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[Sharon Bowman]

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
does best in dry years like 2003

What a selling point.

 

[VLM]

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
does best in dry years like 2003

What a selling point.

Could be like Bourg*. Very little topsoil, so the roots are deep and feed the vine.

* I have been assimilated.

 

[Jay Miller]

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:

originally posted by SFJoe:
Oswaldo,

That "Clos des Hospices" is just Clos that they get from the Hospices, not some new GC that I've never seen before, right?

I understood it to be a different vineyard that we haven't seen before because it's a monopole, but google tells me it's as you presumed:

A Moreau family exclusivity from with-in the Grand cru Les Clos. This small plot of Grand cru was purchased from the Hospice in Chablis in 1904. (...) The Clos des Hospices, located low on the hill and therefore featuring a bit more humidity, normally does best in dry years like 2003 and 2005, notes Moreau."

Source: http://www.winestar.com.au/prod578.htm

I really liked the '04 and '06 Clos des Hospices Dan les Clos from Christian Moreau. I haven't had the '05 (and was unimpressed with the regular Clos from that vintage).