51ème vente des Hospices de Nuits Saint Georges

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Less known but more prestigious than her ” big sister ” of the Hospices de Beaune, the Hospices de Nuits are also a ” hospital – wine grower ” and possess as such a vineyard, around Nuits-St-Georges. This traditional weekend corresponds to the spirit of burgundian people who like to share their enjoyment to taste the new vintage wine in a friendly atmosphere. The key point of these two days was of course the 51th Sale of Wines during which was put on sale the harvest 2011 of 12,4 hectares vineyards of the domain (The product of the sale is exclusively used for the investments of the Hospital). Albert Bichot bought 9 rooms(parts,plays) on 4 cuvées:

• NUITS-ST-GEORGES LES LAVIERES LES BAS DE COMBE Cuvée Guillaume Labye
• NUITS-ST-GEORGES 1er Cru LES VIGNERONDES Cuvée Bernarde Delesclache  
• NUITS-ST-GEORGES 1er Cru LES DIDIERS Cuvée Cabet
  • NUITS-ST-GEORGES 1er Cru LES DIDIERS Cuvée Jacques Duret

Meet us at the Wine Spectator’s upcoming 2012 Grand Tour …

More than two hundred of the world’s finest wineries will pour one of their best wines at each stop.
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Results of the Concours Général Agricole de Paris 2012

Water and vine : Realize a drainage, sometimes a necessity

If the vine have the reputation to be  a plant which likes heat and dryness, the excesses could have negatives effects on its development and the fruit quality. Its water supply, for a year is, of course, dependent of the climatology and pluviometry of the vintage, but the impact of the soils and wine practices will also have a strong influence.  The situations of hillsides  or of plain,  a more draining texture of ground (sandy-clayey presence of graves) or in, dominant argilo-limestone (which will regulate the wtaer retention in a first time ), a deeper roots system  (Roots of surface split by the plowings, characteristics of the stock…), practice of the plowings which limits the competition of herbs and the evaporation (frech proverb: « 1 hoeing serves for 2 waterings »), a better management of the efficiencies and of the load in fruits… some examples which the incidence on the hydric supply of the plant will not be unimportant.   The consequences of a dry weather are often beneficials (natural limitation of the cryptogamiques diseases, light « hydric stress » favoring the quality during the maturation), but excesses can have a blocking effect even fatal in particular on young vines. The irrigation forbidden in Burgundy, only the wtaering of the young plants, is tolerated (their roots system not totally completely developed is most sensibles to the lack of water).  On the contrary, an excess of water will favor diseaes (mildew, decay…), will decrease the treatments efficacity , and could also generate a shape of  roots asphyxiation , without talking  about difficulties to work (plough….). Most of our soils, because of their draining quality, protect us of this phenomenon. However, very located zones where water is in excess (that we call collectively « mouilles ») and which are often the consequence of a  resurgence, of the nearness of a groundwater, or of a coat of ground  compact and waterproof, can raise problems. A drainage of this zone can then be a  solution.

This practise drainage is not a new technique. At the time of the Roman or  « at the time of the monks », buried conducts in terra-cotta or the realisation of a « raie basse » (full of stone cut serving of drain) allowed to resolve the problems of excesses of water located within the plot of land. sometimes, some of these forgotten works, can be updated at random of a lifting of the vineyard.

“Saint Vincent Tournante” 2012

One more! , a new Saint Vincent crossed. If winter does not appear to remind us that time goes by, the Saint Vincent, traditional event of the beginning of the year in Burgundy, was here to remind it to us. Since 1938, each year, a wine village of Burgundy, receives the party of the Saint-Vincent Tournante and welcomes the gathering of all the brotherhoods or societies of mutual help of Burgundy. The 2012 edition was of a quite other nature. This traditional Burgundian party took this year a particular form to join in the approach of application of Burgundy Climates at the heritage of the UNESCO. So, there was three symbolic places of the Burgundian landscape which offered to make discover this Saint-Vincent Tournante :

• Dijon, Burgundy’s capital
• Nuits-Saint-Georges, in the heart of  Côte d’Or
• Beaune, Capital of Burgundy wines

With this  exceptional Saint-Vincent Tournante , Burgundy finds in its climates the identity, the innovation which characterize our region. For tasting, each of the 5 wine-producing regions were put in the honor on dedicated detached houses in each city : Chablisien and Grand Auxerrois, Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune, Côte Chalonnaise and Mâconnais. The regional appellation and the Burgundy Cremants also had detached houses. For discovery, cities posted varied faces : Patrimonial circuits and opening of chapels in Beaune, pierres of Comblanchien and Cave aux Arômes in Nuits Saint-Georges, multiple animations  in Dijon (Read the article of  Wine & Y ). Movie of the animations in Dijon.  In Beaune, if the atmosphere seemed to miss a little in the streets, in every detached houses, we could meet amateurs, professionals, novices,… The organisation without defect of the event drove then to a quite natural user-friendliness on each site of this beautiful city.