A clos (French 'enclosure'[1]) is a walled vineyard.[2] Walled vineyards protected the grapes from theft and may improve the mesoclimate. They were often the vineyards of Cistercian monasteries. The word is often used in the name of famous wines even when the wall no longer exists.

Clos de Vougeot

By country

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  • Pico, Azores: Nearly all of the vineyards on the island of Pico are enclosed by stone walls, both for protection and as a way to re-use the large number of volcanic rocks that had to be shifted off the soil when vines were first planted.[5]

México

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  • Valle de Guadalupe: Clos de Tres Cantos
Exterior view of Steinberg, Kloster Eberbach walled vineyard

References

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  1. ^ Robinson, Jancis (2006). The Oxford Companion to Wine. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-860990-2. Wine Pros Archived 2009-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Ciocco, Tom.: A wine term "Clos", Wine Library Terroir Archived 2009-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Comité Interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne
  4. ^ "Clos Lapeyre : Vin blanc sec et moelleux du Jurançon | Clos Lapeyre - Vins de Jurançon".
  5. ^ Robinson, Jancis. "The volcanic wines of the Azores". Jancis Robinson. Retrieved 24 February 2023.