Wine tasting at Patriarche, Beaune

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Grete & Fred Vithen
Fri 26 Dec 2014 12:21
Beaune, Pommard, Meursault .... It's all about wine

Wine tasting at Patriarche in Beaune. Beaune is the capital of wine in Bourgogne.
“Les plus grandes caves de la Bourgogne” (The largest cellars in Burgundy)

But first we took a grand tour through some of the most prestigious wine areas. Like Maursault.

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Meursault

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Largest size, Nebuchadnezzar 15 litres (20 bottles)

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Patriarche

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We tested 3 whites and 11 reds

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That bottle is from 1959. Price, 686 Euro.

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Hospices de Beaune, Musee d l’Hotel Dieu.