Burgundy and Champagne
Timed Online Auction, 28 August - 9 September 2024
Burgundy - Red
About the SessionBurgundy, a region steeped in history with vineyards tracing their origins back to medieval times, boasts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir varieties that have gained worldwide recognition as the epitome of quality.
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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.
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Critics Ratings
‘A certain sweetness that is missing from the village Gevrey. This should not disappoint and has real vitality.’ - Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com. 16.5/20 (Jan 2018)
‘Good bright-medium red. Tight, dark aromas of black fruits and licorice pastille lifted by a whiff of cranberry. Ripe and broad, but with terrific inner-mouth floral lift and a rocky pungency. Tannins are fully ripe and fine grained. Offers a rather exhilarating and uncommon combination of cooler flavours and full phenolic ripeness. This wine comes from a very cook, east-facing site planted on a rock, which had difficulty ripening its fruit prior to global warming.’ - Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, 91-93/100 (Jan 2018)
'The Goulots is another of the highlights chez Fourrier this year, bursting from the glass with an expressive nose of rose petal, violet and red cherry. The wine is silky, saline and quite concentrated, with good tension and depth to ground its generous, giving personality.' - William Kelley, Decanter.com, 93/100 (Oct 2017)
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