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Manage Subscriptions2014 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons
Chardonnay
- France
- Burgundy
- Chablis
- Chablis 1er Cru
Community Tasting Notes 24
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Bakerbd Likes this wine: 91 points
February 2, 2023 - Bright citrus and orchard fruit, mineral, med + acid, crisp
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cct wrote: 94 points
October 30, 2021 - A little reduction at first that blows off to reveal oyster shell briny steely on the nose with the fruit citrus more than apple, with jasmine florals.
On the palate, it's a steely and chalky, soil and acid more than fruit driven classic Chablis. It's unadorned, chiseled, and detailed. AN AFWE wine for sure. Excellent interplay of extract and focus, but a little austere. I like that.
3 days in the refrigerator did this a lot of good.
Day 4, the last half of the bottle in the fridge recorked, this has really come into its own. Still a steely, sculpted, soil driven Chablis, but with a bit of unripe pineapple, lemon curd, a bit of nuttiness, brine, more florals, and more palate breadth. The already not that ugly duckling became a swan. A deep, focused, mouthwatering, soil driven Chablis with terrific clarity. A rock head's wine. Delicious. 93 -
decaturwinedude wrote:
May 28, 2020 - This stuff is still terrific, and even fleshier than my bottle two years ago. It just reads Chablis out of the gate. Green apple and a salty air breeze note. Fleshes out to show some mid-palate sweetness that is surrounded by a mouth puckering salinity that lingers. It's not terribly complex, it's rather upfront juicy and edgy. Terrific liveliness/freshness that 14s seem to have.
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JCGuthrie wrote: 90 points
April 4, 2020 - A solid but not exceptional wine. I didn't get as much Chablis character on this as some of the other tasters noted.
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Mazy Likes this wine: 89 points
August 22, 2018 - PNP. Un vin de fruit, pas des plus complexes mais se buvant bien. Meilleur après le repas avec les fromages (comme d'habitude, les Droin ont besoin d'un peu d'air).
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2014
- Type White
- Producer Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin
- Varietal Chardonnay
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Vaillons
- Country France
- Region Burgundy
- SubRegion Chablis
- Appellation Chablis 1er Cru
- UPC Code 451323107509
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 181 (31%)
- Consumed 406 (69%)
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