Clos (vineyard)
A clos is a walled vineyard. 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.
By country
France">French wine">France
- Bordeaux: Château Léoville-Las Cases, Clos Haut-Peyraguey, Clos Fourtet, Clos des Jacobins, Clos de l'Oratoire, Clos de Plince, Clos Saint-Martin
- Burgundy: Clos Napoléon, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze, Clos de Tart, Clos des Lambrays, Clos de la Roche, Clos Saint-Denis, La Romanée together with La Romanée-Conti, Clos de Vougeot, Clos des Réas, Corton-Clos du Roi, Clos des Ursules, Clos des Mouches, Clos des Épeneaux, Clos du Val, Clos des Chênes, Montrachet
- Champagne: officially recognised as clos:
- *Clos des Goisses,
- *Clos du Mesnil,
- *Clos Saint Hilaire,
- *Clos d’Ambonnay,
- *Clos du Moulin,
- *Clos Cazals,
- *Clos des Faubourgs de Notre Dame,
- * Vieilles Vignes Françaises plus the parcelles Chaudes-Terres and Croix Rouge,
- *Clos Virgile,
- *Clos des Chaulins,
- *Le Petit Clos,
- *Clos l’Abbé,
- *Clos des Belvals,
- *Clos des Bouveries,
- *Clos Lanson,
- *Le Clos,
- *Clos des Bergeronneau,
- *Clos de l’Abbaye,
- *Clos Pompadour, Le Clos,
- *Clos Jarot,
- *Clos Bourmault,
- *Clos du Château de Bligny,
- *Clos Rocher,
- *Clos Sainte-Sophie,
- *Clos à Doré,
- *Clos Barnaut,
- *Clos de Marzilly,
- *Clos des Monnaies,
- *Clos de Cumières,
- *Le Clos d’Hortense,
- *Clos des Maladries,
- *Clos des Trois Clochers,
- *Clos du Montdorin,
- *Clos 667, as officially recognised as clos.
- Champagne: Also officially recognised are the following lieu-dits ‘clos’:
- *Clos des Graviers,
- *Clos Jacquin,
- *Clos Colin,
- *Clos Saint Jean,
- *Clos des Fourches,
- *Clos des Plants de Chêne is not currently producing clos-cuvées,
- *Clos Jacquesson is not currently producing clos-cuvées
- Alsace: Clos Sainte-Hune in Grand Cru Rosacker, Clos Sainte-Odile, Clos Saint-Urbain
- Loire: Clos de la Coulée-de-Serrant, Clos du Papillon, Le Grand Clos
- Rhône: Clos des Papes, Clos du Mont-Olivet, Clos de l'Oratoire des Papes
- South West France: Clos La Coutale, Clos de Gamot, Clos Lapeyre, Clos Triguedina
Switzerland">Swiss wine">Switzerland
- Vaud: Clos des Abbayes, Clos des Moines, Clos du Paradis, Clos du Rocher, Clos des Rennauds
- Valais: Clos Grand Brûlé, Clos des Montibeux, Clos de Balavaud
Germany">German wine">Germany
- Rheingau: Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg and Steinberg, Neroberg
- Rheinhessen: Schlossmühle in Heidesheim, Niersteiner Glöck
Portugal">Portuguese wine">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.
United States">United States wine">United States
- Napa Valley: Clos Du Val, Clos Pegase
South Africa">South African wine">South Africa
- Stellenbosch: Clos Malverne
México
- Valle de Guadalupe: Clos de Tres Cantos