Cuvee Albert Grivault
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted lobster with butter, creamy mushroom risotto, pan-seared veal chops
✨ Technical Specifications
The Cuvée Albert Grivault is a highly prized Meursault Premier Cru white wine from the Hospices de Beaune. Albert Grivault, a prominent distiller and owner of the legendary Clos des Perrières, made a significant impact on Meursault's viticultural history. In 1904, his family donated exceptional parcels of Meursault-Charmes Premier Cru to the Hospices. This cuvée is crafted from these historic, east-facing slopes where the clay-limestone soils impart a signature richness, tension, and profound minerality. Vinified with traditional Burgundian methods and aged in oak casks, the wine beautifully balances opulent stone fruit, toasted hazelnut, and white flower aromas with a vibrant, saline acidity that reflects the finest attributes of Meursault's premier terroirs.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, Chancellor to the Duke of Burgundy, and Guigone de Salins as the charitable Hôtel-Dieu hospital, the Domaine des Hospices de Beaune represents one of the most storied institutions in viticultural history. Comprising approximately 60 hectares amassed through centuries of philanthropic bequests, the domaine spans over a hundred individual parcels across the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits, supplemented by small outposts in the Mâconnais and Chablis. Over 85% of its vineyards claim Premier or Grand Cru status, rooted predominantly in classic Jurassic limestone and marl soils. Chief winemaker Ludivine Griveau, the first female régisseur in the estate's history, completed the transition to full organic certification with the 2024 vintage. Vinified in Beaune before being offered as barrel lots during the historic annual November auction, benchmark red cuvées such as Nicolas Rolin and Guigone de Salins, alongside benchmark white expressions like François de Salins, display pure fruit expression, terroir transparency, and refined structural precision.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
13-13.5%