Community Tasting Note

NarunP wrote:

Friday, July 14, 2023 - Domaine Nathalie and Gilles Ferve (Fontenay-Pres-Chablis): It is unclear how it has got its name but the tale goes that it could come from a fork for crossroads or gibbet, one of the two possible origins of this name Fourchaume. Situated the north on the right bank from the town center of Chablis, this standard-bearing premiere cru climat, which stretches for nearly 4 kilometers between its northernmost lieu dit l'Homme Mort and its southern tip in Vaulorent. Fourchaume is sometimes difficult to apprehend: straddling 4 communes (Chablis-Poinchy, Fontenay-près-Chablis, Maligny and La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne), its face and topography are not common.

Thanks to a West/South-West orientation, it is firmly a solar terroir, where the grapes ripen early. Largely open to the Serein valley, Fourchaume reveals a great diversity of topographies. However, a trend emerges: its soils are mainly composed of brown clays and are not very stony. They are, for the most part, quite deep, well supplied with water and well draining.

This bottling of Fourchaume comprises of fruits from two lieu dits: Vaupulent and Cote de Fontenay, both of which locate in the southern part of the premiere cru climat. Smoky, seaweed, grapefruit, orange, tangerine, pomelo, waxy bitterness, clean but lifting finish. Great Premiere cru bottling that will be ready in 2-3 years. 90+

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