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JOSEPH DROUHIN
SCORES BIG AT THE 2006 CRITICS CHALLENGE

Critics Platinum
Moulin-a-Vent 2005
Astounding complexity!
-- Michael Apstein

Critics Gold
Chorey-les-Beaune 2003
Bright cherry-berry with good length.
-- Gerald Boyd

Puligny-Montrachet 2004
A nice balance of toasty, creamy flavors.
-- Michael Apstein

The 2005 Vintage

Only one question : will 2005 be a great vintage or a very great vintage ?

SITUATION OF THE VINEYARD
2006

Last year we had a warm early March and the buds swelled and even broke on time for the weather to change in late March. Last year we had almost 5 inches of rain in May and we have had 0.33 this year, the average being around 2.5. This year the development has been slow and steady.

Grands Echézeaux 2003


Just a touch raisined on the nose, this shows more red fruits?cherry, currant and strawberry?than most '03s. It's spicy and elegant, with an open texture and a long, raspberry-tinged aftertaste. Drink now through 2020.

Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 2003

Sweet pastry and roasted nut aromas and flavors hold court in this lush white. Creamy in texture, it offers a glimpse of [i]terroir[n] while remaining well-balanced. Fine length, too. Drink now through 2012.

 

Issue #165

2004 Domaine
Joseph Drouhin Chablis les Clos

An outstanding wine, Drouhin’s 2004 Chablis Les Clos is fermented and aged in one- to five-year-old barrels. Its toasty mineral and vanilla bean-scented aromatics lead to a medium to full-bodied personality awash in fruits. Creamy minerals and pears are found in its concentrated, focused, and lengthy character. Drink this beauty between 2007 and 2014.

2004 Domaine
Joseph Drouhin Chablis Domaine
de Vaudon

The 2004 Chablis Domaine de Vaudon bursts from the glass with creamed lemons, minerals, and spices. This medium-bodied wine reveals lovely white pepper, pear, and candied lemon flavors in its satin-textured, well-focused character. Drink it over the next 3-4 years.

 

2004 Musigny



An exotic and spicy nose features raspberry, red current, anise and clove notes that give way to sweet, classy and notably finely detailed flavors that are also relatively forward early but tighten up considerably on the backend. In most vintages, this is the undisputed class of the cellar and while it may ultimately be so once again, in 2004 it has competition. Still, lovely stuff by any standard.

2004 Grands Echézeaux



A noticeably more elegant nose that is stunningly pure with a really lovely mix of black pinot fruit
and violet aromas that lead to rich, sweet and stylish medium full flavors that offer exceptionally good detail and admirably well-integrated structure on the tight and long finish. As this wine usually goes, the tannins are quite refined and while this is not a truly big wine, the class is immediately obvious. If I were only going to buy one of the ’04 Drouhin grands crus, it would either be this or the Musigny.

 

Joseph Drouhin 2003 Beaune Clos des Mouches
92 Points

This luscious chardonnay meets the New World with its richness while staying true to its Burgundian roots with a long, earthy savor. It's ripe, but neither hot nor sweet, the succulence of the fruit lasting with a kumquat flavor and mineral complexity. Balanced to age five to eight years from the vintage.

Joseph Drouhin 2004 Chablis Premier Cru Montmains
91 Points

The ripeness of the vintage makes this feel expansive, even as the structure of the wine is racy and tight. It packs a lot of youthful tension, feeling firm and clean for now. The lasting scent of yellow herbs should develop into a broader fruit tone with age. For the cellar.