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2015 Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis

Chablis, FRANCE
$37. 99
Bottle
$455.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2018-2022)

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Brilliant pale straw colour with a slight tinge of green to the edges and a watery hue. Aromas of pear and citrusy dried honey sit over hints of nougat and some stony notes. The palate is quite full with a rounded textural feel featuring pear, citrus and dried honey flavours over traces of nut and stony mineral characters. Dry finish with good balanced fresh acidity. Aftertaste of pears, subtle dried honey, citrus and notions of stone. A richer take on Chablis.
Drink over the next 3-4 years.
Alc. 12.5%

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2017 Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis

Chablis, FRANCE
$39. 99
Bottle
$479.88 Dozen

Cellar: 2 - 3 Years (2021-2022)

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Bright straw colour with a watery hue. Pear and dried honey aromas are followed by hints of quince and wet slate notes. The palate is quite full and rounded with flavours of ripe pear, dried honey and citrus sitting over a back drop of slatey mineral characters. Finishes dry with fresh acidity and a medium to long aftertaste of pears, dried honey and citrus tinged with traces of cashew and slate. A generous style of Chablis.
Drink over the next 2-3 years.
Alc. 12.5%

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2019 Jean-Marc Pillot Bourgogne Le Haut des Champs

Burgundy, FRANCE
$59. 99
Bottle
$719.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2021-2025)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Diam Cork

Brilliant pale straw colour with a light tinge of green to the edges and a watery hue. Pronounced white peach and dried honey aromas are married to citrusy nougat, subtle crème brulee and spice notes. Delicious fleshy white peach, nectarine and dried honey flavours are gently creamy in their feel yet also possess a vivid freshness. Subtle crème brulee and citrusy nougat characters present themselves on the back half. Finishes dry with a rich and delightfully textured aftertaste that’s bursting with energy.
Drink over the next 3-4 years.
Alc. 13%

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2023 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Vaillons Chablis Premier Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$175. 00
Bottle
$2100.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
A discreet application of wood sets off notes of white pepper, acacia blossom, spice and just enough Chablis typicity to be interesting. On the palate there is again both good volume and refinement to the generously proportioned middle weight flavors that possess a sappy texture while displaying solid length on the youthfully austere finale. This too could use better depth so at least a few years of keeping should prove to be beneficial. Drink through 2029+.
90 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2023 Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons bursts with aromas of white flowers and peach, followed by a medium to full-bodied, satiny and suave palate that's pure, seamless and charming. Drink 2025-2040.
91 points
William Kelley - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

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2023 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Les Clos Hommage a Louis Chablis Grand Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$399. 00
Bottle
$4788.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

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Smoke and light wood nuances set off cool floral and spicy aromas of freshly grated citrus, white peach, honeysuckle and tidal pool wisps. There is again fine intensity to the dense and stony broad-shouldered flavors that flash fine length on the ever-so-mildly warm finale where a touch of youthful austerity slowly emerges. This refreshing effort is so rich that it should drink reasonably well young but the better choice would be to allow it to age for at least a few years as it could also use more overall depth. Drink through 2033+.
93 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
With the 2023 Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos Hommage à Louis, the Droins have regained the right to designate Les Clos on the label from the INAO, but they're also continuing with the Hommage à Louis moniker. Whatever its name, the wine is lovely, opening in the glass with notes of green apple, peach and lemon mingled with iodine and toasted nuts, followed by a full-bodied, layered and concentrated palate that's deep, dense and muscular. Drink 2027-2045.
95 points
William Kelley - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

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2022 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Hommage a Louis (Les Clos) Chablis Grand Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$340. 00
Bottle
$4080.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
More prominent smoky mineral reduction wisps are present on the more elegant aromas of acacia blossom, iodine and shellfish. There is outstanding size, weight and richness to the large-scaled flavors that coat the palate with sappy dry extract while a pronounced stoniness becomes apparent on the compact, built-to-age and beautifully long finish. This too is very good and should have no trouble repaying a decade or so of cellaring. Drink through 2032+.
92-95 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2022 Chablis Les Clos Grand Cru Hommage à Louis has quite a malic, green apple and Anjou pear-scented nose that unfurls beautifully in the glass. The palate is taut and linear, with moderate depth, clamming up slightly towards the finish compared with the Grenouilles or Valmur. Drink 2027-2040.
91-93 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
The issue of being allowed to call their holding Les Clos is nearly resolved but not in time for 2022. One of the paler colours. A gorgeous classical nose, as if this great vineyard knows best how to resist the climate. This wine has a tightly coiled intensity clearly over and above the rest of the range. Pure white fruit with a little touch of liquorice, it will certainly build into a relatively rich expression of Les Clos, but will maintain its precision and integrity. Very fine. Drink from 2030-2040+.
94-97 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy
A cuvée sourced from three plots ranging from cailloux-dominated soils to the east by Blanchot; blue-clay soils in the central area; and blue-clay/brown clay in the western plot beneath Valmur. Loads of spice, very powerful, a wine with great character and personality. Needs time to settle down but has lots of potential.
94 points
Andy Howard MW - Decanter

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2022 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Vaudesir Chablis Grand Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$285. 00
Bottle
$3420.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
A ripe but agreeably cool nose combines an array of spice elements with those of oyster shell, pear and pretty floral wisps. The super-sleek and wonderfully refined medium weight flavors aren't particularly dense but they do offer a beguiling sense of energy that also suffuses the very dry, focused and highly persistent finale. Like the MdT, this too could use better depth though more should almost certainly develop if given a chance. Drink through 2030+.
91-94 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2022 Chablis Vaudésir Grand Cru is very fragrant on the nose with white peach, white chocolate and hints of wet stone scents, like a Vaillons-plus. The palate is well-defined, taut and fresh, with crisp acidity and good depth, but it starts to clam up towards the finish. Patience will be required, but there is no doubting the caliber of this Grand Cru. Drink 2027-2040.
92-94 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
40% oak. A clear pale lemon colour with a light green tint. There is an attractive smoky touch adding to the mineral freshness of the bouquet. Then the additional richness of fruit on the palate which this vintage gives. Even so, the fruit profile is the usual concentrated white fruit I expect from Vaudésir. A fine long finish. Drink from 2029-2038.
93-95 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy
Plenty of concentration. Pure, ripe peach fruit but lots of acidity and drive as well. The warmer site of this grand cru comes through, yet the wine is still elegant and shows good balance. A fine example, with 40% of the blend aged in barrel.
92 points
Andy Howard MW - Decanter

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2022 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Valmur Chablis Grand Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$285. 00
Bottle
$3420.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
This is also ripe but agreeably cool with its very fresh aromas of green fruit, just sliced citrus and oyster shell wisps. There is exceptionally good volume and richness to the more concentrated and markedly more powerful larger-bodied flavors that deliver excellent depth and persistence on the robust finale. This won't win any awards for refinement but then again, refinement isn't why one buys Valmur. Drink through 2030+.
92-94 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2022 Chablis Valmur Grand Cru has a very aromatic bouquet with apple blossom, white peach, wet stone and light praline scents - complex. The palate is delineated and sapid on the entry, quite strict with quince and peach hints towards the sustained finish. Classy, if just missing the killer blow. Drink 2025-2037.
92-94 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
40% oak. A clear mid yellow. There is a saltiness to the bouquet which Benoît considers a hallmark. A big round ball of fruit on the palate, white rather than yellow, then back to the marine character to finish. A very solid wine suited to white meats more than fish. Fine persistence. Drink from 2029-2038.
92-95 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy
Valmur is a colder valley, with the effect being that there is much more minerality evident. Focused and perfumed, drive and tension on the palate. Intriguing notes of orange zest add further interest. 40% of the blend is aged in barrel. Saline notes to finish; there is a lot going on.
93 points
Andy Howard MW - Decanter

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2022 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Montmains Chablis Premier Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$165. 00
Bottle
$1980.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
Prominent notes of mineral reduction and just picked white flowers suffuse the aromas of tidal pool, algae and zest. The rich but vibrant medium weight flavors possess even more obvious minerality that seems to become more obvious on the cool, firm and delineated finish that is clean, dry, citrusy and sneaky long. Lovely. Drink through 2028+.
90-93 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2022 Chablis Montmains 1er Cru offers scents of grapefruit and orange rind on the nose, less flamboyant than the Vaillons, yet showing impressive delineation already. The palate is well-balanced, with a tangy opening and hints of marmalade infusing the citrus fruit with an almost steely finish. This will need time in bottle. Drink 2026-2040.
91-93 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
35% wood – slightly lower figures this year, especially compared to 2021. The fruit appears at once, though without too much reduction. Broad shouldered but clean and mostly with white fruit. A long pleasing and fruit rich finish. Drink from 2027-2032.
90-93 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy
Although these a rich, deep soils, Droin says they retain a lot of seashell character. Lively and fresh on the palate, you can feel the cool terroir combined with warm, ripe fruit. Very classy and will age beautifully. Benoit Droin explains that it is the argile-bleu (blue clay) found here which adds extra volume.
93 points
Andy Howard MW - Decanter

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2022 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Vaillons Chablis Premier Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$150. 00
Bottle
$1800.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
A slightly cooler if still ripe nose reflects notes of white pepper, plenty of citrus influence and discreet shellfish nuances. Here too the palate impression of the middleweight flavors is one of richness and generosity yet the supporting acidity is both a little firmer and a bit brighter as well. This delicious effort could use better depth but more should reasonably develop with a few years of aging. Drink through 2027+.
90-92 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2022 Chablis Vaillons 1er Cru has a complex bouquet with touches of white peach and a muscat-like scent, very focused and seductive. The palate conveys energy and vigor with citrus fruit and hints of orange zest towards the persistent finish. Superb. Drink 2025-2037.
92-94 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
Ready for bottling. 20% barrel this year, some new. A glowing lemon and lime colour. There is a strictness to the nose, along with the concentration of the vintage. Then more opulence starts to show, ripe lemons here. A future waxiness. The stones turn up at the back, as they should, and the sun-kissed lemons infiltrate the finish. This is going to be lovely. Drink from 2027-2032.
91-93 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy
Very elegant, perfumed floral notes to the fore, allied with sunny, ripe stone fruit. Quite delicate and refined on the nose. Good volume in the mouth with fine acidity to finish. A blend of five different climats.
92 points
Andy Howard MW - Decanter

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2022 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Vaucoupin Chablis Premier Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$150. 00
Bottle
$1800.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
A slightly riper if still agreeably fresh nose freely offer up its array of white and yellow orchard fruit, citrus rind, apple and tidal pool hints. The palate impression of the medium weight flavors possesses more volume still with a lovely sense of richness and minerality that adds a sense of lift to the very dry but not really austere finale. A few years of cellaring should see this drinking well. Drink through through 2027+.
89-92 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2022 Chablis Vaucopin 1er Cru, aged entirely in tank, has a crisp, slightly yeasty bouquet that feels quite primal at the moment, even compared to the Chablis Village. The palate is pithy on the entry, with fine depth if missing a little complexity on the finish. Let's see if it kicks on during the remainder of its élevage. Drink 2025-2033.
88-90 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
All made in stainless steel as usual. A pale clear colour with a light green reflection. A chiselled white fruit defines the nose, though with the suggestion of some concentration to follow. Fresh apples. On the palate the fruit is richer, with some liquorice, and a suggestion of warmth, but still with the core of white fruit that typifies Vaucoupin, and fine length. Drink from 2026-2030.
90-92 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2022 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis

Chablis, FRANCE
$99. 99
Bottle
$1199.88 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
Smoky aromas of shellfish and Granny Smith apples gives way to more voluminous flavors that enjoy better acid support on the balanced and sneaky long finish. This isn't exactly classic in style but it's close and is a wine that offers fine quality for its level. Drink through 2026+.
89-91 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2022 Chablis Village has a crisp, focused bouquet with hints of pressed white flowers and wet stone. The elegant palate has flecks of white peach and apricot, balanced and lovely with a charming, precise finish. This is very capable and should age well in bottle. Drink 2025-2032.
89-91 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
Ready for bottling. A delightful bright lemon and lime colour. Floral and lightly stony, a pleasing mini reduction. There is a surge of bright fruit, yellow plums, which suggests that this may put on a more evidently ripe character later on. Drink from 2024-2027.
88-89 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy
Usually a benchmark for the appellation, Droin's Chablis has a lot more density and concentration than the Petit Chablis. More structure and minerality here. Will be very good and a classic example.
92 points
Andy Howard MW - Decanter

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2021 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Vaillons Chablis Premier Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$145. 00
Bottle
$1740.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
A lightly peppery, airy and cool nose freely offers up floral, white fruit and citrus nuances that exhibit just enough Chablis typicity to confirm where this is from. The plump, round and fleshy flavors possess a hint of natural sweetness that contrasts markedly with clean and bone-dry finish that offers good length but not quite the same complexity. Drink through 2026+.
89-92 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2021 Chablis Vaillons 1er Cru has a backward nose that needs more coaxing in the glass. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, quite steely, lemon peel and touches of orange pith with quite a persistent finish. Fine. Drink 2023-2036.
90-92 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
Benoît Droin lost the Beugnons and Chatains sectors of Vaillons to the frost. Pale lemon yellow. There is a stony nose, with some reduction There is, though, some flesh on the bones here, especially towards the back, indeed unexpectedly concentrated with a fine crisp finish. Drink from 2025-2030.
90-93 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2021 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis Premier Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$160. 00
Bottle
$1920.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Due to the greatly reduced quantities of the 2021 harvest, this premier cru bottling is blend of the Vaucoupin and Cote de Lechet sites.
Other Reviews....
A discreet application of wood sets off the more elegant aromas of citrus-tinged green apple and maritime scents. The rich, delicious and relatively refined medium-weight flavors exude a discreet minerality on the very dry, moderately austere and lingering finale. I like the underlying tension, and this has enough development potential to repay 5 to 8 years of keeping. Drink through 2027+.
90-92 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2021 Chablis 1er Cru is a blend of Côte de Léchet and Vaucoupin because the yields were too small to fill the press entirely. Crushed stone and light undergrowth scents on the nose, this blossoms in the glass. The palate is balanced, cohesive and has fine acidity with a touch of spice that is accentuated with bitter lemon on the persistent finish. Lovely. Drink 2023-2033.
90-92 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
A blend of Côte de Léchet and Vaucoupin. The wine seems to display the nose of Léchet with the stones and lemon tautness from Vaucoupin on the palate. Really interesting wine with depth and zest. Drink from 2025-2029.
90-92 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2021 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Montmains Chablis Premier Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$160. 00
Bottle
$1920.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
An even more floral-suffused nose speaks of the pretty essence of pear and apple while offering better overall typicity. The palate impression of the middleweight flavors is also plump, round and fleshy with its reasonably persistent, dry and balanced finale that also could use better depth. This attractive effort should be approachable young yet also reward 4 to 7 years of keeping. Drink through 2026+.
89-92 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2021 Chablis Montmains 1er Cru has a classic Chablis-like bouquet with scents of shucked oyster shell and light fumé notes emerging from the glass. The palate is well balanced with a saline, lemon rind infused entry, moderate weight, perhaps not quite as precise as the Vaillons yet with satisfying persistence. Fine. Drink 2023-2034.
89-91 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
Pale lemon yellow. This is crisp and classy. Vibrant fruit and plenty of it, then a stonier back half to this wine, faintly lemon scented, while that citrus element is ripe. Enjoy the long finish. Drink from 2025-2030.
91-93 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2021 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Valmur Chablis Grand Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$275. 00
Bottle
$3300.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
Once again moderate wood is present on the spicy aromas of green fruit and oyster shell-inflected nose. The rich, powerful and broad-shouldered flavors possess a borderline creamy mid-palate texture while exhibiting outstanding length on the sappy and saline finish. Very promising. Drink through 2031+.
92-94 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2021 Chablis Valmur Grand Cru offers more intensity and precision than the Vaudésir, the wood giving weight but beautifully assimilated, shucked oyster shells emerging. The palate is well balanced with a slightly honeyed opening, notes of lemon curd and orange pith, building nicely in the mouth towards a suave and lightly spiced finish. Superb. Drink 2025-2045.
92-94 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
Pale lemon colour. An excellent bouquet, though as usual it is hard to know exactly where to place Valmur, some ripe apples, pears and the start of plums, rich and dense, with some marine notes at the back reminding us it is Chablis. Drink from 2026-2032.
91-94 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2021 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Vaudesir Chablis Grand Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$275. 00
Bottle
$3300.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
Here too moderate wood sets off the overtly spicy and ripe aromas of white and yellow peach, iodine and hints of seashore. The sleek, delicious and intense flavors are just a bit more refined, indeed they are almost delicate, while still delivering excellent length on the citrus-tinged finish where a bit of wood slowly emerges. Drink through 2028+.
91-94 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2021 Chablis Vaudésir Grand Cru has a taut and fresh bouquet, wonderful mineralité with a hint of smoke and flint coming through. The palate is well balanced with a saline note, fine depth, lemon and a little more lime. Builds nicely in the mouth, a lovely Vaudésir. Drink 2024-2040.
91-93 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
Clean classic white fruit with concentration and some elegance. Steely and with backbone, then a beautiful finish with complexity, still based around the white fruit. Drink from 2027-2034.
92-94 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2021 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Hommage a Louis (Les Clos) Chablis Grand Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$320. 00
Bottle
$3840.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
Like the Grenouilles, there is enough wood to merit mentioning but not enough to overshadow the cool, airy and very fresh aromas of oyster shell, white flower and ocean breeze. The succulent yet powerful and delineated flavors brim with both minerality and dry extract, all wrapped in a driving bitter lemon-inflected and youthfully austere finale. This is a lovely combination of power and refinement that should amply repay a decade plus of cellaring. Drink through 2031+.
92-95 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2021 Chablis Les Clos Grand Cru has a clean and precise bouquet, flint and chalk filtering through the citrus fruit, gaining intensity as it opens in the glass, though I feel the Grenouilles has more sophistication. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, very harmonious, nicely poised with a dab of stem ginger and white pepper towards the finish that is resolutely classic in style. Very fine. Drink 2024-2046.
92-94 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
This should be Les Clos but there is still a dispute in place with officialdom as to whether or not one of the plots counts as Les Clos or Valmur. I would side with Benoît and Les Clos. Incidentally, he has found out more about the soil through the laying of electric cables to warm the wines when it freezes. There is an unexpected amount of blue clay along with the classic slabs of limestone. The 2021 Hommage a Louis has a very classy nose, a really beautiful expression of Clos. There is a magical, lean intensity on the palate. Perhaps it is not as immediately stunning as the 2021 Grenouilles, but this will live to make old bones. Drink from 2027-2036.
93-96 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2020 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Vaillons Chablis Premier Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$130. 00
Bottle
$1560.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
Here there is less citrus and more floral influence on the white pepper and mineral reduction inflected nose. The sleek, intense and attractively textured medium weight flavors possess a bracing salinity on the agreeably dry and equally well-focused finale that is just a bit firmer. Drink 2026+.
90-92 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2020 Chablis Vaillons 1er Cru has a flinty, focused, energetic nose that feels more harmonious than the preceding Côte de Léchet. The palate is taut, fresh and saline in the mouth, showing great depth and concentration toward the finish. This will be worth looking out for. Drink 2024 - 2040.
90-92 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
A fresh lime tint to the colour heralds the classic dry minerality of this vineyard. Sweetly soft white fruit up front, classic Chablis behind with a grace and charm, and pleasingly persistent.
90-92 points
Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

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2020 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Vaucoupin Chablis Premier Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$130. 00
Bottle
$1560.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
A vague suggestion of the exotic floats above the white peach, lychee and smoky mineral reduction nuances. The delicious, plump and nicely vibrant medium weight flavors possess a more refined mouthfeel before terminating in a lemon-tinged finale that delivers better depth and length. Drink 2024+.
88-91 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The holding is on the plateau at the top of the vineyard, with a medium depth of soil. Light lemon colour, more incisive reduction here. This has a burst of chiselled fruit on the palate, more extrovert fruit than usual but cased in its usual structure.
90-93 points
Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

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2020 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Montmains Chablis Premier Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$145. 00
Bottle
$1740.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
Very pretty and quite cool aromas timidly offer up notes of lemon-lime, white-fleshed fruit, sea breeze and a touch of algae character. There is once again good vibrancy and detail to the delicious and appealingly textured flavors that possess fine depth on the balanced finish that exhibits a touch of wood as it sits on the palate. Drink 2026+.
90-92 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2020 Chablis Montmains 1er Cru is another precise, steely classic Chablis from Benoît Droin. The palate is beautifully balanced and poised, showing good concentration and wonderful cohesion and salinity toward the finish. I cannot wait to taste the final version. Drink 2025 - 2042.
92-94 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
Pale light colour with a juicy fruit nose, a wealth of joyous white fruit, very lightly peachy, not reductive this year. Benoît thinks will tighten up and refine its toastier character.
90-92 points
Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

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2020 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Cote de Lechet Chablis Premier Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$145. 00
Bottle
$1740.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
A more restrained, more elegant and much more citrus-inflected nose grudgingly reveals its spice, floral and iodine suffused aromas. The racy, intense and markedly mineral-driven middle weight flavors possess excellent delineation while displaying plenty of oyster shell character on the dry and focused finale. Lovely. Drink 2025+.
90-92 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2020 Chablis Côte de Léchet 1er Cru, which was not produced in 2019, has a clean, precise bouquet of apple blossom and light flinty aromas. The palate is taut and fresh, offering Conference pear and green apple flavors and fine weight, but maybe just easing off the accelerator on the finish. Let’s see once this is in bottle. Drink 2023 - 2030.
86-88 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
This tiny cuvée has only been made in 2011, 2018 and 2020 so far. Riper cooked lemon fruit on the nose. There is a depth of pure white fruit, a little ripe bacon fat, then reverting back to the fruit at the finish.
90-92 points
Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

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2020 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Valmur Chablis Grand Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$255. 00
Bottle
$3060.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
Classic Chablis aromas of essence of pear, iodine, quinine and plenty of mineral reduction slide into succulent yet powerful broad-shouldered flavors that possess excellent muscle and intensity on the super-saline finish, indeed this is borderline salty. Excellent quality here fashioned in a built-to-age package. Drink 2030+.
92-95 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2020 Chablis Valmur Grand Cru is much more expressive on the nose compared to the Vaudésir, featuring copious yellow plum, yellow flower and mineral scents. The palate is very saline on the entry, matched with a perfect bead of acidity, and fans out wonderfully on the finish. This is going to be an outstanding Valmur. Drink 2025 - 2050.
94-96 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
Fine mid lemon yellow. There is more immediate weight than Vaudésir, in slightly yellower fruit, hugely expansive, a little more Côte d’Or in style, which fits the profile of Valmur, with an astonishing quality of aftertaste. Broad-shouldered yet still fine.
94-96 points
Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

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2020 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Vaudesir Chablis Grand Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$255. 00
Bottle
$3060.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

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This is also aromatically cool and very pretty with its array of white and yellow fruit, broad range of spice elements and good Chablis typicity, all trimmed in oak hints. The wood influence also is present on the caressing and refined but decidedly intense flavors that culminate in a bone-dry finale. This too is very good. Drink 2028+.
92-94 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2020 Chablis Vaudésir Grand Cru has an almost clinical bouquet, wonderfully defined, with superb salinity and mineralité. The focused palate is citric and tensile, and the salinity gets the saliva flowing. Classic Chablis through and through. This will be an exceptional Vaudésir. Drink 2025 - 2050.
93-95 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
Bright clean fresh colour, the bouquet is concentrated but chiselled and backward. Crisp, concentrated pure white fruit, very Vaudésir, with excellent persistence. Finesse and class to finish.
93-95 points
Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

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2020 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Grenouilles Chablis Grand Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$290. 00
Bottle
$3480.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

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An appealingly layered nose mixes notes of green fruit, mineral reduction and various citrus elements with a hint of algae. The round, delicious and anise-inflected flavors are at once caressing and mouth coating thanks to the abundance of sappy dry extract that buffers the moderately firm acidity shaping the lingering finish. This will need to develop better complexity, but the projected aging curve should permit it to improve. Drink 2027+.
91-94 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2020 Chablis Grenouilles Grand Cru has a well-defined bouquet of undergrowth, limestone and light floral scents, although at the moment it does not deliver the panache of the Valmur. The palate is very harmonious and concentrated, delivering fine depth and salinity, and quite rich toward the persistent finish. Very fine, though not top of the Droin class. Drink 2024 - 2048.
92-94 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
Fresh pale lemon yellow. The power is showing, but not yet the detail. This has the most oak in the blend, but I can scarcely see the wood. Rich pure and concentrated, with an impressive weight of fruit throughout, follows on nicely from Valmur. Generous gourmand sucrosity is present but the wine should retain its balance.
92-95 points
Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

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2020 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Hommage a Louis (Les Clos) Chablis Grand Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$290. 00
Bottle
$3480.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

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Here too the nose is largely dominated by notes of smoky mineral reduction, acacia blossom, citrus rind and soft wood. There is excellent intensity to the admirably pure middle weight plus flavors that exude an inviting salinity on the detailed and hugely long finish that presently displays a hint of sweetness that I don't expect to last. This is potentially terrific. Drink 2030+.
92-95 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2020 Chablis Hommage a Louis Grand Cru has an already irresistible bouquet of beautifully defined yellow fruit, limestone, red apple and white peachy aromas. The palate is very harmonious, distinctly saline and quite powerful. The intense, spicy finish lingers in the mouth. This will surely vie with the Valmur for supremacy come bottling. Outstanding. Drink 2025 - 2050.
94-96 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
2020 marks the centenary of the first vintage of Les Clos made by Benoît Droin’s great-great-grandfather Louis (who was followed by Marcel, Paul, Jean-Paul and now Benoît. Les Clos is not mentioned on the label because of a current administrative spat where the Douanes (customs) and the INAO have a different opinion as to whether a particular plot should be classified as Clos or Valmur. With a bit of luck this should be resolved soon. In any case, the 2020 has a wonderful white fruit nose, really elegant and stylish. The grip here is exceptional with a spectacular intensity and no undue heat or sucrosity: a wonderful wine in the making.
94-97 points
Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

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2019 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Vaillons Chablis Premier Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$110. 00
Bottle
$1320.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

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An interesting and relatively broad-ranging nose includes notes of white pepper, iodine, quinine and pretty floral scents. The plump, round and fleshy flavors possess a beguiling texture but not the same intensity and particularly so on the borderline fat finish. To be clear, this is by no means heavy or lacking vibrancy, but it seems clear that it should be drunk on the earlier side compared to many of these 1ers. Drink 2023+.
89 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound

Aromas of peach, apricot, honey, white flowers and iodine preface the 2019 Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons, a medium to full-bodied, satiny and charming wine that's the most demonstrative premier cru in the cellar this year. Drink 2023 - 2040.
90 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Aug 2021)

Fresh lemon colour. Saline nose right from the start. Ripe enough to have, some floral touches to the bouquet as well. The same idea continues through on the palate, a little bit of spice from the ripeness, but without losing the lemon zest. Less determinedly dry than in, some years.
90-93 points
Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

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2019 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Montmains Chablis Premier Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$125. 00
Bottle
$1500.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

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The 2019 Chablis 1er Cru Montmains opens in the glass with notes of green orchard fruit, hazelnuts, clear honey, fresh bread and oyster shell. Medium to full-bodied, layered and muscular, with chalky grip and a saline finish, it has turned out very well.
92 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Aug 2021)

A smoky nose of mineral reduction, grapefruit and oyster shell introduces dense and almost painfully intense flavors that are supported by citrus-tinged acidity on the powerful and focused finish. Though tightly wound at present, I suspect that this will flesh out relatively quickly.
91 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound

Pale lemon and lime. The Montmains has a stricter nose, some grilled hazelnut on the palate even a touch of pyrazine or scorched rocks. Lime note at the finish, quite complex. Benoît characterises it as more Burgundian.
89-92 points
Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

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2019 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Grenouilles Chablis Grand Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$230. 00
Bottle
$2760.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

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The 2019 Chablis Grand Cru Grenouilles is excellent, mingling aromas of citrus zest, orange oil, pastry, beeswax, ginger and iodine in an incipiently complex bouquet. Full-bodied, satiny and layered, with a concentrated core of fruit and bright girdling acids, it concludes with a long, saline finish. This is already very integrated and complete, but the real fireworks will come with bottle age.
95 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Aug 2021)

This too is moderately reduced with some post-bottling sulfur in evidence so again, I would advise decanting it first if you're going to crack a bottle upon release. More interesting are the round, caressing and solidly intense flavors that possess the best concentration in the entire range while delivering positively huge length on the markedly spicy finish. I was seriously impressed with this and moreover, it's rare that the Grenouilles outperforms both the Les Clos and Vaudésir chez Droin.
94 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound

Pale colour, but offering a powerful nose, with its characteristic spices. This is very harmonious on the palate, fills the mouth, waves of clean fresh fruit come through at the back. Grenouilles can live with the style of the vintage. 50% wood does not show. Lovely balanced complex aftertaste. This wine slightly exceeds 14% alcohol, but if any one Chablis vineyard can cope with that, it is Grenouilles.
92-96 points
Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

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2019 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Les Clos Chablis Grand Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$230. 00
Bottle
$2760.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

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The 2019 Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos is similarly impressive, unwinding in the glass with notes of citrus zest, confit lemon, iodine, freshly baked bread, nutmeg and smoke. Full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, it's taut and concentrated, with chalky extract, racy acids and a long, penetrating finish. This, too, is even more than usually structured and will require and reward bottle age.
95+ points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Aug 2021)

A wonderfully broad nose features notes of oyster shell, white flowers, iodine, yellow orchard fruit and a whiff of quinine. The intense and palate coating larger-scaled flavors exude evident minerality on the focused, very firm and impressively persistent finish. This needs to develop better depth, but the solid acid spine makes clear that this is a wine to put away and forget for at least 5 to 7 years.
93 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound

Pale brilliant clear colour, a nose of immense quality, little touches of iodine in with the pure white fruit. Stone fruit with, some shellfish touches. The warmth of the vintage shows in the opulence of the wine, which is in no way denatured. This is exceptionally persistent, a great Clos indeed. Superb, a wine, which should hold together for decades.
94-97 points
Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

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2019 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Vaudesir Chablis Grand Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$199. 00
Bottle
$2388.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

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Subtle but not invisible wood sets off aromas of white flowers, citrus, a whiff of exotic fruit and wet chalk. The rich yet elegantly textured medium weight flavors possess a lovely sense of underlying tension before terminating in a focused and exceptionally long finish. This is noticeably firmer than any of the prior wines and a wine that should age effortlessly over most of the next decade.
93 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound

Pale lime notes, a weight of fruit, not exotic, but still clearly ripe. Even quite discreet, but it is all there. Really interesting, detailed range of flavours, some orange zest then a little prickle of minerality, next up is, some yellow fruit, then a long classical finish. The Corton Charlemagne of Chablis, Benoît suggests.
92-96 points
Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

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2019 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Valmur Chablis Grand Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$199. 00
Bottle
$2388.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

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The 2019 Chablis Grand Cru Valmur unwinds in the glass with scents of crisp green orchard fruit, fresh bread, iodine and dried white flowers. Full-bodied, satiny and layered, it's deep and concentrated, with racy acids, chalky structuring dry extract and a long, saline finish. This is another serious, built-to-age bottling from Droin.
94+ points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Aug 2021)

There is just enough reduction present to push the green fruit and vaguely exotic aromas to the background so be sure to give this a thorough aeration if you're going to try a bottle young. Otherwise, there is excellent density to the dense if slightly rustic big-bodied flavors that display noticeable warmth on the solidly persistent finish. This is an imposing and powerful Valmur where the balance isn't quite as well dialed in as the best in the range.
92 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound

Light yellow colour, deep white fruit, this has significant weight of fruit. Spice comes behind, but the fruit weight and the alcohol are well in balance. Plump and satisfying, a glycerol rich Chablis for a powerful meat dish. 13.30% alcohol.
91-95 points
Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

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2019 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Vaucoupin Chablis Premier Cru

Chablis, FRANCE
$110. 00
Bottle
$1320.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
The expressive and cooler nose is at once more elegant and purer with its nose of citrus, apple, sea breeze and mineral reduction. The notably finer middle weight flavors possess better underlying tension as well as delineation and particularly so on the sneaky long finish. A Vaucoupin of finesse.
90 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound

Pale lemon and lime colour. Here the nose is very typical, with white flowers, pure and not too exotic at all, some ripeness shows, but this has great persistence, a natural salinity and a fine harmonious overview.
90-92 points
Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

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2023 Jeff Carrel Dans L’Air du Temps Chenin Blanc

Vin de France, FRANCE
$32. 99
Bottle
$395.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Cellar: Drink now - 2 Years (2024-2026)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Diam Cork

Bright pale straw to straw colour with a watery hue. Ripe pear and apple aromas mix with hints of honeysuckle, light musk and spice. Luscious pear, apple and honeysuckle flavours overlay a spicy quince back drop. Finishes dry with brisk acidity and a spicy mid length aftertaste.
Drink over the next 1-2 years.
Alc. 13%

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2017 JJ Vincent Bourgogne Blanc

Burgundy, FRANCE
$27. 99
Bottle
$335.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 3 Years (2020-2023)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Bright straw colour with a watery hue. Showing great intensity out of the glass are aromatics of ripe peach, apricot and light honeycomb with notions of crème brulee, cashew and wet stone in hot pursuit. Ripe peach and apricot fruits are scattered across the mid weighted palate which is round and creamy in its feel. Dried honey, cashew and subtle influences of crème brulee are also present. Some stoniness emerges on the dry finish. Balanced acidity with a nicely textured medium to long aftertaste.
Drink over the next 2-3 years.
Alc. 13%

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2016 JJ Vincent Bourgogne Blanc

Burgundy, FRANCE
$27. 99
Bottle
$335.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2019-2023)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

The JJ Bourgogne Blanc is a tribute to Jean Jacques Vincent who has managed the family domaine of Château Fuissé for the past 40 years. Sourced from the southern part of Burgundy near Macon and Pouilly Fuisse, 70% of the wine is vinified in stainless steel tanks to preserve freshness whilst the remainder sees about 6 months in oak.

Brilliant pale straw to straw colour with a watery hue. The nose shows good elevation with aromas of ripe pear and peach meshed to dried honey characters with wet stone, faint citrus and flinty notes following. Lightly creamed, elegant and fresh in its feel the light to medium weight palate features pear, dried honey and subtle cashew flavours over light citrusy nougat and stony elements. Finishes dry with a medium to long stony infused aftertaste.
Drink over the next 3-4 years.
Alc. 13%

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2018 Jo Landron La Louvetrie Muscadet Serve et Maine Sur Lie

Loire Valley, FRANCE
$34. 99
Bottle
$419.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2020-2025)

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Brilliant very pale straw colour with greenish tinged edges and a watery hue. Grapey honeysuckle and pear like aromas mix with baked apple and subtle flinty slate like notes. Light and fresh with a distinct flinty minerality underpinning the fruity pear, apple, light honeysuckle, lees and musk flavours. Finishes very dry with crisp acidity and a medium length aftertaste that has lingering lees characters.
Drink over the next 4-5 years.
Alc. 12.5%

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2020 Joel Gott Barrel-Aged Chardonnay

California, UNITED STATES
$34. 99
Bottle
$419.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2023-2027)

ABV: 13.9%

Closure: Cork

Fruit was fermented in 50% new French oak and 50% 1 and 2-year-old French oak then matured in the same oak regime for 6 months to add complexity and texture.
Brilliant pale straw to straw colour with greenish tinged edges and a watery hue. Filling the nostrils are pronounced ripe peach, apricot and crème brulee aromas followed by hints of bacon fat, honeycomb and spice. Rich, full and creamy textured, mouth filling flavours of ripe peaches, apricot and honeycomb overlay a back drop of crème brulee, bacon fat and spice. Finishes long, round and luscious.
Drink over the next 3-4 years.
Alc. 13.9%

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2019 Joel Gott Barrel-Aged Chardonnay

California, UNITED STATES
$34. 99
Bottle
$419.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2021-2025)

ABV: 13.9%

Closure: Cork

Bright pale straw colour with a watery hue. Heady ripe peach and apricot scents flow from the glass mixing with honeycomb, crème brulee, toasty oak and spicy butterscotch along the way. Rich and lusciously textured, the palate is overflowing with ripe peach, honeycomb and butterscotch flavours which sit over a bacon fat and spice background. Round creamy finish with soft acidity and a long opulent aftertaste.
Drink over the next 3-4 years.
Alc. 13.9%

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2023 Joh Jos Prum Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Kabinett

Mosel, GERMANY
$105. 00
Bottle
$1260.00 Dozen

ABV: 9%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
The 2023 Bernkasteler Badstube Kabinett shows ripe and lush but delicate fruit with finely weathered slate aromas. This weightless Riesling is light, filigreed and very delicate on the palate, and fruit and acidity are in perfect balance. This is not a super substantial Badstube but a very delicate palate dancer. 9% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in January 2025. Drink 2025-2050.
91 points
Stephan Reinhardt - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2023 Riesling Bernkasteler Badstube Kabinett opens with a touch of mossy, lemony brightness that is vividly creamy. The palate is immediately fresh, superbly open and very friendly with some baby fat, channeling lemon and Reine Claude plum. It has a flowing, green-tinged aspect, almost like candied angelica, with a bright, fresh lemony finish. Drink 2024-2050.
92 points
Anne Krebiehl MW - Vinous
Super cool and bright with a wide spectrum of delicate garden herb and white tree fruit aromas. Sleek, light-bodied and pristine, with a wonderful balance of restrained juiciness and stony freshness in the long, dry finish. Drink or hold.
94 points
Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

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2023 Joh Jos Prum Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett

Mosel, GERMANY
$130. 00
Bottle
$1560.00 Dozen

ABV: 9%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
The 2023 Graacher Himmelreich Kabinett is pure, intense and elegant on the complex and substantial nose with stony and lemony notes. This Riesling is rich and mouth-filling and provided with ripe and sustainable mineral acidity and intense fruit. This is an expressive and terroir-driven Riesling with a seriously mineral expression. 9% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in January 2025. Drink 2025-2060.
93 points
Stephan Reinhardt - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2023 Riesling Graacher Himmelreich Kabinett initially presents a reductive funk that takes time to dissipate, allowing only brief glimpses of green apple to peep through. However, the palate is superbly sprightly, vividly light and lemony fresh, skipping along light-heartedly without a care in the world. It airily and charmingly spreads its lemony perfume and charm. A quintessential, elfin Kabinett. Drink 2026-2056.
93 points
Anne Krebiehl MW - Vinous
This Mosel riesling kabinett is a miniature masterpiece of delicacy. I love the aromas of wildflowers and herbs that are married to a wealth of mineral nuances on the light- to medium-bodied palate. Although a hint of sweetness is perceptible, this has quite a firm core, yet is very filigreed at the long, pristine finish. Drink or hold.
95 points
Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

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2023 Joh Jos Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett

Mosel, GERMANY
$140. 00
Bottle
$1680.00 Dozen

ABV: 8.5%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
The 2023 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett is deep, pure, fresh and slatey on the precise, coolish and also floral nose. Mouth-filling, rich and dense on the palate, this is a round and juicy, very mineral, stimulating, savory and saline wine with fine, stimulating grip and an aromatic, well-structured and relatively dry finish. This is excellent and stylish in its terroir expression. 8.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in January 2025. Drink 2030-2065.
94 points
Stephan Reinhardt - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2023 Riesling Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett opens with some reduction, but the yeastiness blends with lemon. The palate is sleek and contoured, vividly fine, with cool, salty slate. Its blue, cool aspect shines with yellow lemon, creating a gorgeous complementary accord that accentuates absolute elegance. Drink 2026-2056.
94 points
Anne Krebiehl MW - Vinous
Super elegant and super filigreed, with ravishing aromas of honeysuckle, white peaches and Asian pears, this is a very sophisticated and polished wine for this category. Incredibly refreshing, but also incredibly silky on the light-bodied palate. Then comes the extremely long and precise finish in which floral and wet-stone elements are almost perfectly interwoven. Drink or hold.
96 points
Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

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2023 Joh Jos Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett Magnum (1500ml)

Mosel, GERMANY
$340. 00
Bottle
$4080.00 Dozen

ABV: 8.5%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
The 2023 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett is deep, pure, fresh and slatey on the precise, coolish and also floral nose. Mouth-filling, rich and dense on the palate, this is a round and juicy, very mineral, stimulating, savory and saline wine with fine, stimulating grip and an aromatic, well-structured and relatively dry finish. This is excellent and stylish in its terroir expression. 8.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in January 2025. Drink 2030-2065.
94 points
Stephan Reinhardt - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2023 Riesling Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett opens with some reduction, but the yeastiness blends with lemon. The palate is sleek and contoured, vividly fine, with cool, salty slate. Its blue, cool aspect shines with yellow lemon, creating a gorgeous complementary accord that accentuates absolute elegance. Drink 2026-2056.
94 points
Anne Krebiehl MW - Vinous
Super elegant and super filigreed, with ravishing aromas of honeysuckle, white peaches and Asian pears, this is a very sophisticated and polished wine for this category. Incredibly refreshing, but also incredibly silky on the light-bodied palate. Then comes the extremely long and precise finish in which floral and wet-stone elements are almost perfectly interwoven. Drink or hold.
96 points
Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

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2023 Joh Jos Prum Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spatlese

Mosel, GERMANY
$135. 00
Bottle
$1620.00 Dozen

ABV: 7%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
The 2023 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Spätlese opens with a highly delicate bouquet of finely crushed or weathered slate into which the fruit is bedded like a princess so that the terroir and Riesling fruit are already perfectly interwoven at this early stage. Round and juicy as well as saline and with mineral grip on the palate, this is a dense and stimulating saline and frisky Spätlese from one of the finest Mosel terroirs. It is endlessly saline and salivating on the crystalline, super clear and vivacious finish. This is a great, highly stimulating and finessed Spätlese indeed! 7% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine from AP 09 24 in January 2025. Drink 2025-2070.
96 points
Stephan Reinhardt - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2023 Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Spätlese is still a little reductive. A slight dried herbal frisson plays around tender yellow plum notes on the shy nose. The palate is beautifully light and vividly citric with gentle lemon candy sweetness and luminous freshness. A tingling, balanced, vivid finish accentuates the lightness. Drink 2026-2060.
95 points
Anne Krebiehl MW - Vinous
Still quite closed and tightly wound, this firmly structured Mosel riesling spatlese needs some time for the fruit aromas to unfurl. Excellent concentration and delicacy of flavor in a more forthrightly mineral direction than the spring-like classics from the neighboring Wehlener Sonnenuhr. A long-distance runner that demands some patience. Drinkable now, but best from 2026.
94 points
Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

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2023 Joh Jos Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spatlese Magnum (1500ml)

Mosel, GERMANY
$375. 00
Bottle
$4500.00 Dozen

ABV: 8%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
The 2023 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese is concentrated and very intense on the fruit-driven, deep and spicy nose. The wine is very elegant and refined on the dense and seriously structured, salivating palate that is a promise for the future and endlessly salty in the present. 8% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine from AP 08 24 in January 2025. Drink 2030-2070.
95+ points
Stephan Reinhardt - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2023 Riesling Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese opens with a serene, stony, salty slaty breeze. The palate is exquisitely fine and very bright, luminous even, soaring upward as it reaches down into the slate, embodying the total elegance of the site. Slenderness and serenity are exemplary. Drink 2028-2060.
96 points
Anne Krebiehl MW - Vinous
The sensuous curves of Art Nouveau design and joyful flourishes of rococo both give an idea of what Mosel riesling elegance means, but in a masterpiece like this it takes on a totally distinctive feeling unlike anything else on Planet Wine. The white peach fruit, white flower aromas and slatey minerality all tingle on your palate, then flicker on and on in a totally fascinating manner in the nearly endless finish. The touch of sweetness is already beautifully integrated, although the wine just began a decades-long life. Drink or hold.
97 points
Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

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2012 Joh Jos Prum Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel - Museum Release

Mosel, GERMANY
$380. 00
Bottle
$4560.00 Dozen

ABV: 7%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
The 2012 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese Gold Capsule (AP #16 13) reveals a concentrated bouquet of highly delicate Riesling berry aromas along with grapefruit flavors. Rich and concentrated, but with lots of finesse, transparency and elegance on the palate, this noble sweet Auslese is fresh, delicate and very stimulating. Drink: 2015 - 2050.
96 points
Stephan Reinhardt - The Wine Advocate
Rich golden yellow. Heady strawberry and nut oils aromas, with only a gentle hint of honeyed botrytis. White peach fruit essences and mineral salts animate the creamily rich yet delicate palate. More concentrated than the other ausleses and showing a distinctly aristocratic personality. One of the most impressive ausleses of the vintage.
93 points
Joel B. Payne - Vinous

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2022 Joh Jos Prum Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel

Mosel, GERMANY
$360. 00
Bottle
$4320.00 Dozen

ABV: 7.5%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
A very great Mosel Auslese with the combination of enormous concentration, exotic ripeness and vibrancy that we expect from the very top producers of this style. What a fantastic interplay of grape sweetness and aromatic richness with an underlying slatey acidity that makes this so pure and straight. Drink or hold.
98 points
Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com
The 2022er Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese GK was made from shriveled rather than botrytized fruit and was fermented down to noble sweet levels of residual sugar. It offers a superbly refreshing and pure nose of candied lime, tangerine, pineapple, spearmint, lavender, cassis, acacia, lime tree, rosemary, and dried apricot. The wine proves superbly concentrated and focused and leaves a very intense and almost broad feel of honeyed exotic fruits. The finish has huge length and intensity. This is a hugely impressive Auslese GK.
95+ points
Jean Fisch and David Rayer - Mosel Fine Wines
The 2022 Riesling Graacher Himmelreich Auslese Goldkapsel, made with about 30% botrytis, does not give much away on its closed nose. Still, the ripest peach, edged with orange zestiness, is luminous on the palate, encompassing tart-sweet fruit and the slightest lift of botrytis. Concentration and slight viscosity with intense sweetness and honey are edged with citrus. (Luscious). Drink: 2025-2050.
93 points
Anne Krebiehl MW - Vinous

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2022 Joh Jos Prum Bernkasteler Lay Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel (375ml)

Mosel, GERMANY
$165. 00
Bottle
$1980.00 Dozen

ABV: 7.5%

Closure: Cork

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Rippling with exotic flower and fruit aromas, this remarkably concentrated Mosel Auslese also has a staggering brilliance thanks to the very racy acidity and wet stone minerality. What a silky texture the breathtakingly refreshing finish has! Wonderful passion fruit flavor here. Drink or hold.
98 points
Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com
The 2022er Bernkasteler Lay Riesling Auslese GK was made from shriveled rather than botrytized fruit and was fermented down to noble-sweet levels of residual sugar. It offers a beautifully restrained and almost non-saying nose at first, yet quickly shows superbly complex and captivating notes of fine exotic elements (mango, guava, passion fruit), smoke, whipped almond cream, yellow flowers, orange blossom, acacia, and cassis. The wine proves superbly refined and elegant on the layered and comparatively light-weighted palate. It gains presence and intensity as it unfolds and leaves a magnificent elegant and gorgeously creamy touch in the hugely long finish. What a splendid wine!
96 points
Jean Fisch and David Rayer - Mosel Fine Wines
The 2022 Riesling Bernkasteler Lay Auslese Goldkapsel was made with a small portion of botrytis, around 30%. Candied Mirabelle and white peach are still tempered by aromatic citrus, resulting in a picture of elegance, full of fruit but also of serene, smooth, tempered ripeness that just shimmers with Mirabelle, peach, Meyer lemon and supple, tempered, zesty, balanced sweetness. Botrytis is only evident in concentration and a touch of honey on the finish. (Sweet). Drink: 2025-2050.
94 points
Anne Krebiehl MW - Vinous

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