Maison Joseph Drouhin is a

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producer based in

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that was founded in 1880. The estate owns vineyards in

Chablis Chablis () is a town and commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. It lies in the valley of the River Serein. Wine The village of Chablis gives its name to one of the most famous French white wines ...

, the

Côte de Nuits The Côte de Nuits () is a French wine region located in the northern part of the Côte d'Or, the limestone ridge that is at the heart of the Burgundy wine region. It extends from Dijon to just south of Nuits-Saint-Georges, which gives its name to ...

, Côte de Beaune and

Côte Chalonnaise Côte Chalonnaise is a subregion of the Burgundy wine region of France. Côte Chalonnaise lies to the south of the Côte d'Or continuing the same geology southward. It is still in the main area of Burgundy wine production but it includes no Grand ...

, as well as in the

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. Drouhin is also one of the major '' négociants'' of Burgundy, and produces wines made from purchased grapes grown in different parts of Burgundy. Today both Maison Joseph Drouhin and Domaine Drouhin Oregon are owned and operated by the great-grandchildren of Joseph Drouhin. The Drouhin family are members of the

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Vineyards

Maison Joseph Drouhin has been awarded

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certification for all grapes grown within its vineyards as of the 2009 vintage.

Clos des Mouches

Beaune Clos des Mouches Joseph Drouhin is made from grapes grown in the Clos des Mouches, a Beaune Premier Cru

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of the Côte de Beaune. Clos de Mouches is a Premier Cru vineyard within the commune of Beaune, and was purchased by Drouhin in the 19th Century,Kissack, Chris, thewinedoctor.co
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/ref> which produces both red and white wines. 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

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

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Chardonnays. Beaune Clos des Mouches Joseph Drouhin also competed in the "

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" wine competition held in 1980.

Domaine Drouhin Oregon

Domaine Drouhin Oregon is an American winery in

known for its

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and

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. The gravity-fed winery is in the Dundee Hills AVA in the

. It was built in 1988 for $10,000,000 by Maison Joseph Drouhin. 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.

In cinema

In an opening scene of '' Red Dragon'' (2002), Hannibal Lecter (

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) serves his dinner guests wine that appears to bear the Maison Drouhin label.

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Drouhin Maison Joseph Drouhin is a French wine producer based in Burgundy that was founded in 1880. The estate owns vineyards in Chablis, the Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune and Côte Chalonnaise, as well as in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. Drouhin is ...

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