Twenty-five percent barrel-fermented with a fine, clear colour, this is a beautifully perfumed wine with some peach notes, even strawberry. This alluring, sensual character continues throughout the whole wine. It’s very lovely and should be attractive early. Drink 2017-2020.
Jasper Morris MW, Wine Buyer

We visited Benoît Droin towards the end of the 2015 harvest. “If you had seen me a week ago, straight after the hail, I was on the point of committing suicide, but actually things have turned out much better than we feared,” he told us. Yields were of course affected in several vineyards but the wines across the board are extremely fine. The proportion of wood used reflects the style rather than the seniority of each cuvée.

Decanter World Wine Awards 2015 – Bronze Medal Winner - Chablis Wine
Beautiful bright, pale colour with a marvellously heady nose, picked before the rain. Complete and totally adorable with a magical thread of mineral acidity running through it. Really brilliant for Premier Cru Chablis. Drink 2016 - 2022+
Jasper Morris, MW - Wine Buyer

Taking advantage of its southerly exposure, Mont de Mileu can produce richer styles of Chablis often associated with that of Grand Cru wines. Here is an overt bouquet, expressing aromas of red apple skin, white peach & orange blossom. The palate is generously textured with a wealth of stone fruit, red apples and flicks of sweet oak. A lovely taught acidity underpins this to provide balance and retains freshness leading to a mouth-watering finish. 
Chris Lamb, Private Account Manager


The Pinson family can trace their history in Chablis back to 1640, there is even a Rue Pinson in the town so named because three Pinson brothers lived in identical houses in the street.

Louis Pinson sold his first bottles in 1880 but the domaine is now in the hands of his Great Grand-Daughter alongside her Father and Uncle. Highly regarded and meticulously managed, everything is hand-harvested and the grapes are sorted both in the vineyard and at the winery. Fermentation is mostly in stainless steel using selected yeasts before being transferred to barrels to mature.

Mont de Milieu is their largest holding but they also have vines in the 1er Crus of Forêt, Fourchaume, Montmains and Vaillon as well as the Grand Cru Les Clos.

This is the domaine’s most substantial holding, its flagship Premier Cru. After a discreet start it displays a brilliant second half of the palate: a tannin or two at the back, lovely balance between the fruit (mirabelle and peach) and minerality, and an impressively long finish.
Jasper Morris MW - Burgundy Wine Director

This long-established family domaine impresses us more and more with every vintage. The Pinsons have always picked by hand and they are now using natural yeasts for the vinification process. Most wines are vinified in stainless steel, with a small percentage in barrel for the top wines, then matured in barrel for up to a year. The only bad news in 2012 is the quantity: 20% down for straight Chablis, 25-30% less across the Premier Cru vineyards and minus 50% on the Grand Cru which was affected by frost.

This is a magical Premier Cru from south-facing slope which ripened well in 2010. The small amount of new oak is swamped by the fruit which shows yellow peach and fresh apricot flavours. This is a more than significant mouthful.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Director

Very pretty, bright ripe and floral fruit aromas. Linear and fine on the palate with minerality and crisp fruit in spades which coat the mouth from the off. A very serious wine which, while lovely now, will reward those with patience to tuck it away for a couple of years.
Chris Pollington, Private Account Manager

While Benoît Droin bemoans the reduced crop in 2010, albeit not as savage a deficit as in the Côte d’Or, he is thrilled with the quality. 2010 Chablis unites ripe flavours with excellent acidity. As usual Benoît has managed his different terroirs with masterly precision, varying the amount of oak to suit each cuvée. Therefore, there is no wood for the Grand Cru Blanchots, but 50% for Les Grenouilles. This is a domaine that lets you choose wine that suits your palate.

Although made in a mix of new, one- and two-year-old barrels, the oak does not show. This is a really good wine with fruit to the fore, superb volume and great style. It has magical power through the middle and a tiny note of lemon balm on top of vivid bright fruit. It is very long and persistent.

Laurent Pinson is happy to report better volumes than in recent vintages, and more typical Chablis in style. The grapes ripened nicely yet retained very good acidity. The crop was picked by hand in good weather, and fermented with natural yeasts. The crus are all barrel-aged, with a small proportion being barrel fermented. As usual, we see not just great quality but also excellent value for money at this estate.