Domaine Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin with its ancestral background dating back to 1620 or even more, certainly makes it one of the oldest domaines in Chablis.
Today this historical domaine covers more than 25.5 ha spreading over four appellations from the Petit Chablis up to the Grands Crus. The domaine is principally made up of vineyards obtained over the centuries by 13 generations of the Droin family. Having a total of eight premier crus and five grand crus certainly proved Domaine JeaChablisn-Paul & Benoît Droin’s long history of quality wine making.
In a tradition which has passed unbroken from father to son since 1625, thirty year old Benoît Droin is the 14th generation in the family of wine makers. One of the principal changes Benoît made in recent years was to use less oak in the process of wine making, as compared to his father. This change reflects highly on his philosophy “to accentuate the typicité of each individual wine” in producing wines that reflects individual uniqueness and character.
One of the most notable wines produced by Domaine Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin would have to be the 2007 Chablis les Clos. This wine has a very harmonious texture with notes of peaches and greengage plums when uncork. It slowly opens up to show a complex array of spices, fruits and minerality leading up to a striking long finish. This dry and structured wine with impressive cellar potential of 10 years or more and will only show its true potential starting from 2012.
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