| La Chablisienne | |
| Location Place: | 8 Boulevard Pasteur |
| Location City: | Chablis |
| Location State: | Yonne |
| Location Country: | France |
| Coordinates: | 47.8125°N 3.7961°W |
| Wine Region: | Burgundy |
| Appellation: | chablis |
| Signature Wine: | Chablis Grand Cru |
| Varietal1: | Chardonnay |
| Distribution: | International |
| Tasting: | Open to public, group tours available on request |
La Chablisienne is a wine cooperative located in Chablis, in the department of Yonne, France. It is the main wine producer in the department, supplying more than 25% of the volume of Chablis production. Chablis white wine is a significant part of Burgundy wine region.
In 2014, Vincent Bartement, oenologist from la Chablisienne, is awarded IWC White Winemaker of the Year, by the International Wine Challenge.[1]
As of 2018, more than 250 producers are members of the cooperative. The turnover is € 50 million, for a profit of €2 million.
The first producers' cooperative in Chablis dates from 1 May 1923, under the name 'Société coopérative La Chablisienne'. Its creation corresponds to a period of economic difficulties, the sale of wine being difficult during the inter-war period. On 14 August 1928, the SARL "La Cave Chablisienne" was created; the two merged on 23 March 1947 to form the "Cave Coopérative La Chablisienne", selling less and less to the wine trade.[2]
Since 1993, La Chablisienne, the Caves Bailly Lapierre (Yonne), the Cave des Hautes Côtes (Côte-d'Or), the Cave des Vignerons de Buxy (Côte Chalonnaise) and the Vignerons des Terres Secrètes (Mâconnais) have joined forces to form the GIE "Blasons de Bourgogne". The aim is to achieve economies of scale.
In 1999, La Chablisienne bought Château Grenouilles, which produces Chablis Grand Cru from the Grenouilles climat in a virtual monopoly. In Burgundy, a climat[3] is the wine-growing terroir, this word being used only in Burgundy. Carefully delimited for centuries (and remained almost unchanged since then), each climat is a parcel of vines that has its name, its history, its taste and its place in the hierarchy of the crus. There are more than 1000 climats in Burgundy.
The partners manage of vines in production, including:
The cooperative offers a little over thirty different vintages, not counting its eaux de vie (Marc de Bourgogne and fine de Bourgogne), including :