2020 Domaine Coche-Dury Hospices de Beaune Corton Grand Cru Cuvee Docteur Peste

Producer notes: "Jean-Louis Peste was a doctor at the Hospices de Beaune for 30 years in the mid-19th century. His daughter, Baroness du Baÿ, bequeathed a vast estate to the Hôtel-Dieu in his memory, in 1924. Historically, this Cuvée comes from a blend of terroirs, mainly Les Chaumes, completed with Les Bressandes and Les Grèves. Tasting Notes: A very solid dense purple black colour indicates a wine of considerable intensity. The fruit is luxurious in quality, definitely showing some black-fruit notes, and full enough to match the firm structure of the finish. This is a powerful Corton with a real cellaring potential."

Domaine Coche-Dury, founded when Jean-François Coche merged his family’s holdings with those of his wife, Odile Dury, in 1975, has become one of Meursault’s defining domaines through a strict, traditional approach to farming and winemaking. The family works about nine hectares across six communes, with roughly half in Meursault, and maintains old-vine diversity by avoiding clones altogether, a rarity in Burgundy. Jean-François built the estate’s reputation through disciplined vineyard work, long fermentations, and extended lees contact, using new oak mainly to support aging rather than to shape flavor. The wines, especially the Chardonnay for which the domaine is best known, stand out for their precision, freshness, and firm acidity, qualities that give them remarkable longevity. Today, his son Raphaël and daughter-in-law Charline continue this careful, almost monastic approach, producing small quantities of both white and red wines that remain among the most sought-after in Burgundy.