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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.3 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 81 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by penywyse on 10/25/2021 & rated 89 points: Popped and tasted, initially straw, grass, earthiness, light color, and effervescence. As the effervescence fades, it is more citrus. It is very light on the tongue and the finish is not really very long, but remains consistent with citrus and straw. I really enjoy this style and the natural not overdone structure this wine offers. It was beautiful tonight with a light angel hair pasta, chicken and vegetables.
Be healthy and drink well, Cheers.
Update:
So, I saved half a bottle of this for the the 2nd night. Some of the crispness has definitely gone, but it is still drinking very well and I may enjoy it more now. The citrus aspect has reduced, but the grassiness and earthiness of this wine remains and I like it a lot. There is no bitterness in the finish. It lingers initially with a touch of lemon/lime but it is the straw/grass and what seems like the sense of a powdered clay that hangs on for a nice duration. I would have to increase my rating to a 90 on this transformation. Cheers. (1156 views) | | | Tasted by Frost Casselbrant’s Cave on 8/14/2021 & rated 89 points: Mineral, nice colour, but not totally impressing. Nice small, accidity, but too short… (1112 views) | | | Tasted by timothynbond on 7/9/2021 & rated 89 points: Drank by the glass at a restaurant. Nose of yeast and apricots. Medium-light body, medium acid. Flavors of wet rocks and green apples. Very enjoyable for a by-the-glass selection. (1232 views) | | | Tasted by Ch. Lafite on 1/9/2020 & rated 91 points: Light straw tending to medium gold color. Pretty nose offering up some nice pear and light mineral notes. Palate show yellow apple and green pear, with some nice hints of minerals, which should further develop. Medium acidity. Give it a decant or leave it for 1/2 an hour in the glass to develop. Great QPR for this vintage. (2250 views) | | | Tasted by Nyllet on 11/20/2019 flawed bottle: Straw. Special nose with notes of buttercream. Thin fruit and minerals. Must be flawed. (2278 views) | | | Tasted by JNebs on 9/12/2019 & rated 88 points: Clean, citrus, stone fruit, and touch of minerality over lively acidity. Moderately long finish. This is a good food wine; not my style on its own. (1924 views) | | | Tasted by Connecticut Wino on 6/29/2019 & rated 89 points: A nifty wine. True to type with steely, mineral notes and lean, firm fruit. Will always be remembered. (2025 views) | | | Tasted by BcDuncan on 4/21/2019 & rated 88 points: crisp, mineral content, excellent (2268 views) | | | Tasted by jdporter3 on 1/31/2019 & rated 89 points: Very nice. Bracing citrus notes. Had with Golden Tilefish. Really excellent. As said before, a touch of malolactic gives it some body. No surprise. Excellent maker, priced appropriately. (1772 views) | | | Tasted by Nfmds on 12/8/2018 & rated 90 points: Nice example of a good Chablis. Balance of acidity/lemon with subtle buttery malolactic. (1951 views) | | | Tasted by Alpton on 11/24/2018 & rated 89 points: Minerally driven, with lemon, green plum and white blossom. Clean and crisp with some body to it. (1831 views) | | | Tasted by Elycohn on 11/18/2018 & rated 89 points: Totally classic Chablis in a golden hay package and nice creamy texture. Aromas of lemon, green apple, and white flowers with flavors of tangerine and lemon. Briney with balanced acid. (1773 views) | | | Tasted by shurpa14 on 11/8/2018 & rated 89 points: Refreshing, crisp, citrus, racy. A great value and well built Chablis. (1536 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 9/25/2018: Crispy clean but with some weight. (1769 views) | | | Tasted by winemaker on 8/30/2018 & rated 89 points: Really good entry level Chablis. Agree with 1982s note. Punches way above its weight. (1474 views) | | | Tasted by dreinitz on 8/28/2018 & rated 89 points: Very nice. Dry, and maybe a little acidic. Lots of mineral and a bit of lemon, maybe a hint of honey. (1403 views) | | | Tasted by HEBRO 10 on 8/23/2018 flawed bottle: Apple juice vinegar (1406 views) | | | Tasted by NineteenEightyTwo on 5/11/2018 & rated 89 points: Medium-pale straw color. Nose of honeysuckle and seashells, with a subtle sweetly bready note of buttered brioche. The palate starts mildly mineralic, becoming sharply acidic at midpalate. This finishes with a balance between subtle minerality and a slick, buttery smoothness, with a lingering aftertaste of Kimmeridgian limestone. Punches way above its weight at the <$20 I was able to find a bottle for. This may have displaced Fevre's "Champs Royaux" as my go-to entry-level Chablis. (2008 views) | | | Tasted by soyhead on 4/29/2018: Fleshy white pear, hints of seashells, richer than I might have guessed, quite long. Impressed (1776 views) | | | Tasted by gfwetzel on 3/23/2018 & rated 88 points: Lightly oaked. Medium body. Light acidity. 12.5% alcohol. Nice table wine. Went well with spinach pasta and light cream sauce. Nose was mostly mineral. Flavors of melon and citrus. (1858 views) | | | Tasted by CMBlomster on 2/21/2018 & rated 92 points: Wow this Chablis is so delicious! We had with pork and then also enjoyed by itself. It is light, bright, smooth, with a bit of citrus/acidity. Would buy again!! (2057 views) | | | Tasted by drrobvino on 2/13/2018 & rated 88 points: Ordered a bottle with my wife, to have with Valentine's dinner at Tony's.
A correct Chablis, not as linear as I prefer, this one was a bit rounded with notes of pear, green apple and tangerine.
Missing out on some chalk and minerality that I long for, but this went nicely with crab legs and their delicious crabcake.
Drink now through 2019+. (1756 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 2/8/2018: Honey and a touch milk toast, cream, could be tighter and forceful, but it isn't. (1687 views) | | | Tasted by RajivAyyangar on 1/22/2018 & rated 87 points: MNB: White Rioja and laterals (Home (Noe st)): (non-blind - my wine)
Pale gold color.
Medium intensity aromatics - white mushroom and ripe lemon. green apple.
Dry, medium body, 13% alcohol (actually 12.5% - seems higher), high acid, no bitterness. Really fills out in the midpalate. Quite dense and mineral - like Meyer lemon oil. Neutral overall but with mineral-citrus length. Shows some parmesan-rind lees on the midpalate. Slight oak - toast. Slight honey - possibly botrytis? Slight oxidation from oak aging.
Very nice example of a riper Chablis with high acid. (2152 views) | | | Tasted by Cathair Chaladinn on 12/26/2017 & rated 85 points: Not a lot going on here fairly lightweight. However perfect for the beach or a picnic and with the modest alcohol levels @ 12.5 you can comfortably consume 2 or three glasses with food so kudos for that. (1748 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Joseph Drouhin / Drouhin-Vaudon Producer websiteJoseph Drouhin / Drouhin-Vaudon ChablisVINEYARD
Site: This wine comes from grapes exclusively harvested on the Drouhin Family Properties. These vineyards are mainly situated in the Valley of Vauvillien, not far from the Grand Crus, between the Premier Crus of Montée de Tonnerre and Mont de Milieu.
History & tradition: in the sixties, when the Chablis vineyards were all but abandoned, Robert Drouhin recognized the potential of this region which had been ravaged by the phylloxera disease a century before. He was one of the first Burgundy propriétaires who set about revitalizing the area.
Soil: the Kimmeridgian limestone contains millions of tiny marine fossils embedded in a kind of whitish mortar which may have been once the bottom of the sea...hundreds of million years ago. This marine origin gives the wines of Chablis their unique flavor.
Drouhin estate: 27.3 ha. (68.25 acres).
Average age of the vines: 24 years.
VITICULTURE
Biological cultivation since 1990 and biodynamic cultivation since 1999.
Soil maintenance: age-old methods. Ploughing: "buttage" (hilling up around the vine-stocks) in autumn; "débuttage" (ploughing back in spring); work between the rows and the vine stocks done with manual tools only.
Treatment: only authorized products for biological cultivation are used - infusions and macerations of plant materials, sulfur and copper, powdered rock. Natural predators are not eliminated.
Plantation density: 8,000 to 10,000 stocks/ha.
Pruning: double Guyot "Vallée de la Marne" (for its resistance to frost).
Yield: we aim for a lower yield, such as it existed before the new law. This yield is therefore the present maximum yield minus 20%.
Average yield at the Domaine: 55.13hl/ha (the yield currently authorized for the appellation is now 60hl/ha).
VINIFICATION
Harvesting: by hand.
Pressing: very slow so as to respect the fruit. Juices from the last pressings are not retained.
AGEING
Type: stainless steel tank Length: 7-8 months.
Throughout the ageing process, decisions are taken only after careful tasting evaluation. The data obtained is completed through technical analysis. As with every other Joseph Drouhin wine, absolute priority is given to the true expression of terroir and character of the vintage.Chardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBurgundy Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker
# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson
# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio
Chablis Chablis (Fédération de Défense de l'Appellation Chablis) | Chablis (Burgundy Wines)
2014 Vintage Notes:
"... a hybrid of 2004/2007 and 2010. The stone, citrus and limestone amalgam is exactly what we search for in Chablis as the style harkens to a day in the Cote de Beaune proper (1960's - 1980's) when wine was not meant to be consumed the week it was released, battonage was not used by all and new oak was rarely seen ... the texture is natural and 'of the vintage' not 'of the winemaker' .... Like Sancerre or the Loire in general, 2014 in Chablis is one of those rare years with extract and transparency. It appears to be a vintage for the "neoclassic" ages and those of us intent on cellaring the most terroir-driven (but still powerful) examples of vineyard, site-place and varietal will want to invest (heavily) in the magnetic and electric 2014's." - Jon Rimmerman
2018 Vintage Notes:
"There’s not that razor sharp Chablis acidity in 2018,” says Patrick Piuze. “But there is good definition of place. The dry conditions drove vines to drink deeper down in the soil profile."
https://weinlagen-info.de/#bereich_id=58 Single vineyards on weinlagen-info James Suckling Chablis Chablis AOC (Burgundy Wines) |
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