BY NEIL MARTINS - Vintage 2023

From: The Lord Giveth...Burgundy 2023 (Jan 2025)

Caroline Drouhin guided me through their 2023s. She told me that they used 60% new oak on the Premier and Grand Crus that now come from five cooperages instead of four: Raymond, Cavin, Seguin Moreau, Billaud and Ateliers Centre France. From the 2024 vintage, they are using their new winery onsite rather than the old one that had been used since her great-grandmother. The new facility has more efficient temperature-controlled vats that are easier to clean.

I was enamored by the 2023s from this Domaine, which I have been visiting since Caroline's parents' days. Back then, the wines were often extracted and oaky, in vogue at that time. These wines are cut from a different cloth: picked a little earlier, a lighter maceration, with more red fruit and a lighter veneer of oak that is more proportionate to the fruit concentration. The best had been doing cartwheels of joy (metaphorically). I have no doubt that their 2023s surpass their 2022s; in fact, this might be the most consistent and satisfying range from Drouhin-Laroze.

 

Musigny  2023

Grand Cru

(94-96)

Drinking windows: 2025-2047

 

Chambertin-Clos de Bèze 2023

Grand Cru

(95-97)

Drinking windows: 2028-2050

 

Clos de Vougeot 2023

Grand Cru

(95-97)

Drinking windows: 2027-2049

 

Bonnes Mares 2023

Grand Cru

(93-95)

Drinking windows: 2027-2050

 

Chapelle-Chambertin  2023

Grand Cru

(93-95)

Drinking windows: 2028-2048

 

Latricières-Chambertin  2023

Grand Cru

(91-93)

Drinking windows: 2027-2048

 

Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

Lavaut St-Jacques 2023

(90-92)

Drinking windows: 2026-2040

 

Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

Craipillot 2023

(93-95)

Drinking windows: 2026-2044

 

Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

Clos Prieur 2023

(92-94)

Drinking windows: 2027-2045