2005 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Goulots Vieille Vigne

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  11/27/2022 - La Bodega Baru Likes this wine: 96 Points

  The Gevery Chambertin 1er Cru “Les Goulots” 2005 is a low intervention wine. Fermented with natural yeast from the grape, aged 18 months in oak barrels with no intervention and bottled with no filtration.
  
  In the glass it shined in polished garnet red and spread right away scents of leather, forest and truffle…tertiary aromas at it’s best. On the palate it was perfectly balanced, still some delicate fruit, earthy notes and a crisp acidity! For my taste it is perfect to enjoy now!

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  12/30/2021 - HowardNZ Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Magnum Society 2005 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin tasting (Hataitai, Wellington, NZ): Jasper Morris MW in Inside Burgundy says that the name Les Goulots comes from an old word for running water, as ‘gouléyant’, to, as he says, “describe a wine today would imply that it slips down the throat so easily as to be on the point of dilution.” As late as the 1800s there were quarries there, not just for the stone but also for the rich clay which was used to construct bread ovens. This 1.81 ha vineyard is a continuation northwards of Combe aux Moines on the Combe de Lavaut, on the slope above Les Champeaux. With this, it forms the last of the Premier Cru vineyards of Gevrey-Chambertin before the vineyards of the commune of Brochon. Morris describes it as “a lighter, hillside, Premier Cru which is not often seen”. Fourrier’s 0.34 ha of vines were planted in 1940.
  
  A darker, more primary colour. A breezy, ‘cooler’ nose of raspberries, tart red cherries and hints of cranberry with chalky minerality, gentle florals and baking spices. On palate a clear step up from the Villages wine in detail and complexity. Initially a little tight and closed but it opened up with time in the glass. Pure, fine and elegant with chalky minerality. Leaner bodied. Succulent, crunchy red berry and cherry fruit. Initially precise, it fans out and expands on the mid and back palate. At its core, austere and a little brooding. Went well with food. I was with the group of tasters really impressed by quality of the Les Goulots, as a cooler red Burgundy expression.
  
  B 0 | S 14 | G 20 | WoTN 0

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  11/17/2021 - mike wrote: 95 Points

  Much the same as my previous note but with a few more years highlighting increasing purity.

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  3/28/2021 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 91 Points

  Nose has some of that nice Gevrey earth as well as a bit of spice above dark and dirty fruit. Definitely see the metallic iron note others are getting. Palate is texturally dirty and grippy and I find this very out of line with any other Fourrier I’ve had from the same vintage, and from better and lesser crus. None of that bright red candied fruit and intense black cherry core, this is a darker and a little moody. Plenty of detail and redeeming aspects, but not on par with comparable bottles. I have been impressed with young Fourriers and this was underwhelming.

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  12/22/2018 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  REally bloody and meaty. Light on the palate and lilthe, not much going on on the palate to me. Scott notes that is smells incredible. Just opened.

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