Decanter Word Wine Awards : Best in Show for our Clos de la Roche Hospices 2023

Best in Show for top Côtes de Nuits wine pays tribute to our signature art of aging Hospices de Beaune wines

Record after record for our Clos de La Roche Grand Cru du Domaine des Hospices de Beaune vintage 2023 made by Albert Bichot! The ‘Best in Show’ medal is awarded to the 50 most outstanding wines, a supreme distinction that represents just 0.3% of all wines tasted at the Decanter Word Wine Awards. This same exceptional cuvée also won outstanding awards at the International Wine Challenge. Read more

TASTING NOTES & COMMENTS : The chance to look at Grand Cru Burgundy in our judging process feels like an unusual luxury -- but our scrutiny takes into account the wine’s eventual retail price band, and the consumer expectations that go with that. It’s by no means a given that wines of this calibre will fetch up in our Best in Show selection. Three such red wines have made it to the Top 50 Best in Show in the past, but none since the 2020 DWWA. When we came to look at this Clos de la Roche, though, we felt that we had met a worthy wine and an outstanding example of the compelling appeal of the Côte de Nuits. It’s dark, indeed almost opaque in colour, with a dense, tapestry-like weave of beguiling fruits. The palate is deep, searching and sumptuously fruited, too, with a rich inner glow that sensitive oak handling is shaping for the future. Best, if possible, to wait most of a decade in order to enjoy this bottle at its best; nonetheless the tannins are soft and plush enough to make early drinking over the next year or two a possibility here.

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