2012 Domaine Fourrier Morey St. Denis Clos Solon Vieille Vigne

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  1/14/2024 - Paul D wrote: 89 Points

  1/6, good cork.
  Pale/medium ruby/garnet core, pale rim. Red-fruited, quite crystalline, if not quite as aromatic or flamboyant as this cuvée usually is, spice and a hint of vanilla. Medium bodied, red cherries, quite bright and pure, fine if quite firm tannins, touch of savour, vibrant/crisp acids, medium/good length on the firm, slightly chalky finish, This is showing more acidity than expected, may still improve.

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  4/11/2023 - honest bob wrote: 88 Points

  From 75cl, mongrel-variegated cork, decanted 30 minutes off small amount of gritty sediment. Like my previous bottle (CT TN 12.03.2022) this tasted best once it had warmed up to room temperature. In the light of my notes for that bottle, this was skinny but monolithic, with dried cranberry scent and entry; plenty of iron (quite sure we’re not in Moulin à Vent, Dr. Watson?) on the mid-palate, chased by not-quite pleasant bitterness and astringency; the finish was crabby, bitter and—at best—licquorice-like. "Bottle variation" (=yet another proof that inferior cork is not a great material wth which to seal wines in the 50 EUR cellar door price, 10-20 year maturation category) strikes again? I continue to buy single bottles of red Burgundy from the Côte de Nuits out of curiosity and because I can afford to, but increasingly feel there is little sensible reason to do so for pleasure, given the greater quality now readily available elsewhere. 88P

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  8/13/2022 - Philolesen wrote: 91 Points

  no notes taken, but super nice wine. Ready to be enjoyed now.
  91+

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  3/29/2022 - Burgnick wrote: 90 Points

  Nice Fourrier kind of candied fruit. Good village wine but it is short of complexity and stuffing.

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  3/12/2022 - honest bob wrote: 90 Points

  From 75cl, good cork, decanted 1 hour, and continued to improve until final drop, showing best—against all expectations—once it had warmed up to 21C room temperature. Bright Mieze Schindler (if you know, you know) strawberry aroma; initially very sweet, later just fully-ripe entry, with wild 95% redcurrant and 5% astringent-furry sloe fruit; the rustic, rough-textured mid-palate reminded us that this is just the villages wine, despite its price tag; short, clean finish. It's been 9 months (and a substantial four-figure Euro mis-investment, in several cases literally poured down the drain) since I last tasted a red burgundy which I actually thought worth anything near its price tag, and looking back I see that wine was, somewhat to my surprise, Fourrier's 2011 MSD Clos Solon! That bottle was more forward and flattering than the 2011, so (assuming my remaining bottle of the 2012 isn't corked or otherwise damaged, which is, I fear, statistically improbable) I may end up rating this higher in 4 to 5 years time. 90–91P

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