Cuvee Dames de Flandres

⏳ Drinking Window

2024 - 2034

🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings

Grilled lobster, roasted veal sweetbreads, creamy mushroom risotto

✨ Technical Specifications

The Cuvee Dames de Flandres is one of the most prestigious and historic white wines offered at the annual Hospices de Beaune charity auction. Sourced from the legendary Btard-Montrachet Grand Cru vineyard, this cuve pays tribute to the Flemish sisters (Dames de Flandres) who traveled to Beaune in the 15th century to care for the sick and destitute at the newly founded Htel-Dieu. Crafted from exceptional Chardonnay parcels, this wine represents the pinnacle of Burgundian white winemaking. It is characterized by its immense power, structural density, and a profound mineral core, balanced by rich notes of toasted hazelnuts, white flowers, and ripe orchard fruits. Following the auction, the wine is traditionally entrusted to a selected ngociant-leveur for precise barrel aging, ensuring its development into a masterpiece of complexity.

🍾 About the Producer

Founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, Chancellor to the Duke of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, the Hospices de Beaune was established as a charitable hospital supported by donations of prime vineyard parcels. Today, the historic estate encompasses over 60 hectares of exceptionally situated Premier and Grand Cru vineyards across Burgundy's Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits. Revered worldwide for its historic charity wine auction held every November since 1859, the domaine employs meticulous, organic viticultural techniques to highlight the uncompromised terroir of each plot. Its celebrated portfolio consists of distinguished Pinot Noir and Chardonnay cuvées, each named in honor of prominent historical benefactors such as Cuvée Nicolas Rolin and Cuvée Charlotte Dumay.

🍇 Grape Varieties

Chardonnay

🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)

13-14%

🌿 Aromas & Flavor Descriptors