Community Tasting Note

• forceberry wrote: 95 points

  April 22, 2022 - From a 0,6 ha parcel in Cherbaudes 1er Cru, planted in 1940. Prior to fermentation, the grapes are cold-soaked for 3-4 days, after which the wine is fermented spontaneously. Aged for 16-18 months in oak barrels (20% new). Bottled unfined and unfined, very little or no SO2. 13,5% alcohol.
  
  Translucent, somewhat evolved and very slightly hazy brick-red color with a pale, almost colorless rim. The nose feels somewhat smoky and a bit bretty with vaguely lambic-like farmhouse notes, ripe black cherries, some plummy tones, a little bit of tobacco, light stony mineral notes, a hint of sweet strawberry, a touch of gamey meat and a whiff of leathery funk. The wine is dry, funky and savory with a medium-to-moderately full body and intense flavors of phenolic spice and leathery funk, some crunchy redcurrants, a little bit of ripe cranberry, light gravelly mineral tones, a hint of tobacco and a touch of meaty umami. The wine is enjoyably firm and chewy with its high acidity and quite assertive and even slightly gritty tannins. The finish is long, savory and quite grippy with a complex and slightly funky aftertaste of leather, phenolic spice, some crunchy redcurrants, a little bit of ripe cherry, light nuances of tobacco, a hint of saline minerality and a touch of smoke.
  
  A very stern, impressive and structure-driven 1er Cru Gevrey-Chambertin with a very serious overall character and somewhat funky undertones that lend a slightly Beaucastel-like vibe to the wine. Despite its funky nature, this is still a very classy red Burgundy and instantly recognizable as a Pinot Noir. Seeing how the wine shows very little evolution and the structure comes across as pretty tightly-knit, I can imagine this will easily keep for another decade or two - maybe even longer. The most impressive effort in our mini-horizontal of three 2009 Fourrier 1er Cru Gevrey-Chambertins.

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2 Comments

• Seth Rosenberg commented:

  6/14/22, 4:51 AM - I think you have a typo - the parcel is Cherbaudes not Champeaux.

• forceberry commented:

  6/14/22, 6:18 AM - Whoops, heh. Fixed. Thanks.

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