Clos (vineyard)
The Clos is the French term for a walled vineyard (of clos - closed or closture now clôture, single or enclosure). They were often created by monks such as the Cistercians and Benedictines . Many famous vineyards or wineries have this designation in their name, even if their wall no longer exists today. Well-known Clos in France are:
- Bordeaux : Château Léoville-las-Cases , Clos Haut-Peyraguey , Clos Fourtet , Clos des Jacobins, Clos de l'Oratoire, Clos Saint-Martin
- Burgundy : Clos Napoléon ( Fixin ), Chambertin-Clos de Bèze , Clos de Tart , Clos des Lambrays , Clos de la Roche , Clos Saint-Denis , La Romanée together with Romanée-Conti , Clos de Vougeot , Clos des Réas ( Vougeot ) , Corton -Clos du Roi, Clos des Ursules, Clos des Mouches ( Beaune ), Clos des Épeneaux ( Pommard ), Clos du Val ( Auxey-Duresses ), Clos des Chênes ( Volnay ), Montrachet
- Champagne : Clos des Goisses ( Aÿ ), Clos du Mesnil ( Le Mesnil-sur-Oger ; see Krug (champagne) )
- Alsace : Clos Sainte-Hune in the Grand Cru Rosacker ( Hunawihr ), Clos Sainte-Odile ( Obernai , Clos de la Folie Marco, Clos Gänsbrönnel, Clos Rebgarten, Clos du Val d'Éléon, Clos Ribeaupierre, Clos du Zahnacker, Clos Windsbuhl, Clos des Capucins, Clos Jebsal, Clos Häuserer, Clos de la Faille, Clos Saint-Imer, Clos Saint Landelin, Clos Liebenberg, Clos Schild, Clos Himmelreich, Clos Saint-Théobald, Clos de la Ville de Thann, Clos Saint Urbain, Clos de Aubépines, Clos Philippe Grass , Clos Zisser, Clos du Sonnenbach, Clos de la Tourelle, Clos Jean Philippe Sturm and Clos des Récollets)
- Loire : Clos de la Coulée-de-Serrant, Clos du Papillon ( Savennières ), Le Grand Clos ( Bourgueil )
- Rhône Valley : Clos des Papes, Clos du Mont-Olivet, Clos de l'Oratoire des Papes ( Châteauneuf-du-Pape )
- Sud-Ouest : Clos La Coutale, Clos de Gamot, Clos Triguedina ( Cahors )
In French-speaking Switzerland , the following should be mentioned:
- Vaud : Clos des Abbayes, Clos des Moines ( Dézaley ), Clos du Paradis ( Aigle ), Clos du Rocher, Clos des Rennauds ( Yvorne )
- Valais : Clos Grand Brûlé, Clos des Montibeux ( Leytron ), Clos de Balavaud ( Vétroz )
There are also comparable walled vineyards in Germany :
- Rheingau : Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg and Steinberg near Eberbach Monastery , Neroberg ( Wiesbaden )
- Rheinhessen : Castle mill in Heidesheim, Niersteiner Glöck
- Saxony : Minckwitzscher vineyard in the single location Radebeuler Steinücken
Individual evidence
- ↑ La Revue du Vin de France , edition 538 from February 2010, page 66ff.
literature
- Jancis Robinson (Ed.): The Oxford Wine Lexicon . Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .