combines minerality, natural freshness and tension. Over time, a Chablis wine can develop spicy, exotic aromas and a golden color. Well-aged, some wines are described as more expressive and round at the same time. With its strong identity, Chablis wine has everything to seduce wine lovers.How is Chablis wine made?
Winemaking is a crucial stage that determines the quality of a wine. As for Chablis wines, vinification generally depends on the cuvée. For the Grands Crus, their cuvées are fermented in oak barrels to provide roundness and finesse. For other wines, particularly Petit Chablis, producers adopt tank-ageing or fermentation. This is the most popular winemaking method in Chablis.Chablis wines and their ageing potential
Several criteria determine the ageing capacity of this type of wine. These include Chablis appellationclimate and vintage. The wine's container can also influence its ageing capacity: the larger the container, the greater the ageing capacity (a magnum, for example, will keep longer than a standard bottle). In general, you can drink a Petit Chablis within two years of production. A Chablis can be drunk young. On the other hand, it can be kept for up to seven years. Chablis wines classified as "crus" are distinguished by their exceptional ageing potential. Premier Crus can be kept for over ten years. Chablis Grand Cru can be drunk for up to 25 years. Like all other vintage wines, this type of wine must be stored properly to guarantee its quality.The Chardonnay grape variety
Chablis white wines come in several appellations, including Petit Chablis, Chablis Premier Cru and Chablis Grand Cru, and are made from the Chardonnay grape. This grape draws its personality from old subsoil. It also ripens under the right conditions to ensure a good balance between freshness, minerality and sugar content. It should be pointed out, however, that the Chablis appellation is characterized by production areas and, of course, production conditions.Predictive terroir for AOC Chablis wines
The great Chablis vineyard is a prestigious and unique terroir. It is, however, well-divided to produce the four AOC Chablis. The vineyards of the premier crus and AOC Chablis are located on Exogyra virgula. Composed of marl, this terrain is also covered with pebbles. Grand Cru vineyards, on the other hand, are planted on clay-limestone soils, which give the wines their distinctive qualities.How to serve Chablis wines?
If you're thinking of buying Chablis wine, it's important to know how to pair it with food. This wine goes perfectly with poultry. Younger Chablis wines, such as Premier Cru white wines, go well with poached fish, goat's cheese and pressed cheeses. Today, a Chablis wine can be found in Japanese and Indian cuisine. It is also used as an aperitif. Last but not least, this wine can be paired with desserts to boost flavor.Appellation d'origine contrôlée Chablis benefits white Burgundy wines produced in some twenty communes around the town of Chablis in the Yonne department. The appellation was granted by decree in 1938. The Chablis vineyards occupy the slopes bordering the Serein valley. It's an undulating region whose summits are often wooded. The Chablis vineyard comprises 4 appellation levels: Chablis Grand Cru, Chablis Premier Cru, Chablis and Petit-Chablis.
The vineyards of Chablis and Chablis Premier Cru lies on a stony, clay-limestone soil, and belongs geologically to the Jurassic period, with the Kimmeridgian being the most represented stage. Summers are hot, winters long and harsh. Levels of sunshine and rainfall vary considerably from year to year, making the quality and quantity of each vintage extremely vulnerable.
Chablis wines and Chablis Premier Cru are made exclusively from the finest grapes. ChardonnayChablis is the only grape variety authorized to produce the vineyard's white wines. The reputation of Chablis wines is very high, and for many years Chablis has been synonymous with great dry white wines the world over.
Finally, the Chablis Grand Cru is divided into 7 climats with distinct personalities: Blanchot, Bougros, Les Clos, Grenouille, Les Preuses, Valmur and Vaudésir. The excellence of these terroirs is perfectly represented by houses such as the Domaine Billaud-Simonthe Domaine William Fèvre, La Chablisienne - Château Grenouilles or Long-Depaquit...
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Domaine de la Motte - Chablis Cuvée Vieilles Vignes 2023
4.4/5(5 avis)
91/100 James Suckling
Domaine de La Motte's Chablis Vieilles Vignes 2023 is intense and elegant. Its airy nose develops its fragrances with subtlety and balance. The palate offers magnificent amplitude, accompanied by a limpid minerality that gives way to a silky, fruity body. A cuvée that will undoubtedly enhance your meal today, or after a few years in the cellar.
Domaine Bernard Defaix - Chablis 1er Cru Côte de Léchet 2023
16/20 Bourgogne Aujourd'hui
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90-93/100 Burghound
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16,5/20 Jancis Robinson
This premier cru from the left bank of the Serein expresses all the minerality of the Chablis terroir: gunflint, salinity and very slight bitterness on the finish. "Ripe aromas of candied citrus, poached pear and shellfish, with a hint of wet stone. Beautifully textured on the palate, with excellent volume, power and minerality. A wine that deserves to be discovered. 90-93/Top quality/price" (Burghound 2024)
La Chablisienne - Chablis Grand Cru Château Grenouilles 2022
95/100 Decanter
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93/100 James Suckling
"The palate is very concentrated, but also very elegant. Stone-fruit characters combined with citrus acidity and some vigorous mineral notes on the finish add to the freshness. A very impressive example of Grenouilles with a great future ahead. Buy a case and keep it for at least five years. 2025-2034" (Decanter 2023)
La Chablisienne - Chablis Cuvée Spéciale 1923 Authenticité Garantie 2021
3/5(1 avis)
In 2023, to celebrate 100 years of excellence, La Chablisienne is launching a Chablis with the original, authentic label from the era of their first cuvées! A tribute cuvée that perfectly reflects the expertise of this famous institution.
Domaine Charly Nicolle - Chablis 1er Cru Les Fourneaux Ante MCMLXXX Vieilles Vignes 2022
4.4/5(5 avis)
1*Étoile Hachette
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93/100 Decanter
"Old vines and a slightly longer ageing period for this well-balanced cuvée. Freshness is a constant between the nose and the palate, with a pleasant finish on lemony notes." (Le Guide Hachette 2025)
Domaine Charly Nicolle - Chablis Ante MCMLXXX Vieilles Vignes 2022
4.2/5(4 avis)
2*Coup de Coeur Hachette
" One of the appellation's finest cuvées, made from vines planted before 1980. The seduction begins on the nose, where lemony, honeyed aromas are underlined by a slightly woody nuance. In the same aromatic register, the palate is full, rich and fat, with a lively finish. Power combined with finesse". (Le Guide Hachette 2025)
William Fèvre - Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses Domaine 2022
17,5/20 Jancis Robinson
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93-95/100 Inside Burgundy - Jasper Morris
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92-94/100 Vinous
"Vat sample. Intense aromas of fresh pears, pure and open. Deeply fruity midpalate, balanced by very good freshness. Persistent with excellent tension." (Jancis Robinson 2024)
William Fèvre - Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons 2022
16,5/20 Jancis Robinson
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92-94/100 Inside Burgundy - Jasper Morris
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92/100 Decanter
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90-92/100 Vinous
"Vat sample. Herbal and citrus aromas, again with plenty of stony Chablis minerality. More intense and a little riper on the palate than the Montmains. Deeper fruit. Round and more harmonious". (Jancis Robinson 2024)
La Manufacture - Chablis 1er Cru Vau Ligneau 2022
90/100 Vinous
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90/100 Decanter
"The 2022 Chablis Vau Ligneau 1er Cru "La Manufacture" has a straightforward nose, with scents of orchard fruit and lightly cut grass that gain in complexity with aeration. The palate is well-balanced, with lively acidity and numerous notes of orange pulp and tangerine. Not very complex, with good fruit concentration and sapidity on the finish. Finesse. Tasted blind at the BIVB tasting in Chablis". (Vinous 2024)
La Manufacture - Chablis (bio) 2022
4/5(1 avis)
2*Étoiles Hachette
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90/100 Decanter
"Benjamin Laroche has produced a remarkable organic Chablis, which benefits from mixed ageing (tank and barrel), with 25% of the harvest aged in demi-muids. A generous, delicate wine with a buttery yet lively nose and a mouth that's both round and mineral. All the terroir is in the bottle. A harmonious wine with good length. (Le Guide Hachette 2025)
Domaine de la Motte - Chablis 1er Cru Vau-Ligneau 2023
92/100 James Suckling
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92/100 Decanter
This 1er Cru from Domaine de la Motte is a wine of great subtlety. Its nose is harmonious, airy and perfectly balanced. Its fine, flinty aromas, typical of its white clay terroir, and its superb length on the palate, make Vau-Ligneau a wine for laying down, whose watchword is "elegance".
William Fèvre - Chablis Domaine 2022
3.3/5(3 avis)
93/100 Decanter
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16/20 Jancis Robinson
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91/100 RVF
"Ripe fruit, with almost a touch of pineapple softened by stony citrus. Dry, dense, firm. Nice balance between ripe fruit and freshness, with a nicely chalky finish." (Jancis Robinson 2024)
William Fèvre - Chablis 1er Cru Vaulorent Domaine 2019
96/100 Bettane & Desseauve
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95/100 Coup de Cœur RVF
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94+/100 Robert Parker
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93/100 James Suckling
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16,5/20 Jancis Robinson
"Big substance, fullness on the palate, power and concentration, a dense, tasty, spicy juice that is gradually giving itself away, but which is best waited for in bottle." (Le Guide Bettane + Desseauve)
Domaine Grossot - Chablis 2022
4/5(6 avis)
90/100 RVF
Slightly spicy, the nose of this Chablis offers citrus and green apple aromas. Fine and fresh, the palate is taut and precise, carried by minerality with lemony notes and good length.
Domaine Louis Michel et Fils - Chablis Grand Cru Vaudésir 2022
93-95/100 Vinous
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93/100 Decanter
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92-95/100 Inside Burgundy - Jasper Morris
"The bouquet is balanced and concentrated, with notes of white peach and praline infusing the mineral scents. Very restrained and discreet at first, it then gains in intensity. The palate is well-balanced, with notes of tart marmalade and quince, good depth and cohesion, halfway between classicism and the generous, almost tropical nature of the 2022 vintage. Highly recommended" (Vinous 2023)