Top 100 wines of Chablis Premier Cru

Discover the top 100 best wines of Chablis Premier Cru of Chablis as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Chablis Premier Cru and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Chablis Premier Cru

The wine region of Chablis Premier Cru is located in the region of Chablis of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Albert Pic or the Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard produce mainly wines white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Chablis Premier Cru are Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Chablis Premier Cru often reveals types of flavors of citrus, banana or seashell and sometimes also flavors of lemon curd, acacia or yellow apple.

In the mouth of Chablis Premier Cru is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 152 estates and châteaux in the of Chablis Premier Cru, producing 269 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Chablis Premier Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Chablis Premier Cru

wines from the region of Chablis Premier Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of rabbit socks in gibelotte, salmon pizza or scallops with cream.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Chablis Premier Cru

On the nose in the region of Chablis Premier Cru often reveals types of flavors of cream, acacia or lychee and sometimes also flavors of mango, hay or perfume. In the mouth in the region of Chablis Premier Cru is a powerful with a nice freshness.

News from the vineyard of Chablis Premier Cru

Christie’s 2021 DWWA charity wine auction sets new record

A total of £72,600 was raised from 79 lots at the sixteenth DWWA wine auction hosted by Christie’s on 2 December – beating a record set in 2018. This total excludes Christie’s buyer’s premium. All proceeds will be added to funds raised by Decanter throughout the DWWA this year. Charities supported include The Drinks Trust, WaterAid, Cancer Research UK, Change Please, Decanter Apprenticeships and more. Over the past 12 months, Decanter has donated in excess of £100,000 to these charities. T ...

Chablis wines with Joe Fattorini in The Wine Show @Home

In this first episode of a series dedicated to Chablis wines on @The Wine Show @Home, wine expert and TV host Joe Fattorini introduces the vineyards and the wines of Chablis through a tasting of three wines: a Petit Chablis, a Chablis and a Chablis Premier Cru. #PureChablis #BourgogneWines #Chablis ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...