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BURGUNDY NOUVELLES
DE BOISSET
FIRST
SEMESTER
2023

In the cellar

with Nicolas Burnez

«Les Caves de l’Hôpital», or the «hospital wine cellars» once
owned by the Hospices de Beaune, have stored the winery’s
best white wine out of sight and light for 400 years.

They were founded by Jehan de Massol, a premier cru in the barrel that came into its own
magistrate at Dijon Parliament in the 17th with substance and real finesse once bottled.
century, and house around 400 pièces*, the The grapes come from an old vine grown
equivalent of a 40 hectare winery. organically on south-east facing clay-limestone
This is where Nicolas Burnez ages his best hillsides.
white wine with understated finesse, integrity The 2022 vintage saw him age it slowly on lees
and style. in barrels (a quarter new barrels), stirring for
They include Puligny-Montrachet Premier part of the ageing process.
Cru Sous le Puits, his favourite in 2022. A quiet *A “pièce bourguignonne” is a 228 litre barrel

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