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The importance of elevage to the Hospices de Beaune wines is often overlooked, but in reality, quite a bit can be done to change and improve the Hospices' wines. I have been looking at the effects of elevage - the oak used (often the Hospices barrel), racking, barrel time, etc. - and this has led …
[Read more...] about Hospices de Beaune: Elevage by Jane Eyre
The time for the next Hospices de Beaune auction is nearing: November 19. If you want to join the fun, it's time to prepare. Readers of the Winehog will know that I am perhaps not the biggest fan of the Hospices de Beaune wines, although the recent vintages really have improved. This puts the …
The importance of elevage to the Hospices de Beaune wines is often overlooked, but in reality quite a bit can be done to change and improve the Hospices' wines. I have been looking at the effects of elevage - the oak used (often the Hospices barrel), racking, barrel time, etc. - and this has led …
[Read more...] about Hospices de Beaune: Elevage by Michel Lafarge
Yesterday, November 20, no less than 802 barrels of wine were sold during the 162nd Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction. With a total sale result of €28,978,500, the record was literally destroyed, as the previous record sale for the Beaune auction dates back to 2018, when the record was - €13.9 …
[Read more...] about Records Fall at the 2022 Hospice de Beaune Auction
Hospice de Beaune have some quite prominent vineyards, and one is the relatively new Echezeaux du Dessus. The Hospice wines are getting increasingly expensive like most other Burgundies, and the Echezeaux is one of the most costly wines these days - together with the Clos de la Roche and …
[Read more...] about Terroir View: Hospice de Beaune, Echezeaux du Dessus “Jean-Luc Bissey”
