2020 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis Grand Cru Valmur

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  4/28/2024 - f95masv Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Very nice. Citrus, minerals, stone, white peach, almonds and oaky butter. Lovely and young.

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  2/14/2024 - TobbeVin wrote: 93 Points

  Eye: Light lemon
  Nose: M, stone, apple, chalk and some smoke.
  Mouth: Acidity M+, Int M+, barrel, stone,
  Finish: Long fresh; very good balance
  An excellent wine with its life ahead.
  Give this wine at least 10years to show it self.

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  11/19/2023 - csimm wrote: 93 Points

  This is holding its cards a bit, especially when compared to the more exuberant and intense 2019. Lemons all the way around with this 2020: Lemon confit, juice, curd, zest, pith... ya, so, pretty much...the whole lemon. Hints of vanilla, yuzu, yellow pear, and spice add interest. Opens up after a couple hours of slow O2. Fun now, but certainly more to come here. Try again in 2030. DIAM closure.

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  11/5/2022 - AJ72 wrote: 91 Points

  The jump to hyperspace is effectively what you need to do to try the best from this area of Burgundy. Raveneau and Dauvissat are now effectively no longer worth buying for the every day consumer. Great as they are it’s just no longer worth it, they’re pricing is beyond reality of what the wine is worth as a drink. Yes they were always expensive and beyond what it should be worth but occasionally, as Clive Coates would say, when you “felt like pushing out the boat” you would stump up the extra to see what the fuss was all about. It’s gone beyond that now for even the crazy joe (I know because I was crazy joe). So the next step is to identify the next best thing. I have tried many and it’s clear that the divide is significant. I’ve tried a lot of Fevre, Dampt, Billaud-Simon, Defaix (all of them) and many others which failed miserably. Droin has been the closest I have come to realising the greatness of the other two masters. I would say at the premier cru level they’re closer than at the Grand cru level. Being able to buy very good Droin premier cru Chablis for around $100 is acceptable. They aren’t hitting the heights of the 2 benchmark producers but they do a fine job and aren’t light years away. When considering $100 for Droin vs $500+ for Raveneau and similar for Dauvissat 1er cru’s they’re over delivering. At the Grand cru level the gap is more pronounced. That being said I wouldn’t pay the more than $1000 for 2020 Grand Cru’s from either Raveneau or Dauvissat on offer. These wines have exponentionally increased over the last decade and like many great producers further South are no longer worth drinking unless you’re a Billionaire and can afford to indulge. Yes, this is a eulogy for the future common man and woman who weren’t as lucky as I was to be able to experience the best that Burgundy had to offer and I make no apologies for it. Wine is a drink and is meant to be consumed. This is no longer the case with many producers in Burgundy.

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  6/29/2022 - Vanja1 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Lys gyllen, klar og ren på farge.
  På duft finner vi epler, sitron, smør og flint. Mineralsk vin men noe honningtoner etterhvert. Integrert eikepreg, medium pluss syre og lang lengde. Fyldig munnfølelse, ekspressiv vin, balansert og elegant, helt nydelig.

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