Domaine Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin is a conventionally farmed estate winery in the Chablis region of France. The estate produces white wines under the Petit Chablis AOC, the Chablis AOC, the Chablis Premier Cru AOC and the Chablis Grand Cru AOC.

Owner: Benoît Droin is working with his father, Jean-Paul.

Vintages: 2010 Droin did not find any rot in his grapes [in 2010] and describes the wines as being more redolent of yellow fruits than in the past few vintages, (Richards Walford Chablis 2010 offer).

White wines

Petit Chablis AOC

Chablis AOC

Chablis Premier Crus

Chablis Premier Cru AOC Vaucoupin: See here for this terroir.

Chablis Premier Cru AOC Côte de Lechet: See here for this terroir.

Chablis Premier Cru AOC Vosgros: See here for this terroir.

Chablis Premier Cru AOC Fourchaume:See here for this terroir. | 2010 50% fermented in fût.

Chablis Premier Cru AOC Vaillons: She here for this terroir.

Chablis Premier Cru AOC Montmains: See here for this terroir.

Chablis Premier Cru AOC Mont de Milieu: See here for this terroir.

Chablis Premier Cru AOC Montée de Tonnerre: See here for this terroir

Chablis Grand Crus

Chablis Grand Cru AOC Blanchot: See here for this terroir. The only unoaked Grand Cru made here.

Chablis Grand Cru AOC Bougros: See here for this terroir.

Chablis Grand Cru AOC Valmur: See here for this terroir. Valmur is ‘always the most austere in the spectrum of Droin wines, and almost Riesling-like,’ according to Roy Richards, quoted by Jasper Morris MW (18/2007 p.209).

Chablis Grand Cru AOC Vaudésir: See here for this terroir. ‘The vineyards here are in a warm, closed-off valley,’ (Madeline Mehalko in Richards Walford Chablis 2010 offer).

Chablis GGrand Cru AOC Grenouilles: See here for this terroir. ‘Père Droin [Jean-Paul] used to oak his Grenouilles to hell – it was really big and blowsy. The son [Benoit] has completely changed that,’ says Roy Richards, quoted by Jasper Morris (18/2007).

Chablis Grand Cru AOC, Clos: See here for this terroir.

Contact

Domaine Jean-Paul Droin