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Chablis is the northernmost district of Burgundy,
lying 130 km north-west of the Côte d’Or
along the A6 in the département of the
Yonne. The vine area surrounds the town, which
itself lies in a hollow. The best vineyards lie
on the slopes surrounding the town, with the (seven)
best Grand Crus vineyards congregated together
on the south-west facing hillside. Chardonnay,
known locally as Beaunois, is the dominant grape and
Patrick and Martine Guitton’s range expresses
this versatile variety in all its classic,
green-tinged, flinty, Old World glory.
Martine’s enthusiastic son, Christophe Camu,
makes a clean, unoaked Petit Chablis from vines that
border Premier Cru slopes.
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