1998 Hospices de Beaune Corton Cuvée Docteur Peste

On the same evening that we drank the Mystery Bottle of Cormey XXXGEA we also drank a 1998 Hospices de Beaune Cuvée Docteur Peste Meo-Camuzet. My husband who is very knowledgeable, especially about the wines that he purchases, told me that Cuvée Docteur Peste is made from the vineyard located in Corton (it helps to know how to read a Bungundian label!). A little research on the Internet brought up this information: Jean-Louis Peste was a doctor at the Hospices de Beaune for 30 years in the mid-19th Century. His daughter, Baronne du Bay, bequeathed a vast estate to the Hôtel-Dieu in his memory, in 1924.
Vineyards located in Corton Chaumes & Voierose, which is south and south-west facing land beside the road leading from Pernand to Aloxe, constitute 37% of this Cuvée. These vines were planted in 1976, 1982 and 1985.¹
I also located a map showing the vineyards that comprise this Cuvée Docteur Peste:²

When we opened the bottle and poured it into our glasses, there was an unmistakable aroma of barnyard that to me defines a wine from Burgundy. Barnyard is not necessarily bad when the wine is complex with soft tannins and earthy flavors with just enough fruit and you can imagine how well it paired with our mushroom and sausage stuffed turkey.
1. Corton Hospices De Beaune Docteur Peste
2. Corton Grand Cru Cuvée Du Docteur Peste Domaine des Hospices de Beaune