2013 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos

Community Tasting Notes (28) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  3/4/2024 - L-C. wrote: 93 Points

  Surprisingly youthful colour of light gold with a slight green tint. Super intense nose of ripe stonefruit and sea breeze with lemon. In the mouth this explodes with flavour. Medium body, nervy acidity and fleshy fruit. An amazing wine. I’d say at its peak.

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  9/1/2023 - MJReb wrote: 93 Points

  Ripe citrus (lemon and also oranges), apple and white peach, there is white pepper and salinity. Quite voluminous, good length. Less evolved vs the last bottle I had two years ago. Very good, albeit a bit atypical for a Chablis of a classic year. In a splendid shape.

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  8/25/2023 - VlgJeff Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This bottle was decanted for 20 minutes and was almost as expressive as our previous bottle back in Nov. '21.
  A clear straw yellow in the glass. Lemon, minerality and a touch of honeysuckle on the nose. The medium to plus bodied palate showed lots of lemon (juice and creme) and minerality, along with some green apple and white peach, with nicely balancing acidity. Overall, the wine is a pleasure to drink, and should hold for several years to come.

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  12/20/2022 - Swirling Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Note for hours after opening. Upon opening it was med bodied.
  
  Lemon, citrus, stone fruit was secondary.
  Very full bodied, superb fruit and med length.
  
  Great wine.

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  2/24/2022 - Raage Likes this wine: 92 Points

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  Bonne surprise que ce 2013 encore très jeune (assez pâle), peu évolué, doté d'une légère rondeur et d'une finale très chablisienne, minérale, iodée, maritime.
  Le nez est floral, pas encore beurré ni miellé, plutot fin et sans exubérance; la bouche est élégante, salivante sensuelle, jouant la tension plus que l'opulence.
  A ce stade, je dirais qu'il est encore typé 1er cru mais que le potentiel est là d'ici 3/5 ans pour qu'il gagne ses galons de Grand cru... A vérifier.
  
  92++

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