WEEKEND IN CHABLIS

The Church next to the J-M Brocard's vineyard and winery

Hubert's Birthday Cake

This is the time of year when some of us start thinking about which wine regions we might visit in the coming months.    If you are a white wine fan you could certainly do worse than visit Chablis.     We visited there last July for a friend’s 50^th Birthday party and really enjoyed ourselves.  There are plenty of cellars to visit, restaurants to try and walks to go on.   Look at our pictures below and start planning your trip!

Map of the Grand Crus walk in the town

Grand Cru grapes in July

Grand Cru Vines

Chablis is of course made with Chardonnay grapes

A pretty river runs through the town

It is not all about grapes

Our tour guide explains about the wines in the Brocard cellars

Lots of good produce in the Sunday market

Other things to buy apart from wine

Do try the Jambon Persilee

Rillettes du lapin  and a favourite Chablis - a great match!

Jane tasting a Defaix Chablis

If you do go, I can certainly recommend a visit to the cellars of J.M.Brocard outside the town and Daniel-Etienne Defaix inside the town.   The latter also has a nice restaurant.  Another good restaurant we would recommend is  Au Bistrot des Grands Crus.  Do make sure you go on the walk around the Grand Cru Vineyards.  We stayed in a Gite attached to the Hotel Bergerand’s and found this suited us well.

Remember there are 5 qualities of Chablis that in ascending order are Petit Chablis, Chablis, Premier Cru Chablis and Grand Cru Chablis.  Do try some of each and from different vineyards and producers.  It is well worth going to Daniel-Etienne Defaix as they will let you taste and buy some older Chablis.  It may surprise you that a ten year old Chablis tastes brilliant.

Who doesn't love Chablis?