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Hospices de Beaune

Monthelie Les Duresses Cuvée Lebelin 2014

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Region: Côte de Beaune
Village: Monthélie
Level: Village
AOC: Monthelie
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Color: red

Tasting

Shining pale red colour. Lively nose on red fruits and currants. Crisp and clean mouth, with a fine balance between fruits and tanins. A charming wine, showing a charming pinot noir character.

Food matching

An aperitif with friends, with cured meats and charcuteries, shepherd’s pie, Peking-style duck.

History

Etienne Lebelin was the first chaplain of the Hospice de la Charité, and one of many members of the family to be a benefactor. This is an old-established Beaune family –seven Lebelins became Mayor, in the century from 1531. Jean-Jacques and Marguerite Lebelin gave 10,000 livres – an enormous sum at the time – to the Hôtel-Dieu in 1704, which was very welcome. This was a dark period for Beaune, of frosts, bad harvests, famine and wars, as Louis XIV’s reign drew to a close. Half of the vines constituting this Cuvée were planted in 1950, with the balance dating from 1951-76.

Terroirs

Les Duresses 0.85 ha.