Cuvee du Roi Soleil
⏳ Drinking Window
2028 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea scallops, roasted lobster with butter sauce, creamy mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
The Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru 'Cuvée du Roi Soleil' is one of the most prestigious white wine cuvées offered by the Hospices de Beaune. It pays tribute to King Louis XIV, the 'Sun King', who visited the Hospices in 1658 and was a legendary patron of Burgundy's finest nectars. Sourced from prized, steep parcels of Chardonnay on the iconic hill of Corton, this wine benefits from limestone-dominant soils and optimal sun exposure. The terroir imparts a majestic power, intense concentration, and a signature flinty minerality. Vinified with meticulous care and aged in French oak casks, this Grand Cru represents the pinnacle of Burgundian Chardonnay, marrying opulent fruit with a tense, age-worthy structure.
🍾 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%