Laura Mendes

10

I love it!!! Best wine ever #bestwineever #Must #loveit — 5 months ago

Simone Pizzi

9.3

One my favorite and most talented vignerons in La Côte. Corentin grows its vines according to biondynamic principles and for his cuvées nature the winemaking approach is particularly minimalist. The vineyards are wonderful with lots of biodiversity and facing the Mont-Blanc... The overall sensation is that of youth and of a sweet day of spring. The Gamay juice is pure with the fruit coming forward with a beautiful nose rich with red berries and some sweet spices. The taste is clean with good balance, excellent minerality and a spicy finish. Today it showed lovely paired with a wild boar sausage, spätzli, caramelized pear and strawberry and rhubarb jam. — 7 years ago

Juuso Virtanen

9.2

Erittäin hyvä! Vaimokin tykkää tosi paljon! Hapokas ja voimakasarominen. Haju jälkivoimakas (jos niin voi sanoa). — 8 years ago

Aaron Holthaus

9.6

Yummy 2015 — 9 years ago

Sergey Rasskazov

8.9

Спелые черные ягоды, ежевика, черника, слива. Пряности, корица. Сливочный шоколад. Средняя кислотность, неплохой баланс. — 10 years ago

Andrea Clark

9.1

For Alexander's birthday party — 11 years ago

Riccardo L.

9.0

So delicious. Blueberry chocolate. Full and lush. Can't get enough. — 11 years ago

with Stephanie and Wilson

John Jaye

8.9

Great nose and taste. Could age a bit more — 6 years ago

Rafael da Costa

10

Muito bom, excelente, um dos melhores! — 7 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.2

T! T-bar, T-bone, TV. The bottle that came outta nowhere and treated us well. — 7 years ago

Ryan Guy

9.0

Fresh pear, green apple, underripe pineapple, citrus blossom. Juicy, fresh green apple fruit. Finish cuts with acidity. Simple and delicious. — 8 years ago

Samantha Quirk

9.1

Very nice subtle flavour; Sauvignon in the beginning with a slight chardonnay after taste. Easy drinking for the Sauvignon lover. — 9 years ago

Judy Gern

9.0

From Shubies. Nice everyday drinking wine and only $12 — 10 years ago

Rian-Ashlei McDonald

9.0

I love a tasty $10. This is definitely one. As usual there's value in the Rhone. Went wonderfully with my veggie southwestern hash, which is no surprise, since most Rhones hold up to hearty meals. Good fruit, nice body, a little spicy, not overly complex. — 11 years ago

Axel Finger

8.9

What a nice surprise! 14 years old. Still strong in the glass. Very concentrated. Smooth and long finish. — 12 years ago

Guillaume

9.5

Très bon ! — 6 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

@Delectable this is 2014 Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin, “Blanchot”

The nose reveals; candle wax, lemons, green apple, overripe pineapple, kiwi, lime pulp, pear, white peach, apricots, peach, topical melons, beeswax, honeysuckle, vanillin, creamy butter, fresh herbs, caramel, subtle chalkiness, sea fossils, limestone, grey volcanics, the lemon in Lemon Pledge, green grass, dry straw, glazed, brown butter, with fruit blossoms, yellow lilies, jasmine & spring flowers.

The palate is; rich, lush, round, waxy and elegantly smooth. Excellent viscosity. Glorious as it slips over the beautiful mouthfeel. Sour lemons, green apple, overripe pineapple, kiwi, lime pulp & candy, pear, white peach, apricots, peach, guava, topical melons, beeswax, candle wax, honeysuckle, vanillin, creamy butter, fresh herbs, caramel, subtle chalkiness, sea fossils, saline, limestone, grey volcanics, the lemon in Lemon Pledge, green grass, dry straw, glazed, brown butter with fruit blossoms, yellow lilies, jasmine & spring flowers. The acidity is; round, phat & lively. The finish is; polish, rich, lush, balance fruit & earth and has no hiccups. Great wire to wire.

Photos of; one of their Vineyards, Benoît Droin tasting through his wines & Domaine Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin,

Producer notes; The Droins have been producing wines in Chablis for nearly 400 years (their history as vignerons goes back at least to 1620). Benoît is the 14th generation guardian.

The Domaine has 13 hectares of vineyards and produces 14 different wines, including Petit Chablis, Chablis, 7 Premiers Crus and 5 Grand Crus. They prune specific to each vineyard. The wines are fermented differently by vineyard.

All their wines are fermented in mature oak. The Blanchots are all fermented and matured in tank. Vaillons, Mont de Milieu and Montée de Tonnerre receive 25 per cent of barrel fermentation and maturation, 35 per cent for Vosgros and Vaudésir, 40 per cent for Montmains and Valmur, peaking at 50 per cent for Fourchaume, Grenouilles and Les Clos. However the age of the oak and the choice of tonnelier may vary according to the cuvée. The maximum new oak is ten per cent in the Grand Crus. — 6 years ago

Marc S

9.0

Fresh, atypical chardonnay. No wood, pear and unripe melon. Oke! — 10 years ago

Di Li

9.7

Juicy, fruity, perfect with red meat. — 10 years ago

Charles Greenwood

10

I have visited the vineyard and walked the vines of these 4 villages, this is a special wine from this region, worth buying and keeping, if you can...
— 11 years ago