Healthy bright yellow. Fresh apricot and flint on the nose; less expressive today than the regular Clos. Then rich and ripe but dry and backward, showing a slightly exotic quality to its lemon, white currant, lichee and menthol flavors. Still a touch of youthful bitterness here. Seems to be evolving more slowly than the regular Clos--and much tougher to taste today. Both this wine and the Clos began in 40% oak.

The moderately expressive nose also offers up notes of smoky mineral reduction along with the same nuances displayed by the regular cuvée. There is even better concentration to the powerful and punchy big-bodied flavors that possess a lovely minerality on the focused, intense and beautifully long finish. While this may change with a few years of bottle, this is presently drier and more austere than the regular cuvée and that's not usually the case.
– Burghound.com, Issue 60. Tasted: Oct 2015

Tasted blind at the annual “Burgfest” tasting in Brouilland. The 2013 Chablis Grand Cru les Clos Les Hospices has another reduced bouquet like the regular bottling, but there is real complexity and nuance here that I believe will be delivered with respectable bottle age. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tension and energy, crisp and tensile with citrus fruit, spice, smoke and flinty aromas that dominate the finish that feels long and satisfying. Tasted May 2016.