Mazis Chambertin Cuvee Madelaine Collignon・Hospices de Beaune・2005

Mazis Chambertin Cuvee Madelaine Collignon・Hospices de Beaune・2005

Product name: Magician Bertin Cuvée Madeleine Collignon

Producer name: HOSPICES DE BEAUNE

Variety: pinot noir

Region: France > Burgundy

Category: red

Capacity: 750ml

$673.00
 
$673.00
 

(The following is from the importer's materials)
This wine offers a deep, well-balanced flavor, with fruity notes of berry and cherry, black pepper, minerals, and soft tannins. From a barrel purchased by Tokuoka at auction. In 1443, Chancellor Nicolas Rolland founded the Hospices de Beaune, a medical and charitable institution. It is funded by selling wine from donated vineyards at auction every year on the third Sunday of November. Today, the donated vineyards exceed 60 hectares, making it one of the largest domaines in Burgundy. All profits from the annual wine auction are donated to modernize medical equipment, improve facilities for comfort, and preserve the historic heritage. This wine offers a well-balanced flavor, with fruity notes of berry and cherry, black pepper, minerals, and soft tannins.

Product name: Magician Bertin Cuvee Madeleine Collignon

Producer: Hospices de Beaune

 

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HOSPICES DE BEAUNE

Hospices de Beaune is known for its wine charity auctions that began in 1859, but it was originally a charity hospital located in Beaune, the central city of Burgundy.

Although its function as a hospital has now been transferred to another facility, this hospital, founded in 1443, provided medical services to the disadvantaged and poor from the Middle Ages until the mid-20th century. During that time, vineyards were donated by neighboring aristocrats, and the sales of wine produced from these fields supported the operation of Hospices de Beaune.

The Hospices de Beaune auction is held on the third Sunday of November every year, and the winning bid is said to have a large impact on the overall transaction price of Burgundy wine that year. Another feature is that wine is bought and sold in barrels, unlike regular bottle sales. The barrels won will be managed from barrel aging to bottling by a negociant entrusted by the winning bidder.