Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques Vieille Vigne

Tannins are quite resolved and integrated at this point. A hint of smokiness (smoked salmon perhaps?) but tannins are still on the more rustic side. No signs of decline through the meal but definitely within the drinking window.

2006 vintage

Superlative. Tasted against the 2007. Both showed extremely well, but the 06 had more finesse, violet, pure red raspberry fruit. Both were gamy, but the 07 was a bit more pronounced with the bloody notes.. The 07 is slightly more mature, more tertiaries such as leather. This side by side tasting was truly special.

2006 vintage

La Fête du Champagne Gala (Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers - New York NY) : Small glass from magnum. Ripe and fleshy red and black cherry with lots of power. A touch jammy, but the structure easily keeps everything so well balanced. This has farther to go, a real success.

2006 vintage

Dream wines Vol. 2 (@Private location, Nürtingen) : Tasted fully blind. A bit hazy, unfiltered ruby-garnet color. Very deep, spicy, herbaceous nose with some red fruit and noticeable brett. Very deep and elegant palate. Salty mineral core, herbal and ethereal notes, rather cool and precise. Gets better and better with air and time. Some green notes from stems that gives the wine a nice grip and freshness. Long and fine finish. 94-95

2006 vintage

Somewhat to my surprise, I found a bottle of this lurking at the bottom of my wine fridge. I last tasted this about five years ago and the intervening time has improved it enormously. It is now at or near its peak, with quite a deep colour, an intense perfume on the nose, and a very concentrated palate of all the red fruits, from strawberry through to cherry. The finish is very long. A profound wine, excellent now but with …

2006 vintage

Delicate, balanced, mature. No taint or awkward flavors- the case has had some bottle variation. Everything a mature burg should be.

2006 vintage

Well, I opened this at home & slow-oxed for a few hours while out for a hike. I never got a whiff of cork taint there? Didn't even notice it immediately as it went around the table at Porzana in the Minneapolis warehouse district. Embarrassed I didn't catch it at home! Like all Fourrier Gevrey's this came with an abundance of fruit that may have hidden it since I'm slightly more palate oriented than aroma oriented. Still, while I often …

2006 vintage

Corked. Well that was a bummer.

2006 vintage

Top 1ers for AK's birthday : In the flight of the first four wines, there were 3 Vosnes and 1 Gevrey. Most felt that the Cathiard was the Gevrey but the minority (including myself) said that this had to be the Gevrey since it was the outlier stylistically. Slightly cloudy in appearance, especially compared to the three Vosnes that were brilliant ruby red in colour. Older style of Fourrier with more earthy and rustic notes before he transitioned to the …

2006 vintage

Cloudy color.Deep nose with farmyard and soil elements. Good but a touch rustic like most 2006.

2006 vintage

Perplexing because it does not look clear and if I have any experience of soupy wine it is with 06s. Outshines a Roumier CM Village 06 on the night but that is no fair contest. From my recollection there was so much more delineation in the 07.

2006 vintage

We opened this after a bottle of 13 mugneret ruchottes that needed more air and this really delivered. Was open at first pour. Lively nose and palate with tons of red fruit, slight spiced and good length. A very good wine. 2006's in general are drinking well now and this Fourrier confirmed that. with more air the 13 ruchottes did outshine it at the end.

2006 vintage

Next to 06 Griotte. Green, citrus, red-fruited, mineral, spice. Always a very consistent Fourrier vintage. 93-94

2006 vintage

Nice dark ripe red fruited with a serious structured frame. Great spices, just slightly over ripe and structured for my taste today. So 2006. Potential is clearly here.

2006 vintage

1/12, excellent cork. Pale/medium garnet core, pale garnet rim. Aromatic with pure strawberry fruit wafting from the glass, florals then a hint of animal. Medium bodied, strawberry, flashes of dark cherry, meaty notes, spice, fine tannins, vibrant acids, very good length finish, faint tickle of tannin. Perhaps a touch of oxidation on the last glass, but excellent.

2006 vintage

Asparagus Bday Celebration at ES BK. Drank in Grassl Cru. Apearance is murky not clear, medium intensity, garnet colour. Legs. Nose pronounced intensity, with aromas of dirty earth, scattered red cherries, sarsaparilla cola with more air. Developed. On the palate, dry, medium acidity, medium alcohol (13.5%), resolved tannins, medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of soupy red cherries, spice all over the place, dirty savoury earth, decaying leaves, cola with more air. Medium+ finish. Soupy and savoury are the …

2006 vintage

Lonny Should Turn 65 More Often (The Kenwood, Mpls, MN) : Medium dark red color. Drank a glass over 2 hours. See Chablis28's notes for his prep and excellent review. Drank this next to the '02 Jadot CSJ. There's more youth and density here in the Fourrier. This has a beautiful expression of fruit and spice with ripe berries and black cherry, intense savory spices with a cinnamon top note and splendid dried herbs. More medium full bodied with velveteen …

2006 vintage

Bought 3 of these a year or 2 after release. This btl comes along 11yrs after my first & much more fully realized at 16. This embraced the Furrier style of well fruited and richer Gevreys along with the added depth, concentration, intensity and wow factor expected from the CSJ site. Tonight's btl was a fun comparison alongside a lovely '02 Jadot CSJ and Lonny's '14 Dujac Chambolle-Musigny 1er Les Gruenchers. What a flight! I was very happy with its …

2006 vintage

Complex aromas of black fruits, earth, hoisin, spices, cherries. Seamless, medium weighted wine with lacy tannins and a long finish. Balanced, nuanced, complex. Mouth perfume is captivating. Drinking so well tonight.

2006 vintage

Tasted next to a Ponsot CdlR and it suffered a bit for it. Animal nose, with some secondary notes. Chewy, with sour dry cherries and good length. Excellent and surprisingly mature and ready.

2006 vintage

Wonderful aromatics of deep musk and cherries. Quite in your face this time and not as refined as I would like but it is a big wine.

2006 vintage

Excellent. Drank alongside Rousseau 98 and 06 CSJs and it held its own well. Opens up more after an hour and keeps going with big punchy aromas of wet grass, hoisin and smoked meat.

2006 vintage

Blue fruit, meaty, dark florals, brown sugar, creamy vanilla, grassy, green herbs, pungent, citrus, quite characteristic to the vintage. CSJ is what it is for a reason. Popping dimensions and electric energy. Encompassing layers with extra smoothness of the old vines. 94-95

2006 vintage

Christmas spice on the nose, earthy and quite intense. Dark fruited, quite serious stuff, big avid frame keeps everything very tight, this is super concentrated and a little unforgiving but it’s begging to show what it’s got.

2006 vintage

Bottle breathe for 1 hour before serving. Similar note to another bottle opened in Jan 2020. The nose is rich with raspberry. The palate is smooth, full body with jam-like red fruit. Tannin is integrated and matured. Long finishing. Peak 2.5 hours but continued to be enjoyable for another hour or two.

2006 vintage

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