Originally Posted by
DJGMaster1
That being said, the Hospice wines are sort of a special case because you are buying a future through a wholesale channel in bulk, and the Chateau de Pommard is not in fact a Grand Cru. It may well be as good as many a Grand Cru, but it itself is merely a monopole Premier Cru.
Hospice wines are a special case, but they are freely available to anyone to buy, even over the Internet and even with quantities as low as 6 bottles.
And the part about Château de Pommard is debatable. The Château does not do business in the usual Burgundy way. I don't think their wines are even officially Premier Cru. I'd write more, but I have a plane to catch!