2016 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis
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The 2016 Chablis has a slightly reduced bouquet but it opens with aeration, classic in style with green apple and touches of undergrowth. It has a well balanced palate but it just lacks a little substance towards the finish. Fine.
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Neal Martin
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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The 2016 Chablis Villages was showing well, offering up an expressive bouquet of white flowers and honeyed apples, complemented by some exotic, musky top notes. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, gourmand and bright, with good concentration and cut. It's already drinking well.
(mostly "Chablis de Chablis," according to Droin, who explained that this wine does not include fruit from Préhy due to the hail and frost and is mostly from vines located between Vaillons and Montmains): Bright yellow. Ripe aromas of lemon zest, minerals and hazelnut, plus a hint of oatmeal reduction. Densely packed, rich and surprisingly fresh, with intense citrus zest and mineral flavors giving the wine a very firm finish.