Community Tasting Note

• Paul S wrote: 93 points

  December 30, 2012 - JM's Old World Education (Pine Close): Woah - what a village! I love Fourrier's Gevrey VV in almost every vintage, but there was something extra special with the 2009. It had such a beautiful nose that everyone on the table guessed it was a Chambolle without a second thought. After a short half an hour in the decanter, lovely florals just soared out of the glass, with violets and roses wafting around pure red cherry aromas, all undergirded with just a touch of funky, mushroomy undergrowth. A knockout nose. It was absolutely lovely on the palate too. This showed the typical, sappy richness of a 2009 Gevrey, with sweet notes of red cherries and sour plums galore. Yet such was the wonderful balance on the wine that it came across lithe, elegant, almost floatingly ethereal, with a beautiful juiciness and purity to its fruit, even though it was still extremely primary. Fine, silky tannins then carried the wine into a lovely finish, with more sour plums - almost umeshu-like here - and pretty floral notes floating away into the distance. Not quite as rich and fleshy here as on the attack and the midpalate, yet still really charming. What a wonderful wine - quite the archetype of the ethereal, effortless Burgundy; something that can actually be quite difficult to find these days! I only wish I had bought more. Drinking beautifully even now, this should age wonderfully over its first decade and more.

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