Chablis
Usually defined as the Chardonnay coming from the cold, Chablis wine has been for years the reference model for the production of wines with this famous white grape ...
Chablis: Climate
This far north, frost remains a problem well into spring, and low temperatures in March and April will wreak havoc with a season's new, tender growth if left unprotected.
Chablis is a wine region in Burgundy, in the northwest, 200 km near Paris.
Chablis wine is made of Chardonnay grapes and is matured in steel containers, not like in oak as in the rest of Burgundy.
Chablis - The Chablis vineyard is situated in the North of Burgundy near the town of Auxerre in the Yonne department.
Chablis (shah-blee)
A small town in France that produces crisp dry Chardonnay. It is considered part of the Burgundy region due to similar soils and grape affinities, even though it is miles to the north west from the rest of Burgundy.
Chablis (shah-blee)
famous white wine village of northern Burgundy
Chai (shay)
ground-level warehouse in Bordeaux ...
Chablis. French region (part of Burgundy) making special, seafood-friendly wines from Chardonnay. Used in U.S. to mean "cheap, generic white." ...
Chablis
Chablis is a wine region in France, named after the village nearby.
Champagne
Champagne is a sparkling wine named after the region in France where it's produced.
Chablis: A town and wine region east of Paris known for steely, minerally Chardonnay.
Champagne: A denominated region northeast of Paris in which Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes are made into sparkling wine.
Chablis, France
Fine, fragrant wines with characters of minerals and intense fruit/apples/apricots and floral hints. Cool, deep and clean cut.
Chablis: A town and wine region in the northernmost sector of Burgundy (east of Paris) known for steely, minerally Chardonnay.
Chablis: White wine from the Chablis area of France. Made from Chardonnay grapes.
Chablis: A generic name used in America for common white table wines (especially blends containing more than one grape variety) throughout the 1800s and 1900s.
Chablis
The village of Chablis produces the white wine of the same name, one of the most famous in France. It is brisk, fruity, very dry and with a refreshing acidity. Chablis is grown on limestone.
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Chablis - (Shah-blee)
Excellent white wine made from Chardonnay grapes in the region of the same name in northern Burgundy. Long used as a generic term for "white wine" by makers of cheap American jug wines, a practice that is thankfully dying out.
Chablis / Muscadet / Alsace Sylvaner
Calmars Farcis (Stuffed Squid)
Mâcon-Villages / Première Cõtes de Bordeaux / Gaillac Rosé ...
Chablis produced potentially the best wines of the 90s. Mâconnais well-structured
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Chablis, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Fruity Whites, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Gris
55-75°
12-13% Medium ...
Also Known As: Chablis, White Burgundy
Common Misspellings: Chardonay Chardonnai
Examples: ...
feuillettA small Chablis barrel with a storage capacity between 114 and 132 liters. FiascoThe traditional straw-wrapped bottle of Chianti. filetteFrench for little girl, this word refers to a 375 millilitre wine bottle.
flinty: A flavour not unlike struck match and flint stone that can be found in some white wines, notably Chablis. Very high sulfur dioxide levels may contribute to this aroma.
Is occasionally misleadingly known as Pinot Chardonnay in the Mâcon and Chablis regions, ...
The Grand crus of Chablis are planted on hillsides composed of Kimmeridgian marl, limestone and chalk.
an invented synonym name for the benefit of Anglo/American consumers, reportedly derived from an earlier period when the variety was mistakenly considered to be a white mutation of Pinot Noir, and still used by some in the Mâcon and Chablis ...
The kicker is, if you see a bottle labeled "Chablis" it may not be a bottle of Chardonnay grapes from the Chablis region of France. What it might be is a bottle of Chardonnay grapes from another country.
Some white wines, such as a young Mersault or Chablis from France that are made to age, would probably benefit greatly by being decanted.
At the $35 price point the 2002 La Chablisiènne, Chablis Mont de Milieu averaged 92 points and earns a 29 percent QPR. At the $22 price point the 2002 Jean-Pierre Grossot, Chablis les Fourneaux averaged 90 points and earns a 30 percent QPR.
In the Chablis region of France, it is the only grape permitted and it renders a "crisp, flinty" wine. In the Meursault appellation, chardonnay takes on a lush, ripe, "fleshy", "buttery" quality.
The Chardonnay vine is widely planted in the Burgundy and Chablis regions. Hugely successful in many regions of the world due to its mid-season ripening and versatility.
The Chardonnay is also widely planted in the Burgundy and Chablis regions. There, as in the cooler regions of North America and California, the wine made from it is often aged in small oak barrels to produce strong flavors and aromas.
An inexpensive Chablis or rosé may be exactly what you love, even if Wine Snobbery Monthly panned the vintner, vineyard, and called it 'Kool-Aid', so drink that!
Keep in mind that not all great wines keep.
In the cool, northerly region of Chablis in France, the white wine can be steely and lean. Here it traditionally sees no oak, but that has been changing in recent years.
This is the grape likely responsible for opening America's eyes to the possibility of a wine other than "Chablis" or "Burgundy.
A noble white-wine grape grown in France, widely planted in the Burgundy, Chablis and Champagne regions of France, the Pacific Northwest, Australia and New Zealand. In the Champagne region it is known as the Pinot Chardonnay grape.
"Mountain Chablis" or "Hearty Burgundy"). Glen Ellen was one of the first to sell good quality Chardonnay and Cabernet for $4 to $6 per bottle.
- For wine produced in countries that have a distinct system of quality levels, the better the quality level of a wine within a category (for example, French Chablis (good), French Chablis Premier Cru (better), ...
It comprises the districts of Chablis (dry white wines), Côte d'Or (red and white), Beaujolais (red), and Mâcon (white and red). The white wines are made from Chardonnay or Aligoté, the reds from Pinot Noir or (in Beaujolais) Gamay.
Difficult-to-describe term that may reflect the "stony" character of Chablis or the trademark flavor of Chateau Haut-Brion, or the odd, almost gasoline-like character (see "petrol" and "diesel") of older Rieslings.
Mineral: Difficult-to-describe term that may reflect the "stony" character of Chablis. Associated with the minerals in the soil.
Mint: A specific flavor of mint, usually found only in subtle proportions. Often found in California Cabernets.
Flinty
Flinty usually describes dry white wines, such as chablis and sancerre, with an aroma of flint striking steel. This character is believed to come from the limestone soil in which the grapes were grown and is a positive attribute.
A "flinty" wine is said to recall gunflint. Wines from the Chablis and Sancerre appellations in France have always been associated with a flinty smell and taste due to the calcareous soil. Flinty wines are usually dry and austere.
This means that Chardonnay vines growing in Napa Valley are actually from the same plant as the Chardonnay growing in Chablis, France.
Flinty
Dry, mineral character typical of French Chablis and Sauvignon Blanc. Wet stones.
Flowery
Aroma suggestive of flowers.
Classic examples are made from Chardonnay grapes in the Chablis region of France. Wines from the Carneros region of the Napa Valley in California are sometimes so described as well.
In addition, there was Puligny-Montrachet Les Combettes from Domaine Sauzet, Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles Domaine Leflaive, and Chablis Grand Cru Valmur from that district's most acclaimed producer, Domaine Francois Raveneau.
Flinty
Dry, mineral character that comes from certain soils, mostly limestone, in which the wine was grown; typical of French Chablis and Loire Valley Sauvignon Blancs (Sancerre).
Flowery
Aroma suggestive of flowers.
A descriptor for extremely dry white wines such as Sauvignon Blanc, whose bouquet is reminiscent of flint struck against steel; typical of French Chablis and Loire Valley Sauvignon Blancs (Sancerre).
Floral (also Flowery) ...
Choose dry, acidic wines. These wines add a refreshing sparkle and make the fatty salmon seem leaner. Wines that pair well with smoked salmon are Bollinger champagnes, French chablis and an Italian gavi.
References ...
Varietal: Wine made from a particular grape variety (for example, Cabernet Sauvignon); the opposite of a generic wine (for example, Chablis).
Semi-generic - Wines made in the United States but named after places that the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau requires be modified by a US name of geographic origin. Examples would be New York Chablis, ...
Fairly unique, I'd say it's what you would get if you crossed a rich Chablis Premier Cru with a Pouilly Fume. Drink it with almost any appetizers, smoked fish, cured meats, seafood, poultry, pork, or spicy foods.
time you are taking a stroll through chalk downland, reach down and pick up two mid-sized flints. Bang them together hard, and take a sniff: this is the smell that in wines is referred to as 'flinty', and it's often used to describe young Chablis.
 See also: Wine, Region, White, Grape, Chardonnay
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