November 25, 2023 - Ed & Sam to dinner (Home): Mid ruby, a touch of garnet at the rim. Lovely mid red fruit and earthy nose. Fully resolved, and after a splash decant fully degassed. Properly Gevrey, the Fourrier signature now merely an elegance and transparency. Mid weight and mid length, satisfying and very drinkable. ****
September 27, 2023 - Drinking well. Needs a little air to show its best. Mature, tertiary aromas and flavors. Rich and ripe but balanced. Some tannic grip on the finish.
September 10, 2023 - Our last bottle and served really accidentally as we did discuss on cellaring this for a lot longer but we love these accidents. Funnier still we bought this in 2012 for 30£ Ha!
Served blind and was a bit perplexing to start, was clearly full of Pinot aromatics but also with a richness and spiciness and definitely felt it could go a lot more. Bright and energetic still, sweet red fruit, soft earth but predominantly on the fruit. Proper wine just ever so young and we would suggest one avoids the accidental openings and cellars this for 5years more. Beautiful nose still and a good 91 for now.
July 11, 2023 - PNP & slow ox in Riedel Burgs & btl for 3hrs prior to dinner. Ambered ruby. Aromas of earthy underbrush & spice. Palate amplifies the earth & underbrush along w/ tasty raspberry, spice & mineral. Displays the Fourrier's ripe fruit & richness but I think its has peaked. Drink up! 13% alc.
March 10, 2023 - 2 years since we had this ( Papies 91) and Andreas who had this blind in the nose said Aussie spicy Shiraz . If it wasn’t for the soft palate and lighter colour we could lose Monday betting this is Shiraz . Bright and energetic , good wine but perplexing on the spice. 91
February 18, 2023 - Very nice. Red fruit on the strawberry spectrum. I believe this bottle, like many 2007, is maturing rather quickly.
November 1, 2021 - A year since we had this last and frankly the last 2 bottles we have will be tucked away for 2-3 years minimum if we can hold back.
This is another beautiful 2007 . Quite reductive , smoky almost a Syrah nose in a way but very much a bright red fruited Pinot on the palate. Nice rich feel, definitely a bit of winemaker play here both on oak and ripeness but very much in the style of JMF. Very pretty and with a lot of life ahead . 91-92 and patience here will be rewarded with lovely secondary greatness.
April 14, 2021 - At peak and a transparent representation of Gevrey and the pure, effortless Fourrier house style. Silky texture with pure meaty, black cherry fruit. More concentration and intensity than a typical village wine. At peak with no more upside.
January 16, 2021 - Absolutely lovely. Now secondary, the wine doesn't quite have the same youthful exuberance of bright red fruit you generally get from Fourrier, but it's still so very pretty. The palate as always is very prety red fruit, though the finish is a tad short (it is a village). However, as the night went on it definitely picked up weight and concentration in the mid-palate, and towards the evening was considerably more substantial.
November 19, 2020 - Oscillates between and 90-91 probably more on our mood than the wine.
Definitely needs decanting if nothing else to get rid of the light fix in the palate that is there at this stage. Post that is a classic well made , pure and elegant wine. The depth is lacking a a expected for the level but this is a lot more than a village wine and we are not just talking about the price :) 90-91