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Chablis Climats and Lieux-dit

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Climat: from the Greek Klima via the Latin Cliamtis.  Precisely delimited plots of land which benefit from specific geological and climate conditions...  Lieux-dits a designated area of land with a historical particularity from a topographical point of view of an ancient story... These two terms in wine always as an interchange used; however, you can find several Lieux-dits within a single Climat... Chablis is a really good example of how these two concepts work together.   See the map above and you can see how many Lieux-Dit compose a climat, in this case, 1er Cru. For example Montmains 1er Cru, a famous block of vineyard on the left bank of the Serein river at the bottom holds two famous Lieux-dit called Forets and Butteaux; according to the INAO, this can be a label on his own or as Montmains 1er Cru.  Vaillons 1er Cru got several different names, those are: Sechet, Les Lys, Les Epinottes, Ronciers, Mellinots, Beugnons and Chatains....
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Wine Masters Season 1 ‘France’.

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The Farmhouse TV & Film production from The Netherlands has launched, on 18th March 2018 a new cinematic documentary series called "Wine Master".  http://farmhousefilm.com/ The series tells the stories of some of the most prestigious wine-growing families in 5 different wine regions of France, the storytelling of the terroir, taste, and tradition.  The viewers learn about the  family stories, their  personal drive, and origins, history of the best grapes varieties and vineyard management sharing their skill, passion, task division.  Those families are:  - E. Guigal from the Rhone Valley - Bourgeois family from Sancerre in the Loire Valley - Chateau Angelus from Saint Emilion with the De Bouard family - Drouhin family from Beaune Burgundy - Trimbach family from Alsace  The Series is filmed and directed by Marc Waltman & Klass de Jong, the editor Manfred Poppenk, line-producer Yael Water, sound design Wart Wamstek...
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vin nature & vin vivant

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Vin nature is a wine made exclusively from healthy, pure grapes, completely free from chemicals and synthetic products. It undergoes no corrections, with only naturally occurring sulfites from the grapes themselves. I have always enjoyed wines made without intervention, staying away from the conventional industrial enological approach. I find wines made with conventional techniques quite boring-they all seem alike. You'd have to study hard to distinguish a Grüner Veltliner from Kamptal and an Albariño from the O Rosal subzone in Rías Baixas in a blind tasting. On the other hand, the character and expression of the terroir shine through intensely, even if there's some degree of volatile acidity (V.A.), a natural byproduct of fermentation that, in small amounts, can add vibrancy and complexity. Similarly, hints of Brettanomyces (Brett), a wild yeast, can introduce earthy, spicy, or animalistic notes that contribute to a wine's depth. These elements elevate the wine and enhanc...
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