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Petit Chablis

Appellation

Petit Chablis is an appellation in France, covering 7,027.2 ha across 17 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 12 km east of Auxerre and 60 km south-west of Troyes.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
7,027.2 ha
Separate plots
6
Extent N–S × E–W
15.66 × 17.33 km
Centre
47.8193° N, 3.7333° E
Grapes
Chardonnay
Max yield
70 hl/ha
Min planting density
5,500 vines/ha
INAO office
Dijon

Where it is

Nearest town
12 km east of Auxerre
Nearest city
60 km south-west of Troyes 60,785 people
To the sea
304 km
Rivers nearby
Yonne (10 km)
Same latitude
Lake Chelan (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
119–327 m
Mean elevation
216 m
Mean slope
6.9° (12 %)
Steepest tenth
above 13°
Faces
several directions, mostly south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 110,093 elevation cells of about 26 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Petit Chablis White
Chardonnay
max 70 hl/ha · min 5,500 vines/ha

Vintages: Burgundy (red)

505
306
307
308
409
510
311
412
313
314
515
416
417
418
519
520
321
422
423
324

Vintages: Burgundy and Chablis (white)

405
406
407
408
309
510
311
412
313
514
415
316
517
418
419
520
321
422
423
324

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 17

Wineries · 10

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)

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