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2021 Chablis, Hommage à Louis, Grand Cru, Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin, Burgundy

  • White
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Chardonnay
Not ready (Drink 2025 - 2038)
Jasper Morris MW
89-92/100
Product: 20218147257

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2021 Chablis, Hommage à Louis, Grand Cru, Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin, Burgundy

Description

From a 1.4 ha holding in Les Clos.

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 flavours brim with both minerality and dry extract, all wrapped in a driving bitter lemon-inflected and youthfully austere finale.

This gorgeously textured effort is a lovely combination of power and refinement that should amply repay a decade-plus of cellaring. I would add that Les Clos is known among the vignerons of Chablis as La Force Tranquille (the tranquil force), and in 2021, it carries its nickname well!

Drink from 2033 onward

Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (August 2023)

Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2021
Alcohol % 13%
Maturity Not ready (2025 - 2038)
Grape List Chardonnay
Body Full Bodied
Producer Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin

Critics reviews

Jasper Morris MW 89-92/100
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 2027-2036Jasper Morris, insideburgundy_com (January 2023)
Drink 2027 - 2036
Jasper Morris MW, InsideBurgundy.com (Jan 2023)

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