Winery Chais et Crus - Chablis Premier Cru 'Fourchaume'

Winery Chais et CrusChablis Premier Cru 'Fourchaume'

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Chablis Premier Cru 'Fourchaume' of Winery Chais et Crus is a white wine from the region of Chablis 1er Cru 'Fourchaume' of Burgundy.
This wine generally goes well with pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.

Details and technical informations about Winery Chais et Crus's Chablis Premier Cru 'Fourchaume'.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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.

Informations about the Winery Chais et Crus

The winery offers 9 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Chablis 1er Cru 'Fourchaume' in the region of Burgundy

The Winery Chais et Crus is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Chablis 1er Cru 'Fourchaume' to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Burgundy
In the top 150000 of of France wines
In the top 30000 of of Chablis 1er Cru 'Fourchaume' wines
In the top 150000 of white wines
In the top 500000 wines of the world

The wine region of Chablis 1er Cru 'Fourchaume'

The wine region of Chablis 1er Cru 'Fourchaume' is located in the region of Chablis Premier Cru of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine L. Chatelain or the Domaine Jean-Claude Bessin produce mainly wines white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Chablis 1er Cru 'Fourchaume' are Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety.


The wine region of Burgundy

Bourgogne is the catch-all regional appellation title of the Burgundy wine region in eastern France ("Bourgogne" is the French name for Burgundy). Burgundy has a Complex and comprehensive appellation system; counting Premier Cru and Grand Cru titles, the region has over 700 appellation titles for its wines. Thus, Burgundy wines often come from one Vineyard (or several separate vineyards) without an appellation title specific to the region, Village or even vineyard. A standard Burgundy wine may be made from grapes grown in one or more of Burgundy's 300 communes.

News related to this wine

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 ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘I disregard yield information – trust what you taste instead’

I was with some wine students in Chablis, visiting the affable Guillaume Michel of Domaine Louis Michel. The 2018 vintage in Chablis was prolific, though Guillaume’s team pruned the vines as hard as normal. Guillaume has a little more than a half-hectare of the smallest of the grands crus, Grenouilles (8.74ha in production in 2018, most of which is controlled by the cooperative La Chablisienne): delicious in 2018. And, after a year’s pruning and vine-tending, after hand-harvesting and scrupulous ...

Top Burgundy wines: 18 to try from Decanter World Wine Awards

The patchwork of Burgundy‘s landscape, varied appellations and associated terroirs is as complex as it is enticing. Home of internationally renowned Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, Burgundian wines are often regarded as the global benchmark for these varieties, with Old and New World styles habitually compared and contrasted. Famed for its Premier and Grand Cru wines and centuries of winemaking tradition, Burgundy is known to produce some of the most expensive wines in the world, but its also a ...

The word of the wine: Carpentry

A powerful red wine with a dense, rich body and a tight tannic structure.

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