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Lys Shoal
Lys or LYS may refer to: Places *Les Lys, a Premier cru vineyard in Chablis *Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport, France (by IATA code) *Lys (department), a ''département'' during the First French Empire, now in Belgium *Lys (Dora Baltea), a stream of Aosta Valley in Italy *Lys (river), a river in France and Belgium *Lys, Nièvre, a commune in the Nièvre department in France *Lys, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in France *Lys, an old orthography of Liss (England), Liss, Hampshire, England Science *''Lys'', an abbreviation for the amino acid lysine *Plural form of the symbol for light-years People *Francis John Lys (1863–1947), British lecturer and academic administrator *Jan Lys (c. 1590–1629), German painter *Lya Lys (1908–1986), German-born actress *Lys Assia (1924–2018), Swiss singer *Lys Mouithys (born 1985), Congolese football player Other uses *Battle of the Lys (1918), a battle of World War I in France in the spring of 1918 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Lys
The Chablis region of Burgundy is classified according to four tiers of ''Appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (AOC) designation. The top two are the crus of Chablis and include the 7 Grand cru vineyards followed by the lower Premier crus. Wines made entirely from fruit from these vineyards are entitled to list their wines as ''cru classé'' Chablis on the wine label. Below these tiers are the lower designations of basic Chablis AOC and Petit Chablis. Soil quality and hill slope play a major role in delineating the differences. Many of the Premier Crus, and all the Grand Crus vineyards, are planted along valley of the Serein river as it flows into the Yonne with the best sites located on a southwest facing slope that receives the maximum amount of sun exposure. All of Chablis' Grand Cru vineyards and many of their better Premier Cru vineyards are planted on primarily Kimmeridgean soil (a composition of limestone, clay and tiny fossilized oyster shells) which is believed to impart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
