2022 Domaine Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis

Domaine Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin

Chablis

Chardonnay from Burgundy, France

NM
91
AM
91
R705

Bottle size:

750 ml

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Our Chablis Village wine is a perfect introduction to the minerality of Chablis wines. During the first three years, the wine shows itself as generous and lively, with notes of lemon, oyster shell and flint. After 10 years or more, the aromas become far more powerful, with notes of gun-flint and undergrowth. In the great vintages, it can be kept for more than 20 years.
Lemon
Flint
Minerality
Oyster Shell

Domaine Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin

The wines of this Domaine Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin are relatively new to a South African audience, yet their reputation elsewhere in the world of wine is positively stellar. They are one of the eldest names in Chablis, cultivating vines for approaching 400 years, whilst Benoît Droin represents the thirteenth generation. “Benoît Droin has really taken his domaine to new heights over the last decade... The bottom line is that his wines do the business, triumphing at various Burgfest blind tastings with such regularity that attendees almost laugh at the predictable outcome.” Neal Martin, Vinous Benoît Droin has achieved much of this sterling reputation in the face of a string of warm vintages in Burgundy over the last decade, a threat to the distinctive and steely Chardonnay’s for which the Chablis region is famed. He’s achieved this through attentive farming, picking early for tension, whilst favouring shorter elevage for fruit purity, and reducing the use of new oak and resulting weight favoured by his father. All these practices contribute to ensuring the Chablis here remains classical, brilliant and built around highlighting that fabled French concept of terroir.

Description

Our Chablis Village wine is a perfect introduction to the minerality of Chablis wines. During the first three years, the wine shows itself as generous and lively, with notes of lemon, oyster shell and flint. After 10 years or more, the aromas become far more powerful, with notes of gun-flint and undergrowth. In the great vintages, it can be kept for more than 20 years.

Lemon
Lemon
Flint
Flint
Minerality
Minerality
Oyster Shell
Oyster Shell

Food Pairing

As an aperitif, it will go very well with "gougère" cheesepuff pastries or cold meats. As a starter, it will be perfect with a fish terrine or seafood.

Seafood
Seafood
Soft Cheese
Soft Cheese
White Fish
White Fish
Charcuterie
Charcuterie

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