2020
1x3L
DP
£2,180.02
vintage
portfolio
2020
1x3L
DP
£2,180.02
Broking
2016
6x75cl
DP
£2,293.22
2016
6x75cl
DP
£2,413.22
We were bewitched by its refined, deft and gliding quality. The flavours roll seamlessly across the palate, exhibiting beautifully bright and immediately seductive cherry, Victoria plum, wild strawberry and cherry blossom characteristics. Louis-Michel Liger-Belair is taking care of the ageing and bottling on our behalf. The Hospices de Beaune own a prime swathe of Mazis-Chambertin, 1.74ha, situated in the “Mazis Haut” at the heart of the hillside, on the same contours as its next door neighbour Clos de Bèze. Two thirds of this plot were planted in 1947. It was donated to the Hospices in 1976 by Jean Collignon, in memory of his mother. Although 2016 was a relatively late vintage, by recent standards, Mazis was unaffected by frost that year and therefore ripened evenly and without too much delay. The year also marks the second vintage with Ludivine Griveau in charge of the winemaking, the first female winemaker at the Hospices since 1443! With as much rigour in the vineyards as her predecessor, Roland Masse, and with a tendency to lighten the winemaking and lessen the impact of oak on the wines, the future for the quality of the Hospices wines looks bright indeed.
The Hôtel-Dieu hospital was founded in Beaune in 1443 by the Nicolas Rolin, Chancellor under Burgundy's ruler Duke Philip the Good, as a solution to the great poverty and sickness created in the afternmath of the Hundred Years War. Out of the Hôtel-Dieu a group of carers formed called the Hospices de Beaune. Today the proceeds from their annual auction in November of young wines in barrel are entirely used for the modernisation of medical equipment in the new hospital, created in 1971, as well as other charitable projects in Beaune that provide care and shelter to the poor. The Hospices is proprietor of over 61 ha in some of Burgundy's most prestigious vineyards, donated over the years by benevolent winegrowers. They have their own vineyard and winemaking team, comprising 23 different growers, headed up by Roland Masse, formerly winemaker at Domaine Bertagna.
61 St. James's Street, London SW1A 1LZ
Reg. Company No: 68576
AWRS URN: XPAW00000105319
Please do not share with anyone under the legal purchase age for alcohol.
Drink Responsibly www.drinkiq.com
© Justerini & Brooks 2024. All Rights Reserved.