Top 100 white wines of Chablis Premier Cru - Page 2

Discover the top 100 best white wines of Chablis Premier Cru of Chablis as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the white 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 white wine of Chablis Premier Cru

white 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 tomatoes stuffed with sausage meat, salmon carpaccio with pink berries and shallots or violet omelette.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Chablis Premier Cru

On the nose in the region of Chablis Premier Cru often reveals types of flavors of minerality, red fruit or slate and sometimes also flavors of yeast, honeysuckle or white peach. 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

Andrew Jefford: ‘Telling stories about terroir will lead us astray’

A domaine’s long history hoists its inanimate wines into life; biography brings meaning to the simple sensual pleasure of tasting a grower’s efforts. It’s important, though, to know what we are doing when we tell stories. And to know what to tell them about. Winemakers take the messy chaos of natural processes and add discipline, giving shape and direction to produce a stable and enticing wine. This was never nature’s intent. The storyteller takes a messy chaos of random events, either imagined ...

Parts of Pouilly-Loché and Pouilly-Vinzelles set to obtain premier cru status

French national appellation authority (INAO) representative Alexis Sannier told decanter.com that a committee had ‘validated’ in September their ‘admissibility as premier cru climats and commissioned a group of experts to determine their delimitation’. Official recognition for 2024 ‘seems realistic’, he said. The request for the four climats – Les Mûres in Pouilly-Loché and Les Quarts, Les Longeays, and Les Pétaux in Pouilly-Vinzelles, which account for about one-third of 84 hectares from the tw ...

My life and job as a personal wine consultant

Tongue firmly in cheek, I sometimes define ‘wine consultant’ as ‘someone lacking employment who will work for whoever pays them’. Although meant in jest, the implied question is valid: just what does a wine consultant do? More importantly, in this age, when every assistant in a retail shop styles him- or herself a sales consultant, who would hire one? The short answer is this: a wine consultant is someone who advises wine lovers about their passion. He or she advises buyers on what to buy (and a ...

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