2002 | Hospices de Nuits-St-Georges | Les Rues de Chaux

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The Domaine des Hospices de Nuits-Saint-Georges is a winemaking-hopital created around 1270. Less famous but just as prestigious as the Hospices de Beaune, this top level estate in Côte de Nuits sells also all its production in a charity auction : all the profits benefit directly the local Nuits-Saint-Georges hospital. The Hospices de Nuits-St-Georges vineyards cover 12,4 hectares, split over several villages: Nuits-St-Georges, Premeaux-Prissey, Vosne-Romanée and Gevrey-Chambertin. Most of the domaine wines come from the Nuits-Saint-Georges appellation, with 8 village plots and 9 premiers crus. Taking place every year on the second sunday of March in the cellar of the famous Chateau du Clos de Vougeot, the Hospices de Nuits-Saint-Georges auction is a not-to-be-missed event for all lovers of fine Burgundy wines. Each lot auctioned corresponds to a certain number of 228 litres barrels, called pièces. Every year, around 150 barrels are auctioned. One barrel amounts to 288 bottles of 75 cl after ageing. Money raised during the auction will allow the «winemaking hospital» to take care of its patients, its buildings and its vineyards. As for the Hospices de Beaune auction and the most prestigious Crus Classés de Bordeaux, the wines are sold en primeur, 6 months after the harvest. After the auction, the barrels that we buy will be carefully aged in Albert Bichot’s own cellars for 12 months. This is the time we need to bring them to their utmost potential and quality level, before being bottled and shipped to our customers all over the world.You can add your name as a buyer on the label and also convert your 75 cl bottles in magnums or jeroboams, for a small extra cost. You can even have the empty wooden barrel just for you as a souvenir! Albert Bichot‘s own Domaine du Clos Frantin in Nuits-Saint-Georges is literally the neighbour of the Hospices de Nuits-Saint-Georges! No wonder we know and appreciate all the spectacular wines from this very special winemaking Hospital like nobody else does!

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