Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin Vaillons 1er Cru 2023 (750ml)
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| Producer | Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin |
| Country | France |
| Region | Chablis |
| Varietal | Chardonnay |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Sku | 46521252222 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Decanter Magazine: 93 Points
This delicious wine boasts initial exotic notes of pomelo and melon and opens up to suggest acacia blossom and cream. The texture is creamy and rich, but the wine is not lacking freshness; the extract carries the wine to a lovely lingering finish. The grapes are from 4.82ha spread over five lieux-dits – Vaillons, Séchet, Beugnons, Roncières and Epinottes – lightly crushed and fermented in tank and in cask (25%). The warm microclimates and thin soils here deliver some of the ripest fruit on the left bank.
Vinous
The 2024 Chablis Vaillons 1er Cru has a comparatively strict and correct nose for this vineyard. It's stonier than I expected. The palate is more generous with hints of fresh apricot and peach. This is well balanced, pretty and quite persistent. Give it 18 months in bottle for the aromatics to open up.
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