This is the more discreet cousin of the famous Hospices de Beaune, holding its own auction in March rather than November, which has the advantage that the wines are further along their paths before buying decisions have to be made.
The Hospices de Nuits originated in 1270, though the buildings on its current site date back to 1692, shortly after which Louis XIV endowed the previously impoverished Hospices at the expense of other local institutions. In the 20th century the Hospices became an old people’s home, there being remarkably little leprosy or tuberculosis to deal with. In 2016 the Hospices de Nuits came under the auspices of the Hospices Civils de Beaune, and in 2018 a brand new hospital was constructed.
On the wine side, the Hospices de Nuits remains independent of Beaune, and is managed by regisseur Jean-Marc Moron with 4 full-time vineyard workers to look after the (nearly) 13ha. A new cuvérie was built in 2001 to vinify the grapes from the Hospices’ vineyards, which are almost all from Nuits-St-Georges, including the monopoly of the premier cru Les Didiers.
Hospices de Nuits Cuvées |
Nuits-St-Georges Cuvée Grangier (Les Maladières, Les Brulées) |
Nuits-St-Georges Cuvée Guillaume Labye (Les Lavières, Bas de Combe) |
Nuits-St-Georges Cuvée Claude Poyen (Les St-Julien, Les Plateaux) |
Nuits-St-Georges Cuvée des Soeurs Hospitalières (Fleurières, Plantes au Baron) |
Gevrey-Chambertin Les Champs Chenys, Cuvée Irène Noblet |
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Boudots, Cuvée Mesny de Boisseaux |
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Corvées Pagets, Cuvée St Laurent |
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Didiers, Cuvée Fagon |
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Didiers, Cuvée Cabet |
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Didiers, Cuvée Jacques Duret |
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Murgers, Cuvée Guyard de Changey |
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Porets, Cuvée Antide Midan |
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Rue de Chaux, Cuvée Camille Rodier |
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les St-Georges, Cuvée Georges Faiveley |
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les St-Georges, Cuvée des Sires de Vergy |
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Terres Blanches, Cuvée St Bernard de Cîteaux |
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Vignerondes, Cuvée Bernard Delesclache |
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Blanc Les Terres Blanches, Cuvée Pierre de Pêmes |