Clos (vineyard)

The Clos is the French term for an enclosed vineyard (of clos - closed or closture now clôture, single or enclosure ). Often they were created by monks such as the Cistercians and Benedictines. Many famous vineyards or wineries to such designation in the name, even if its wall no longer exists today. Known Clos in France are:

  • Bordeaux: Chateau Leoville -las- Cases, Clos Haut- Peyraguey, Clos Fourtet, Clos des Jacobins, Clos de l' Oratory, Clos Saint -Martin
  • Burgundy: Clos Napoléon ( Fixin ), Chambertin - Clos de Beze, Clos de Tart, Clos des Lambrays, Clos de la Roche, Clos Saint -Denis, La Romanée together with Romanée- Conti, Clos de Vougeot, Clos des Reas ( Vougeot ), Corton - Clos du Roi, Clos des Ursules, Clos des Mouches ( Beaune), Clos des Épeneaux ( Pommard ), Clos du Val ( Auxey -Duresses ), Clos des Chenes ( Volnay ), Montrachet
  • Champagne: Clos des Goisses ( Ay ), Clos du Mesnil (Le Mesnil -sur- Oger, see Krug ( Champagne ) )
  • Alsace: Clos Sainte- Hune Grand Cru Rosacker ( Hunawihr ), Clos Sainte -Odile (Obernai, Clos de la Folie Marco, Clos Gänsbrönnel, Clos Rebgarten, Clos du Val d' Eleon, Clos Ribeaupierre, Clos du dental field, 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 storm and Clos des Récollets )
  • Loire: Clos de la Coulee de Serrant, Clos du Papillon ( Savennières ), Le Grand Clos ( Bourgueil )
  • Rhone Valley: Clos des Papes Clos du Mont- Olivet, Clos de l' Oratory des Papes ( Châteauneuf -du -Pape )

In French-speaking Switzerland are:

  • Vaud: Clos des Abbayes, Clos des Moines ( Dézaley ), Clos du Paradis ( Aigle ), Clos du Rocher, Clos des Rennauds ( Yvorne )
  • Wallis: Clos Grand Brûlé, Clos des Montibeux ( Leytron), Clos de Balavaud ( Magnot )

Also in Germany there are comparable walled vineyard sites:

  • Rheingau: Hattenheimer Pfaff mountain and Steinberg at Kloster Eberbach, Nerobergbahn (Wiesbaden)
  • Rheinhessen: Castle mill in Heidenheim, Niersteiner little bells
  • Saxony: Minckwitzscher vineyard in the single layer Radebeuler Steinrücken
Order of Saint Benedict Clos Saint-Denis Corton (wine) Champagne (wine region) Le Mesnil-sur-Oger Champagne Krug Alsace wine Alsace Grand Cru AOC Loire Valley (wine) South West France (wine region) Cahors wine Rheingau wine Steinberg, Kloster Eberbach Rheinhessen (wine region) Jancis Robinson
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