Single-Owner Private Collection of Fine Wines from Burgundy, Bordeaux, Rhône Valley and more….
Timed Online Auction, 2 - 13 May 2024
Burgundy & Champagne
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
About this Item
In 1994, when he was only 23 years old, Jean-Marie Fourrier took over his family domaine. He had been working on the family estate since 1989, while also completing internships with Henri Jayer and Domaine Drouhin Oregon. Jean Marie's winemaking philosophy closely mirror's Jayer's – making great wines begins in the vineyard. He works hard to maintain healthy vines and practices extremely natural winemaking techniques. Today, Domaine Fourrier holds vines in a few of Gevrey Chambertin’s top vineyards, where most vines date back to the beginning of the 20th century. His most famous holdings, resulting in 'cult wines', are the ones in Griotte Chambertin and Clos St Jacques, which were planted between 1902 - 1910.
Gevrey-Chambertin is a prestigious village in Burgundy known for producing powerful and complex red wines made from Pinot Noir grapes. The Premier Cru vineyard of Cherbaudes is located within Gevrey-Chambertin and is recognized for its exceptional terroir, which yields wines of depth, concentration, and aging potential. "Vieille Vignes" indicates that the grapes for this wine come from old vines, which often produce wines of greater complexity and intensity.
Provenance
Private Client
Critics Ratings
‘Tasted blind in Hong Kong, it had been several years since I last tasted the Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru les Cherbaudes from Jean-Marie Fourrier. There is a touch of struck match on the nose that is quite high-toned for Jean-Marie, the fruit much darker when juxtaposed against Rousseau's Clos Saint Jacques '02 (for example). The palate is medium-bodied with touches of orange peel and bell pepper infusing the black fruit. It is nicely balanced, although you feel that a couple more years in bottle will do this no harm at all. Very fine.’ - Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, 91+/100 (April 2015)
‘From the south of the village, this wine is rather paler and lighter on the palate with lots of jewel-like fruit. Racy but a lighter style of burgundy – for drinking with white meat?’ - Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, 17/20 (Aug 2007)
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