Beautiful bouquet that has developed very nicely, lively fresh red fruit and minerals. It does have some edgy structure in the finish and needs to be resolved. I let it sit for 2 hours and that improved but didn’t fully go away
Ps, Had the 2nd half of this 3 days later and it’s even better. Not only a more harmonious finish, but an energy and depth in the mid-palate that asserts itself with time in the glass. I’m raising my rating to 95
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Stunning! Drank with burgundy group…. From memory. Still quite young and in need of additional cellar time for peak. Still, dinking quite well now. Very intense nose and and tasting. Packed and complex but still in fantastic balance, offering great delicacy - nothing over extracted, over oaked, etc… just an intensity that’s amazing. Great potential - 96-99?
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Had this a few days ago, the first of my three bottles. It didn't disappoint. Great fruit concentration, juicy with lovely aromatics. I was worried it might be closed but it was showing well (after an hour or two in the decanter). Held it's own alongside Clos de Tart 2005 and Rousseau Charmes 2005. Try again in 5+ years.
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A small pour, but this is classic Fourrier and you can see the 2010 vintage at work here. The wine is gorgeous, with the Fourrier nose very apparent, though the fruit is darker than his wines typically show, which I usually get from CSJ and, to a lesser extent, the Combe aux Moine. However, this is still so primary and young on the palate! It's absolutely delicious, but it's almost as if it's a bit suspending in stasis. Delicious, and will likely age forever.
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Ruby with a bit more bricking than I would expect. Beautiful, perfumed nose with crunch Fourrier fruit, soil tones, and lots of sous bois. Good depth of fruit and earth in the medium weight palate that shows excellent persistence. Stunning.
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Nose a bit reticent: cherry, earth and a distinct fresh mushroom note (not in an aged way). There’s a good line of acidity that provides freshness but frankly it’s missing anything special. it provides a nice experience but where’s the beef at this price? Just hoping for more as other vintages have soared
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This wine has really blossomed. Rich red plum and red cherry with a pointed and high note spice bouquet on the nose. Extremely focused palate, smooth from beginning to end, with a long finish. Nice surprise.
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VERTICALE CSJ FOURRIER VS. ROUSSEAU: Come per il 2011, consiglio decanter per limitare la riduzione sulfurea. Con i minuti riempie i polmoni e sbuffa freschezza balsamica, più struttura e sfoggia una vibrazione che prepara all' acidità del sorso. In bocca è la somma dei fiori e del tocco aereo del 12 + la terra, il frutto scuro o l' arancia amara dell' 11. Tannino di finezza puntiforme che ricorda la mineralità amara di fiori essiccati. Purissimo come solo un 2010 puó essere e di persistenza indelebile. Un' emozione immensa. Che vino della madonna!!!
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Two HDH Dinners (Ada St. and Bistronomic): This was the CSJ Cuvee Centenaire. A 1/2 barrel production. Basically the CSJ on steroids. Extremely dense and intense red and black fruit, loads of spice, bit of mineral and outstanding grip. This is big, but overdone. Long finish.
Two HDH Dinners (Ada St. and Bistronomic): Huge nose of spice, bright red and black fruit. Juicy, black cherry cola on the palate. Thick and rich. Great grip. Very intense. Great right now and will evolve.
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Wow. Double decanted in advance. High toned sweet red fruit. Cranberry, a bit of candy sweetness. This is so young but so delicious and approachable. Long yet weightless. Pricing has gone through the roof but one taste and it is easy to see why.
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2009 and 2010 CSJ Horizontals Tasting: Tasted with all 2009 and 2010 Clos St Jacques. My and most of the group's WOTN. Good deep ruby. Like the 2009 Fourrier but not as expressive, a luxuriant bouquet of ripe fruit with lovely exotic spice, high toned red berry, earth and lifted floral aromas. On palate, absolutely classical, classy CSJ. Perfect ripeness, no more than medium weight but with great depth, volume and power. Real intensity and very long. Rich but with laser like precision and focus. Perhaps, on the night, a little too linear, but with this power, there is no issue for this young wine. Similarly, the suave, fine grained tannins come across as a little austere today, but this is understandable. All of the elements in place for a great wine. Ideally, cellar 10+ years. 95.
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Medium but very deep burgundy color. Nose really showing off big time- notes of red cherry cola, nice earthy wetness, and a bit of cranberry. Palate much the same favors as the nose. Really nice fine tannin and perfect balance. This is some fine stuff that was drunk way early.... All in the name of research. This should rate much higher in the future.
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La Paulée de New York Grand Tasting (Metropolitan Pavilion - New York NY): Tasting. Black fruit aromas, slightly floral with lots of meaty spice and fresh herbs. Already very charming. Long and well textured from start-to-finish with great balance, energy and minerality. Great at basically every level, this is certainly at the 94-95 point level.
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La Paulée de New York 2013 Grand Tasting (Metropolitan Pavilion, New York): Lost my notes on the Fourrier wines, but these were stellar across the board. Tried the Gevrey, Morey Solon, Gevrey Moines, and Gevrey Jacques. Great purity of fruit, with the Clos Saint Jacques being the most brooding of the bunch. The Combes aux Moines was the highlight for me; what a fabulous wine!
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Focus on 2010 Burgundy- The 2013 La Paulee Grand Tasting (Metropolitan Pavilion, New York): Again, stunningly forward, bright red fruit aromatics. Sappy, silky and long with a touch of soil and strong back end acidity. Approachable but much time in hand to fully blossom. The class of the group. Whereas at last year's tasting, the '09 Fourriers left me scratching my head, the 2010 Gevreys left me salivating and licking my chops.
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Medium red; lovely energetic nose; medium weight with complex fruit, freshness and excellent balance and structure. The tannins are fine and the finish is excellent. An elegant wine with real substance, but for me, probably not quite in the same class as the 2009. Maybe it was suffering a little from bottle shock as other reviewers have waxed lyrical about this wine. Time will tell. Estimated maturity: 2020+
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8/29/2022 - kr522 wrote: 95 Points
Beautiful bouquet that has developed very nicely, lively fresh red fruit and minerals. It does have some edgy structure in the finish and needs to be resolved. I let it sit for 2 hours and that improved but didn’t fully go away
Ps, Had the 2nd half of this 3 days later and it’s even better. Not only a more harmonious finish, but an energy and depth in the mid-palate that asserts itself with time in the glass. I’m raising my rating to 95
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4/2/2022 - ovenmitt wrote: 94 Points
Stunning! Drank with burgundy group…. From memory. Still quite young and in need of additional cellar time for peak. Still, dinking quite well now. Very intense nose and and tasting. Packed and complex but still in fantastic balance, offering great delicacy - nothing over extracted, over oaked, etc… just an intensity that’s amazing. Great potential - 96-99?
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11/20/2021 - yuti1225 Likes this wine: 95 Points
2010 Chambertin Grand Crus 9+1 Blind Tasting: Very pure and airy, with fresh cherry and minerality, very Fourrier.
1st place (together with Perrot-Minot) for this flight.
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3/26/2021 - Ltim BE Likes this wine: 96 Points
First of my 3 bottles. This is out of this world, the expressive nose and energetic taste is stunning. Blew us away, really.
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12/16/2020 - RaggaMat Likes this wine: 94 Points
Had this a few days ago, the first of my three bottles. It didn't disappoint. Great fruit concentration, juicy with lovely aromatics. I was worried it might be closed but it was showing well (after an hour or two in the decanter). Held it's own alongside Clos de Tart 2005 and Rousseau Charmes 2005. Try again in 5+ years.
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8/28/2020 - Nicephoras wrote:
A small pour, but this is classic Fourrier and you can see the 2010 vintage at work here. The wine is gorgeous, with the Fourrier nose very apparent, though the fruit is darker than his wines typically show, which I usually get from CSJ and, to a lesser extent, the Combe aux Moine. However, this is still so primary and young on the palate! It's absolutely delicious, but it's almost as if it's a bit suspending in stasis. Delicious, and will likely age forever.
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5/6/2020 - rlove wrote: 94 Points
Ruby with a bit more bricking than I would expect. Beautiful, perfumed nose with crunch Fourrier fruit, soil tones, and lots of sous bois. Good depth of fruit and earth in the medium weight palate that shows excellent persistence. Stunning.
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3/26/2018 - kr522 wrote: 93 Points
Nose a bit reticent: cherry, earth and a distinct fresh mushroom note (not in an aged way). There’s a good line of acidity that provides freshness but frankly it’s missing anything special. it provides a nice experience but where’s the beef at this price? Just hoping for more as other vintages have soared
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8/28/2017 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 93 Points
A more evolved and darker bottle than one from three weeks ago. Darker red fruit, soil notes and clove.
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8/9/2017 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 95 Points
This wine has really blossomed. Rich red plum and red cherry with a pointed and high note spice bouquet on the nose. Extremely focused palate, smooth from beginning to end, with a long finish. Nice surprise.
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2/7/2016 - galenico Likes this wine: 96 Points
VERTICALE CSJ FOURRIER VS. ROUSSEAU: Come per il 2011, consiglio decanter per limitare la riduzione sulfurea. Con i minuti riempie i polmoni e sbuffa freschezza balsamica, più struttura e sfoggia una vibrazione che prepara all' acidità del sorso.
In bocca è la somma dei fiori e del tocco aereo del 12 + la terra, il frutto scuro o l' arancia amara dell' 11. Tannino di finezza puntiforme che ricorda la mineralità amara di fiori essiccati. Purissimo come solo un 2010 puó essere e di persistenza indelebile. Un' emozione immensa. Che vino della madonna!!!
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5/18/2014 - johnh1001 wrote: 94 Points
Two HDH Dinners (Ada St. and Bistronomic): This was the CSJ Cuvee Centenaire. A 1/2 barrel production. Basically the CSJ on steroids. Extremely dense and intense red and black fruit, loads of spice, bit of mineral and outstanding grip. This is big, but overdone. Long finish.
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5/18/2014 - johnh1001 wrote: 94 Points
Two HDH Dinners (Ada St. and Bistronomic): Huge nose of spice, bright red and black fruit. Juicy, black cherry cola on the palate. Thick and rich. Great grip. Very intense. Great right now and will evolve.
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3/2/2014 - bpj87 wrote: 94 Points
Incredible aromatics of cranberry and orange rind with such power on the palate. Lithe and taut.
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3/2/2014 - FYC wrote:
Wow. Double decanted in advance. High toned sweet red fruit. Cranberry, a bit of candy sweetness. This is so young but so delicious and approachable. Long yet weightless. Pricing has gone through the roof but one taste and it is easy to see why.
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2/14/2014 - HowardNZ Likes this wine: 95 Points
2009 and 2010 CSJ Horizontals Tasting: Tasted with all 2009 and 2010 Clos St Jacques. My and most of the group's WOTN. Good deep ruby. Like the 2009 Fourrier but not as expressive, a luxuriant bouquet of ripe fruit with lovely exotic spice, high toned red berry, earth and lifted floral aromas. On palate, absolutely classical, classy CSJ. Perfect ripeness, no more than medium weight but with great depth, volume and power. Real intensity and very long. Rich but with laser like precision and focus. Perhaps, on the night, a little too linear, but with this power, there is no issue for this young wine. Similarly, the suave, fine grained tannins come across as a little austere today, but this is understandable. All of the elements in place for a great wine. Ideally, cellar 10+ years. 95.
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4/13/2013 - ovenmitt wrote: 91 Points
Medium but very deep burgundy color. Nose really showing off big time- notes of red cherry cola, nice earthy wetness, and a bit of cranberry. Palate much the same favors as the nose. Really nice fine tannin and perfect balance. This is some fine stuff that was drunk way early.... All in the name of research. This should rate much higher in the future.
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3/14/2013 - alanr wrote: 93 Points
2013 La Paulee, New York; 3/12/2013-3/14/2013: Deep, rich, vibrant, dark cherry, forward and juicy. Excellent wine, but structured to last years?
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3/9/2013 - Burgundy Al wrote:
La Paulée de New York Grand Tasting (Metropolitan Pavilion - New York NY): Tasting. Black fruit aromas, slightly floral with lots of meaty spice and fresh herbs. Already very charming. Long and well textured from start-to-finish with great balance, energy and minerality. Great at basically every level, this is certainly at the 94-95 point level.
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3/9/2013 - xwine wrote:
La Paulée de New York 2013 Grand Tasting (Metropolitan Pavilion, New York): Lost my notes on the Fourrier wines, but these were stellar across the board. Tried the Gevrey, Morey Solon, Gevrey Moines, and Gevrey Jacques. Great purity of fruit, with the Clos Saint Jacques being the most brooding of the bunch. The Combes aux Moines was the highlight for me; what a fabulous wine!
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3/9/2013 - drwine2001 wrote:
Focus on 2010 Burgundy- The 2013 La Paulee Grand Tasting (Metropolitan Pavilion, New York): Again, stunningly forward, bright red fruit aromatics. Sappy, silky and long with a touch of soil and strong back end acidity. Approachable but much time in hand to fully blossom. The class of the group. Whereas at last year's tasting, the '09 Fourriers left me scratching my head, the 2010 Gevreys left me salivating and licking my chops.
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3/9/2013 - Gargantua wrote:
La Paulée de New York 2013 (Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC): Slightly less alluring than the Combe aux Moines at this point, but similar in many ways. Still an outstanding wine.
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5/15/2012 - Rupert wrote:
Fourrier dinner with Jean-Marie (Pétrus, Knightsbridge, London): Very pure, liqueur cherries, rose petals, amazing freshness, this explodes in the mouth. Thrilling
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1/24/2012 - nskelsey wrote: 92 Points
Medium red; lovely energetic nose; medium weight with complex fruit, freshness and excellent balance and structure. The tannins are fine and the finish is excellent. An elegant wine with real substance, but for me, probably not quite in the same class as the 2009. Maybe it was suffering a little from bottle shock as other reviewers have waxed lyrical about this wine. Time will tell. Estimated maturity: 2020+
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1/9/2012 - vespasian wrote: 94 Points
Very complex, rich and profound; spreads out beautifully, lovely texture. Very long. 93-95.
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