Cuvee Dames de Flandres
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2034
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled lobster, roasted veal sweetbreads, creamy mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
The Cuv ee 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 B tard-Montrachet Grand Cru vineyard, this cuv e 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 H tel-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 n gociant- leveur for precise barrel aging, ensuring its development into a masterpiece of complexity.
🍾 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
13-14%