Drouhin Chablis Mont de Milieu 1er Cru 2023 Bouteille (75cl)
The 2023 Domaine Drouhin Chablis Mont de Milieu 1er Cru is a white wine from the Chablis appellation in Burgundy, produced from the Mont de Milieu parcel and classified as a Burgundy Premier Cru. Crafted from 100% Chardonnay, it received 16/20 from Jancis Robinson and 94/100 from James Suckling. Critics describe a balanced and elegant style, featuring fruity nuances and a delicate finish. Jancis Robinson suggests a drinking window of 2025 to 2031.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Chablis
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Drouhin
- Parcelle / Cru
- Mont de Milieu
- Millésime
- 2023
Domaine Drouhin
Maison Joseph Drouhin is a family-run wine merchant and estate established in Beaune since 1880. Its own vineyards cover 100 hectares spread across the regions from Chablis to the Mâconnais, notably in the Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune and Côte Chalonnaise. The Drouhin family, now represented by the founder’s great-grandchildren, continues to run the business.
- Owner
- Famille Drouhin
- Maître de chais
- Véronique Boss-Drouhin
- Surface (ha)
- 100.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
Maison Joseph Drouhin was founded in Beaune in 1880, when Joseph Drouhin, aged 22, took over an established business in the town’s historic centre. From 1918 onwards, his son Maurice began developing an estate-owned vineyard. In 1921, he acquired his first plot at Clos des Mouches, in Beaune. Robert Drouhin took over in 1957 and continued to expand the estate, notably through the acquisition of Premier Crus and Grands Crus in the Côte de Nuits. In the late 1960s, he significantly expanded the estate’s presence in Chablis, acquiring nearly 40 hectares and the Moulin de Vaudon. In 1987, Robert Drouhin founded Domaine Drouhin Oregon with his daughter Véronique. Philippe Drouhin took over the management of the estates in 1988 and gradually shifted viticultural practices towards organic and biodynamic farming. The company is now run by Philippe, Véronique Boss-Drouhin, Laurent and Frédéric Drouhin; Véronique Boss-Drouhin is responsible for the cellar and winemaking. In 2023, the acquisition of two estates in Saint-Romain and Saint-Véran brought the estate’s own vineyard area to nearly 100 hectares.
Mont de Milieu
Mont de Milieu is an independent Chablis Premier Cru climat located on the right bank of the Serein river, on a hillside connecting Chablis to Fleys. Protected from northern winds by a wood, it benefits from a south to south-east exposure and a moderate, regular, and very sunny slope. The terroir is described as homogeneous, with calcareous clays and small white limestone pebbles on a Kimmeridgian subsoil. Unlike certain flagship climats of Chablis, Mont de Milieu does not group together neighboring climats under its name.
- Vineyard commune
- Chablis et Fleys
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name is associated with the former border that divided the hill between the territory of Chablis, in Champagne, and that of Fleys, in Burgundy. It is recorded in the forms "montmelliant" in 1218 and then "Mont de Milleux" in the following century.
- Exposure
- South to south-east
- Slope
- Moderate and regular
- Soil
- Calcareous clays mixed with small white limestone pebbles
- Subsoil and geology
- Homogeneous Kimmeridgian subsoil
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 1.600000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- Family plots supplemented by purchases of grapes and musts
Histoire de la parcelle
The hill formerly marked a political border: the territory of Chablis fell under the county of Champagne, whereas that of Fleys belonged to the Duchy of Burgundy. Mont de Milieu officially appears among the climats that can supplement the "premier cru" mention of the Chablis appellation.
