Joseph Drouhin

Beaune Clos des Mouches Blanc Premier Cru

"93-94 points, William Kelley, The Wine Advocate, January 2025 The 2023 Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches Blanc (Domaine) is another strong performance, delivering aromas of sweet pear, peach and mandarin mingled with buttered toast and mint. Full-bodied, rich and ample, it's layered and unctuous, with a seamless, satiny, textural profile and a long, lusty finish. 92-94 points, Neal Martin, Vinous.com, November 2024 The 2023 Beaune Clos des Mouches Blanc 1er Cru has more intensity on the nose than expected, with lovely lilting yellow fruit, quince and crushed stone scents. The palate is very well balanced and generous, with a slightly oily texture, great depth, fine acidity and a judicious touch of lemongrass toward the finish that feels long and intense. This may well surpass the 2022. 92-95 points, Jasper Morris, November 2024 Mid lemon, with the somewhat more sumptuous bouquet of Clos des Mouches, always more flesh right from the outset. This is a powerful fleshy wine, with a good oak support, probably higher in alcohol. Lower than expected yield here in white. May well be around 14% I suspect but that goes with this territory. Drink from 2029-2038. Tasted Nov 2024. 94 points, Charles Curtis MW, Decanter.com Drouhin's Clos des Mouches 2023 exemplifies the vintage's potential for delicious whites. The wine has lush, forward aromas of Mirabelle plums and quince with hints of marzipan, butter and a suggestion of stylishly smoky reduction. The texture is supple and dense, but the richness is kept in balance and the extract carries the wine to a lingering finish. Parts of the 7ha vineyard have been replanted; the old vines that produce this bottling have delivered a wine of great character. 95 points, Tim Atkin, Jamuary 2025 Honeyed with sweet spices and toasted brioche on the nose, the suavely crafted mouthfeel glows with perfectly ripe fruit. Yellow cherries, starfruit, golden kiwi and feijoa deliver excellent complexity. The light, pleasant baby fat in the mid-palate is gently hemmed in by supporting acidity. This is another seamless Clos des Mouches, which seems to reach new heights each year. The Drouhin's 14 hectares of Clos des Mouches are evenly split between white and red plantings with six hectares of each currently in production."