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Clos (vineyard)

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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

France

Chambertin Clos de Bèze
Clos du Mesnil

Switzerland

  • 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)

Germany

Exterior view of Steinberg, Kloster Eberbach walled vineyard

Portugal

  • 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]

United States

South Africa

  • Stellenbosch: Clos Malverne

México

  • Valle de Guadalupe: Clos de Tres Cantos

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