Pommard 1er Cru, Cuvée Dames de la Charité 2023 1500ml

163th Hospices De Beaune Wine Auction on the 19st November 2023.

Tribute is paid here to the Sisters of Charity who cared for the "poor and sick" and who often bequeathed their possessions to the Hospices. 

The Epenots, facing South, bring their finesse to the Cuvée. The Refène, with its rich limestone soils, makes the wine sublime and shapes it for a very good ageing. It is undoubtedly the Rugiens Hauts, with its deep, chalky and stony marls, that energises this wine and provides the tension on the finish. 

A dense crimson purple colour. The bouquet shows an exceptional density with the detail still waiting to emerge. Firmly tannic but in the right way to support the fruit intensity. The acidity is perfectly pitched as well. In 2023 the Dames de la Charite is as complete an expression of Pommard as one could wish for.

Country/Region: France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune

Terroirs: Les Rugiens 0.63 ha., La Refène 0.31 ha., Les Combes dessus 0.16 ha., Les Petits Epenots 0.43 ha.

Grape Variety: 100% Pinot Noir

Bottle Size: 1500ml