Hugging the Summer of Chablis Wine Village

Chablis is one of 44 statutory wine villages. There is only one Chablis Grand Cru in the Premium Park AOC. Unlike the other 32 Burgun Premium Parks, which use the name of the vineyard as the statutory production area such as Chambertin, Corton, etc., but the Chablis Premium Park has seven small gardens and they are allowed to put its name on the wine label , so the consumers can choose among different styles, such as grapes growing in the orchard located near the river or the grapes growing in the orchard located on the mountain. While Moutonne, the wine yard which is located between the two orchards of Preuses and Vaudesir, has a profound historical background and was not included in the recognized eighth small garden at that time, but as it is located within the Premium Park, its existence value cannot be ignored. So, that’s why this little Grand Cru has its value on the market.

In fact, Chablis is located in the southern part of the Champagne region, far away from the Burgaon area. In the early Middle Ages, it was under the rule of the Count of Champagne. It was not included in the Duke of Bourgogne until the late 15th century. The incident did not end in this way. Some wineries continued to supply dry whites for champagne wineries, they are processed into champagne in Reims and Epernay, and even Simmonet-Febvre winery also produces its own Chablis sparkling wine. Of course, these situations was no longer happen after the AOC production area protection law is set. Nowadays, the product produced at Simmonet-Febvre can only be called Bourgogne sparkling wine.

The base of Chablis is the 150 million-years-old fossil soil Kimerigian. The classic mineral taste comes from these marine oyster valleys. The soil contains high calcium content that help preserving the acidity of the fruit juice. This is the root of the characteristics of Chablis, so only Chardonnay that produce here is regarded as unique. However, as the market demand kept increasing at that period ,the production can’t catch up with the demand in the 1970s, and the winery began to consider using harvests from the surrounding as supplements. The peripheral Portlandian soil is also used for producing Chardonnay, but it can only be included in the Petit Chablis AOC production area.

Chablis wine is well known for its simplicity in the wine world. The refreshing and pure nature used to be its selling point. By minimizing the impact of oak, the lively orange and refreshing mineral aromas can faithfully reflect a single variety and unique soil characteristics. This is the selling point of the simplest Chablis. When the epidemic is still there, stay at home and drink Chablis to relieve heat and the worries.

Chablis是44個法定酒村其中之一, 特級園AOC只有一個Chablis Grand Cru, 不同其他32個布爾岡特級園單以葡萄園名字作法定產區如Chambertin, Corton等, 但Chablis特級園裡七塊小園又可放其名字在酒標上, 讓消費者選擇不同風格, 如近河邊的一塊風土條件又跟在山上那一塊果園不同. 介於Preuses和 Vaudesir兩塊果園中的Moutonne, 雖然懷有深遠的歷史背境, 當年不列入認可的第八塊小園, 但由於身居在特級園範圍又不能忽略其存在價值, 所以市面上出現這塊不簡單的小Grand Cru。

其實Chablis就在香檳酒區南部, 遠離布爾岡地帶, 在中世紀早期是由香檳伯爵所管轄, 直到十五世紀後期才納入布爾岡公爵領地. 事件並不是這樣完結, 某些酒莊一直供應乾白給香檳酒廠, 在Reims和Epernay加工製成香檳, 甚至乎如Simmonet-Febvre酒莊也自家出品Chablis汽泡酒, 這些情況當然在AOC產區保護法例定下之後已不再發生, 現在Simmonet-Febvre生產的只可稱為布爾岡汽泡酒。

Chablis以一億五千萬年化石泥土Kimerigian作基礎, 經典礦物味道就是來自這些海洋蠔穀, 土質含高鈣量保存果實汁液酸度, 此乃Chablis的特性根源所在, 所以這裡生產的莎當妮才是獨一無二. 但隨市場須求,在七十年代産量短缺,酒莊開始考慮以周邊收成作補给,外圍的Portlandian泥土也在生產莎當妮,但只可列入Petit Chablis AOC產區。

Chablis酒在葡萄酒界以單純見稱, 一直以清爽純潔作賣點, 儘量減小橡木影響, 讓活潑橘子和怡神礦物香味忠誠地反映著單一品種和獨有土壤特性, 這就是最簡單不過的Chablis賣點.今年疫情非同小可,還是留在家中喝Chablis解暑吧。