Chablis: wine competition

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Chablis Wine Competition! A crucial moment for the region's wine sector.

Last weekend, the 35th Chablis wine competition , long awaited by winegrowers, took place. This took place on Saturday, January 23, 2021 in Beine, a small village located in the Yonne department and the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
This event is very important, it made it possible to highlight the 2019 and 2018 vintages of Chablis wines!

A special year…

Previously, this historic competition took place on the Chablis site of the interprofessional office of Burgundy wines. Given the new rules to be respected, the organizers had to adapt. Indeed, this took place in the Beauroy room (the 500 square meters of the room made it possible to respect the "nine square meters per juror"). During a morning, each taster was seated at an individual table due to the sanitary context, the atmosphere was less friendly compared to his habit but for the organizers it remained a success! 
Usually, hundreds of people from all over the world are present, as Benoît Droin (the person in charge of organizing the competition) explains: "Normally, there are 90 tasters, divided into three or four per table. This year, we halved the number of jurors and doubled the number of tables."
Similarly, in the face of uncertainty there has been no president appointed for this year. It was therefore a great victory to learn that the contest could take place despite everything.

27 wines were rewarded by the 46 jurors this year!

As usual neither producers nor traders were allowed to judge their work, this is the particularity of this competition.
Initially, the 46 jurors present (oenologists, restaurateurs, sommeliers, brokers, …) selected 20% of the 321 samples tasted. Among these , 27 Chablis wines were rewarded.
According to them, the three essential qualities to distinguish the different wines of the winegrowers are:
  • taste pleasure
  • the potential of wine
  • the quality of the product

   

During the service, the members of the Chablis Sommelier Association served the Appellations Petit Chablis, Chablis and Chablis Premier Cru vintage 2019 and Chablis Grand Cru vintage 2018. 

 

The wines chosen will make it possible to revitalize the Yonne winery and bring greater visibility of Chablisian wines in the world.

Want to know the winemakers of the 27 medalists, it's right here:

 

Petit Chablis 2019

Gold Medal: William FEVRE; Domaine JOLLY et Fils Silver Medal: Domaine DE LA TOUR ; Domaine Vincent WENGIER Bronze Medal: Domaine Alain GEOFFROY  

Chablis 2019

Gold Medal: J. MOREAU et Fils, Domaine DE LA TOUR and Domaine Guillaume VRIGNAUD Les Champréaux Silver Medal: Domaine de la MOTTE, Vieilles Vignes, Cuvée L'Authentique; Domain VENTOURA  

Chablis Premier Cru Rive Gauche 2019

Gold Medal: Domaine de la MOTTE, Beauroy; Domaine Guy ROBIN, Vieilles Vignes, Vaillons; Domaine Jean-Paul and Benoît DROIN, Vosgros Silver Medal: Domaine Mosnier, Beauroy;  Domaine Pinson, Montmains; Simonnet-Febvre House, Montmains Bronze Medal: Domaine des Hâtes, Butteaux; Henry House, Vaillons

Chablis Premier Cru Rive Droite 2019

Gold Medal: Domaine du COLOMBIER, Vaucoupin; Domaine GAUTHERON Alain and Cyril, Vaucoupin Silver Medal: La Chablisienne, Vaulorent; Domaine des MALANDES, Fourchaume Bronze Medal: Domaine Jean JACQUIN et Fils, Montée de Tonnerre

Chablis Grand Cru 2018

Gold Medal: Domaine Jean-Paul and Benoît DROIN, Vaudésir Silver Medal: Domaine VOCORET et Fils, Blanchot; Domaine VOCORET et Fils, Les Clos Bronze Medal : Domaine SERVIN, Blanchot

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