For the last 140 years, Maison Joseph Drouhin has been in the hands of the Drouhin family, and today, the fourth generation is at the helm. Located at the foot of a large amphitheatre of limestone cliffs, Saint-Romain lies apart from the other villages of Côte de Beaune. Exceptional weather conditions in 2018 produced a very healthy, high quality crop. Beautifully balanced, with aromas and flavours of honeysuckle and ripe yellow plums, evolving towards honey and gingerbread. On the palate, straightforward and lively at first, followed by a certain roundness and minerality. A real treat in half bottle.
Producer Information
Joseph Drouhin is one of Burgundy’s most important wine producers. Founded in Beaune in 1880, the domaine has expanded throughout the 20th Century to include vineyards in Chablis, the Côte de Nuits, the Côte de Beaune and the Côte Chalonnaise, making everything from simple, village-level cuvées to highly priced grand cru and premier cru wines from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.The domaine was started by the eponymous Drouhin, who established the company’s headquarters in the city of Beaune in the late 19th Century. His son, Maurice, began to acquire vineyards in the early 20th Century, starting with the now-iconic Clos des Mouches vineyard. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s Joseph Drouhin began to expand its land holdings in Chablis and, in 1988, the domaine established a vineyard in Oregon, in the United States.
