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Each flight (apart from the first) served bilind and then revealed with the arrival of the food.

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• 2010 Domaine Fourrier Bourgogne Blanc

  France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc

  Medium straw. Smokey, slightly oaky nose, decent weight on the palate for a Bourgogne, with crisp contrasting acidity and a good length finish - just a touch too oaky for me. **

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Thinly sliced confit lamb with salsa verde, artichokes, green beans and frisee.

• 2008 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Cherbaudes Vieille Vigne

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

  Pretty strawberry fruit on the nose, nice and fresh on the palate, unite savoury on the finish. ***

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• 2008 Domaine Fourrier Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Clos Sorbes Vieille Vigne

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru

  This is very green and herbal, indeed I did'nt think this bottle is quite right, but I see other tasters have had similar experiences. *

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• 2008 Domaine Fourrier Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Gruenchers Vieille Vigne

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru

  Open nose, quite intense with pure red fruits and floral notes. Attractive with good depth on the palate, quite round compared to some others in this flight, quite long. Delicious ****

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• 2008 Domaine Fourrier Vougeot 1er Cru Les Petits Vougeots Vieille Vigne

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vougeot 1er Cru

  Red fruited, fresh and linear, tannins well intergrated, medium length finish. Good. ***

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• 2008 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Champeaux Vieille Vigne

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

  Slightly darker fruited - relatively generous and round with a slight savoury note on the good length finish. ***1/2

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Roast mallard with confit leg, buckwheat pancakes, beetroot, star anise and pear.

• 2002 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Combe aux Moines Vieille Vigne

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

  Sweet, slightly savoury red fruited nose. Good presence and depth on the palate, lingers nicely. ***1/2

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• 2002 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Goulots Vieille Vigne

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

  Deeper, darker fruited nose. A little more linear on the palate than the Combes, narrower, more focussed, good length finish. ****

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• 2002 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques Vieille Vigne

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

  Quite savoury on the nose, a touch of game but plenty of sweet, almost showy fruit. But lovely to smell, complex too, keep going back for another sniff! Complex, sweet, touch of caramel, come hither. Lingers, slight (but not unpleasant) herbal note on the finish. Lovely wine. ****1/2

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• 2002 Domaine Fourrier Griotte-Chambertin Vieille Vigne

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru

  Beautifully complex nose, underlying sweet red fruit, notes of spice, mineral edge. Equally impressive on the palate, deep and long, broadens slightly on the extended finish. Superb. *****

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• 1999 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques Vieille Vigne

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

  I found this vert evolved, gamey, with only vestiges of underlying red fruit. Still very drinkable - but lacking a touch of structure on the palate too. ***

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• 2002 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques Vieille Vigne

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

  Others found this quite different to the bottle in the previous flight I have to say I didn't and quickly recognised its sumptuous sweet, pure fruit and touch of gamey complexity. Lovely ****1/2.

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• 1999 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Combe aux Moines Vieille Vigne Flawed

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

  Corked

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• 1999 Domaine Fourrier Griotte-Chambertin Vieille Vigne

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru

  By this stage I was clearly concentrating on enjoying the wine and talking about it rather than taking notes but I recall a lovely, complex red fruited wine with the same mineral streak shown by the 2002. ****1/2.

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• 1999 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Goulots Vieille Vigne

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

  very complete with sweet red fruit and a touch of mineral. I remember being very impressed with this but not much else about it! ****

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