Maison Joseph Drouhin

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Maison Joseph Drouhin is a winemaking estate based in France that was founded in 1880. The estate owns vineyards in Chablis, Burgundy (Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune), and the Willamette Valley in Oregon. Today both Maison Joseph Drouhin and Domaine Drouhin Oregon are owned and operated by the great grandchildren of Joseph Drouhin.

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[edit] Beaune Clos des Mouches Joseph Drouhin

Beaune Clos des Mouches Joseph Drouhin is a wine made by the producer Joseph Drouhin from grapes grown in the Clos des Mouches vineyard in Côte de Beaune, Burgundy. Clos de Mouches is a Premier Cru wineyard, and both red and white wines are produced. White Clos des Mouches from Drouhin generally command a slightly higher price than the red wine.

The 1973 vintage ranked number five in the historic Judgment of Paris wine competition between ten French and California wines.

In the New York Wine Tasting of 1973, the winery's 1969 was ranked in fifth place after four California Chardonnays.

Beaune Clos des Mouches Joseph Drouhin also competed in the Great Chardonnay Showdown wine competition held in 1980.

[edit] Domaine Drouhin Oregon

Domaine Drouhin Oregon (DDO) is an American winery in Oregon known for its pinot noir and chardonnay. The gravity-fed winery is in the Red Hills of Dundee in the Willamette Valley. It was built in 1988 for $10,000,000 by Maison Joseph Drouhin of Beaune, France. Veronique Drouhin is the winemaker.

Domaine Drouhin Oregon, is the result, in part, of the 1979-1980 Paris Wine Olympics where David Lett's The Eyrie Vineyards of Oregon took second place behind a 1959 Drouhin wine. Robert Drouhin, who had been visiting Oregon since the 1960s, purchased the Oregon property when notified about it by David Adelsheim of Adelsheim Winery.

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