Cuvee Francois de Salins
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Typically best enjoyed 8–20 years from the vintage release, showing magnificent development with extended cellaring.
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Grilled lobster with butter, roasted veal chops with morel cream sauce, mature Comté cheese
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The Cuvée François de Salins is one of the most prestigious white wines offered at the historic Hospices de Beaune charity auction. Sourced from the legendary Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru hill—specifically from the highly prized, sun-drenched parcels of Le Charlemagne and Les Languettes—this wine honors François de Salins, a canon of the collegiate church of Notre-Dame de Beaune who generously bequeathed his valuable family vineyards to the Hospices in 1745. The high-altitude, light-colored limestone soils of the hill impart a profound mineral tension and structural power to the Chardonnay grapes. Meticulously vinified and aged in French oak casks, this Grand Cru showcases a majestic harmony of ripe citrus, white flowers, toasted hazelnut, and a flinty, saline finish that represents the absolute pinnacle of Burgundian white winemaking.
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Founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, Chancellor of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, the Hospices de Beaune is a historic charitable institution and wine estate located in Beaune, France. Over the centuries, generous donations of prestigious vineyard parcels have amassed an extraordinary 60-hectare estate, primarily consisting of Grand Cru and Premier Cru climats across the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits. Under the precise direction of régisseur Ludivine Griveau, the estate meticulously crafts exceptional red Pinot Noir and white Chardonnay wines, which are famously sold at the annual charity auction on the third Sunday of November. These highly coveted cuvées, such as the Cuvee Nicolas Rolin and Cuvee Charlotte Dumay, represent the pinnacle of Burgundian terroir and philanthropic tradition, aged in oak casks before being completed by selected négociants-éleveurs of the region.