Beaune 1er Cru Cuvee Dames Hospitalieres 2016 1500ml156th Hospices De Beaune Wine Auction on the 20th November 2016 Vintage Report The harvest was relatively late this year, so the wines have been tasted very soon after being racked out of their fermenting tanks into barrel. Nonetheless they are already showing their character. The wines capture the elegance of the vintage, coming after the more massive 2015s, and show a fine sense of their terroirs. The old vines in Clos de la Mignotte provide the

Merlot 40%

Rating BH: 91 / 100

iodine and pastille-like scents

Medium-bodied with firm

baked raspberries and fresh blackcurrants scents

Blended of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon

Champagne:

This comes strongly recommended

Red robe with purple hues

finishing very long and very

There is real frisson to this Haut Brion

In an understated word: WOW