Name
Droin Chablis Les Clos
Order #
917686
Producer
Droin
Vintage
2008
Price
$62.96
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
95 Points - Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate
"Fresh lime, sweetly ripe cherry, white peach, grapefruit, lime, and chalk dust in the nose of the Droin 2008 Chablis Les Clos lead to a polished, richly-, almost lushly-textured palate impression, yet one with palpable underlying sense of mineral extract as well as infectious and uplifting brightness and elegance. The finish is at once enveloping and electric, with smoky, stony, peppery, and saline mineral aspects vibrantly shimmering through deep pools of fruit. Far and away the finest wine I have yet tasted from Droin, this should be worth following for a dozen or more years."
Print Page95 Points - Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate
"Fresh lime, sweetly ripe cherry, white peach, grapefruit, lime, and chalk dust in the nose of the Droin 2008 Chablis Les Clos lead to a polished, richly-, almost lushly-textured palate impression, yet one with palpable underlying sense of mineral extract as well as infectious and uplifting brightness and elegance. The finish is at once enveloping and electric, with smoky, stony, peppery, and saline mineral aspects vibrantly shimmering through deep pools of fruit. Far and away the finest wine I have yet tasted from Droin, this should be worth following for a dozen or more years."
