Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Cuvée des Bienfaiteurs Hospices de Nuits 2025
Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru AOC
13.5%
0.75L
Intensity
A truly distinctive wine, this Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru is a blend of the nine premier crus belonging to the Hospices, including the iconic monopole Les Didiers. Purchase this wine in support of the Ani’nomade charity.
More infoThe ‘Cuvée des Bienfaiteurs’ charity barrel – or pièce de charité in French – is a nod to the history of the Hospices de Nuits and the donations and bequests of vines that, since the 17th century, have funded patient care and created the winemaking estate that we know today. For the 65th sale, this cuvée is offered in support of Ani’nomade, with all proceeds going directly to the charity. This organisation specialises in animal-assisted therapy, working to ease the difficulties faced by people who are ill, elderly or living with disabilities, and hospitalised children, through contact with animals.
Since the 2021 vintage (excluding 2024), the renowned Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru has been chosen as the pièce de charité. It is a blend of the nine premier crus belonging to the Hospices, including the iconic monopole Les Didiers, making it a truly distinctive wine.
This pièce works a little differently to other barrels as it is not sold through the auction so to speak but rather by committing to bottles. Buyers put their name down, stating how many bottles they wish to buy and whether they would like to make an additional donation in aid of the chosen charity.
Once ordered, the wine is aged for one year by the Domaine des Hospices before being made available for collection or delivery.
It is also possible to make a direct donation to the association without purchasing any wine.
About the Producer Hospices de Nuits-Saint-Georges
The estate is mainly made up of plots found around Nuits-Saint-Georges, which includes eight Village appellation and nine premier crus. 19 different wines are produced if vintage conditions allow, reflecting the diversity of the terroirs in the appellation. One of them comes from a plot called Les Didiers which is solely owned by the Hospice de Nuit and the estate also owns a rare white Nuits-Saint-Georges plot called Premier Cru Les Terres Blanches. Only one wine comes from a different village and that is the Gevrey-Chambertin Village Les Champs-Chenys.
The vines are tended to in an environmentally sustainable manner. No insecticides have been used in the past 20 years and herbicides were last used 15 years ago. Instead, the team regularly works the soils. Harvests are conducted entirely by hand and the grapes are sorted both at the vine and on the sorting table. In the winery, the bunches are entirely destemmed, and the grapes are left to macerate for a few days before fermentation. Alcoholic fermentation is started naturally by indigenous yeast and the cap undergoes daily punch down and pumping over. A pneumatic press gently releases the juice from the grapes and maturation is started in new French oak barrels that come from three coopers.
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