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Joseph Drouhin

This year I tasted with Veronique Drouhin, who spends part of her year directing the family's Domaine Drouhin Oregon operation and the rest of the year in Burgundy.Tasting with various members of the Drouhin family gives me different perspectives on the family's wines, and of course multiple sources of information.For example, this year I learned from Veronique that her brother Philippe is a life-long Frank Zappa fan.Go figure.Veronique told me that the Drouhins harvested over a long period in 2005, and that the wines generally have acidity levels a bit lower than average.The Drouhins do not do much batonnage, choosing instead to roll the barrels, which stirs up the lees without aerating the wine.Incidentally, long-time winemaker Laurent Jobard is in the process of retiring, and Jerome Faure-Brac, previously at Maison Bichot, is taking over.The malolactic fermentations of the 2005 whites were nearly all done, but a few wines were still finishing their sugar fermentations.

From 2005 White Burgundies (Jul 2006) by Stephen Tanzer

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2005 Batard-Montrachet

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