- Colour White
- Producer Domaine Jean-Paul Droin
- Region Chablis
- Drinking 2024 - 2030
- Case size 12x75cl
- Available Now
2022 - Chablis Jean-Paul Droin - 12x75cl
- Colour White
- Producer Domaine Jean-Paul Droin
- Region Chablis
- Drinking 2024 - 2030
- Case size 12x75cl
- Available Now
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Goedhuis, November 2023
From a selection of plots covering 9 hectares, this wine receives no barrel aging, making it a classical example of Chablis. Lemons, limes and a limestone mineral lift of scent. Surprisingly dense with a body more akin to a 1er Cru, it is layered, bright, and restoratively energetic.
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Burghound, October 2023, Score: 89-91
Smoky aromas of shellfish and Granny Smith apples gives way to more voluminous flavors that enjoy better acid support on the balanced and sneaky long finish. This isn't exactly classic in style but it's close and is a wine that offers fine quality for its level. Top value. Drink 2026+
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Decanter, October 2023, Score: 92
Usually a benchmark for the appellation, Droin's Chablis has a lot more density and concentration than the Petit Chablis. More structure and minerality here. Will be very good and a classic example. Drink 2024-2027
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Jasper Morris MW, December 2023, Score: 88-89
A delightful bright lemon and lime colour. Floral and lightly stony, a pleasing mini reduction. There is a surge of bright fruit, yellow plums, which suggests that this may put on a more evidently ripe character later on. Drink from 2024-2027.
Producer
Domaine Jean-Paul Droin
It is quite something to be the 14th generation of your family making wines in the same town since 1620. Unsurprisingly over this 400-year period, the Droins have built up a sizeable 26-hectare estate and an enviable portfolio of appellations from both Grands and Premiers Crus within the Chablis region. Benoît joined his father at the estate in 1999 at the age of 24, and for the last decade has assumed total control. During...Read more
It is quite something to be the 14th generation of your family making wines in the same town since 1620. Unsurprisingly over this 400-year period, the Droins have built up a sizeable 26-hectare estate and an enviable portfolio of appellations from both Grands and Premiers Crus within the Chablis region. Benoît joined his father at the estate in 1999 at the age of 24, and for the last decade has assumed total control. During this period, he has continued the family’s respect for their fine terroir and soil but has quietly adjusted the winemaking style. The use of oak is less prevalent today than in his father Jean-Paul’s time, resulting in a greater terroir identity to the domaine’s wines and a mineral drive and edge. At the risk of testing his natural modesty, Benoît is very firmly positioning himself and the estate as one of Chablis’s greats. Regularly achieving top spot in blind tastings, in our view his brilliance is unsurpassed today.Read less
Region
Chablis
Chablis is world famous for its fine white wines produced from the Chardonnay grape. The best vineyards are perched above the winding Serein river and are south or southwest facing ensuring better ripeness in this cooler climate. It has four appellation levels. Petit Chablis is the most modest and simple followed by Chablis, which is the largest and most prominent. Premier cru Chablis is the third largest appellation and encompasses almost 40 different climats or vineyards including the famed Montée de Tonnerre, Fourchaumes and Mont de Milieu. The most noble of all Chablis are the grand crus of which there are 7 climats in total Bougros, Les Preuses, Vaudésir, Grenouilles, Valmur, Les Clos and Blanchot. The wines of Chablis have remained some of the best value in the world, particularly their superb grand crus which can easily cost 50% less than its closest revered white grand cru neighbour, Corton Charlemagne.