Domaine Jean Paul et Benoit Droin Chablis Vaudesir 2011 Bouteille (75cl)
The 2011 Domaine Jean Paul et Benoit Droin Chablis Vaudésir is a white Burgundy wine from the Vaudésir climat, classified as a Burgundy Grand Cru within the Chablis appellation. Produced exclusively from Chardonnay, it comes from a 1.0491-hectare amphitheatre-shaped parcel with dual north and south exposures, on poor soils resting on Kimmeridgian limestone marls. The cuvée is partially vinified in stainless steel tanks and partially in barrels, then aged prior to blending for 8 to 10 months.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Chablis
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Jean Paul et Benoit Droin
- Parcelle / Cru
- Vaudésir
- Millésime
- 2011
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine Jean Paul et Benoit Droin
The Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin estate is a family-run estate based in Chablis, in the Yonne department. It cultivates 26 hectares spread across Petit Chablis, Chablis, nine Premiers Crus and five Grands Crus. Benoît Droin, representing the thirteenth generation of the family’s winegrowers in Chablis, now runs the estate and oversees its winemaking.
- Owner
- Famille Droin (Benoît Droin)
- Maître de chais
- Benoît Droin
- Surface (ha)
- 26.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
The Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin estate is part of the Droin family’s long-standing presence in the Chablis vineyards. The estate states that families bearing this name already owned vineyards in Chablis prior to 1537, whilst presenting this ancient lineage as plausible. The family has been cultivating vines in Chablis for nearly four centuries and, according to the estate’s website, Benoît Droin represents the thirteenth generation. In 1908, Louis Droin helped found the Chablis Winegrowers’ Union to combat fraud. He became president of the Union of Chablis Winegrowers and Owners in 1923, a year which also marked the start of the estate’s wines being sold in bottles. Marcel Droin co-founded the Yonne Wine Exhibition in 1949 and chaired the Yonne wine-growing associations from 1952 onwards. From 1973, Paul Droin began replanting the vineyard and developed the bottling of the estate’s production. Jean-Paul Droin joined the family estate in 1965; a first wine storehouse was built in 1981, and between 1984 and 1987 he and his wife Catherine acquired and rebuilt cellars in the centre of Chablis. Benoît Droin joined the estate in 1999 after training at the Beaune wine-growing college and obtaining the national oenology diploma in Dijon. Jean-Paul retired in 2014, whilst Benoît continues to run the estate, which bottles its entire production.
Vaudésir
Vaudésir is one of the seven climats officially authorized to complete the Chablis Grand Cru appellation. With a published surface area of 15.4 hectares, it occupies a natural amphitheater whose dual exposition creates a sunny part favorable to ripeness and a cooler, later-ripening part. Its soils are distinguished by a significant proportion of clay, resting on a subsoil of Kimmeridgian limestone marls.
- Vineyard commune
- Chablis
- Origin of the vineyard name
- Attested in the 15th century as 'vau daisey', then 'vau daisy', 'valdesay' or 'valdaisay'. The BIVB suggests either an evolution of 'val des haits', with 'hait' meaning hope, wish or desire in Old French, or an origin linked to winegrower families named Desay.
- Exposure
- Dual exposition in an amphitheater: south- and north-facing slopes
- Slope
- Relatively steep
- Soil
- Light, poor soils with a significant proportion of clay
- Subsoil and geology
- Kimmeridgian limestone marls
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 1.049000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- Farmed by the estate; tenure not specified
- Indicative vine age
- Average vine age: 35 years.
Histoire de la parcelle
The climat is documented in the 15th century as 'vau daisey' and already bears the name Vaudésir in 1770. The climats that now make up Chablis Grand Cru were cited as early as the 19th century among the finest crus of Burgundy, and were later designated as 'grands crus classés' by producers at the beginning of the 20th century. The Chablis Grand Cru appellation, of which Vaudésir is an official climate designation, was initially recognized on January 13, 1938.
