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About La Chablisienne Wines
Situated halfway between Paris and Beaune, Chablis is the golden gateway to the wines of Burgundy and its most northerly appellation. Chablis lies on both banks of the river Serein and includes nearly Twenty villages over rover 5500 Ha. and is on predominantly on ‘Kimmeridgian’ clay-limestone soil from Million year old sea beds, giving the terroir its minerality, finesse, and incomparable crystalline clarity.
Founded in 1923 under the leadership of Abbé Balitrand, a number of Chablis winemakers decided to join forces and together they created a cooperative winery in the heart of the Chablis vineyard in Burgundy – La Chablisienne was born and now with over 1200 Ha of wines, they represent almost 22% of Chablis production. Until the mid 1950s, the members of the cooperative delivered their production to La Chablisienne, which was then responsible for creating the assemblages and for sales, however, La Chablisienne aspired to create the best representation of Chablis from their selection of iconic vineyards and create a style of its own. So it was decided that the harvest would be delivered in the form of must with a clear direction of parcel management to provide total control over the winemaking processes and ensure the best wines possible indicative of their site and vintage.
The wines are 100% chardonnay, bright and fresh and the 1er Cru wines are amazing, and are very well priced compared to their competitor set.
