Name
Chablis Valmur
Order #
917685
Producer
Droin
Vintage
2008
Price
$56.45
About
The Droin family has been in Chablis since at least 1547, when the first records indicate that one Jehan Droin owned one parcel of vines in the Clos. Since then, the family has always owned property in the village and is among the oldest land owners in the area. Jean-Paul Droin took over the property in 1983 and helped to establish the property as among the best of the AOC. In 1999, his son Benoit joined the property and is now the principal winemaker at the estate.
Review
92-95 Points - Allen Meadow's Burghound
91 Points - Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate
"The percentage of barrel-maturation creeps upward as one proceeds through Droin's line-up of premier crus, and arriving at his 2008 Chablis Valmur one has reached 40% barrels, of which a third are new. Succulent richness of ripe honeydew melon, apple, litchi, and pineapple are laced with chalk, white currant and lime, though the wine's sense of refreshment and vivacity is dimmed slightly by a faint, detached lactic note and hint of lanolin from barrel. This finishes with seductively mouth-coating caress and impressive sheer length, and should be worth following for the better part of a decade, during which its lactic and oak components might well more fully integrate. Incidentally, the old vines that inform part of this cuvee were replanted after their 2008 harvest."
Print Page91 Points - Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate
"The percentage of barrel-maturation creeps upward as one proceeds through Droin's line-up of premier crus, and arriving at his 2008 Chablis Valmur one has reached 40% barrels, of which a third are new. Succulent richness of ripe honeydew melon, apple, litchi, and pineapple are laced with chalk, white currant and lime, though the wine's sense of refreshment and vivacity is dimmed slightly by a faint, detached lactic note and hint of lanolin from barrel. This finishes with seductively mouth-coating caress and impressive sheer length, and should be worth following for the better part of a decade, during which its lactic and oak components might well more fully integrate. Incidentally, the old vines that inform part of this cuvee were replanted after their 2008 harvest."
