2009 Domaine Fourrier Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Clos Sorbes Vieille Vigne

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 93.6 points

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  2/4/2015 - pclin wrote: 92 Points

  Not showing as well as previous bottle, higher acidity/oak and less fruits, obviously in the process of shutting down. Quite a dense and big wine for Fourrier, this should last for a very long time! Next bottle will be few years away and may deserve a higher score. (A-)

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  12/25/2014 - pclin wrote: 93 Points

  Only 0.1 ha planted in 1965. This is a tiny plot, production maybe around 50 cases a year. Typical Fourrier wine, gorgeous nose, floral and intense. Good mixed of black and red fruits, spices, and oaks. Sweet and smooth on the attack, fine tannins just not as smooth as a great VR. Firm but round mid-palate with decent if not long finish, as the wine sits in the glass, adds on more weight. Vibrant acidity, lively for an '09. Label indicated 13.5% alcohol with no trace of it, excellent balance. Good stuff and will put it on regular buying list. Just love to drink Fourrier wines young, is it such a crime? Buy more? Bought a 6-pack. 92-94 pts. (A)

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  11/30/2013 - salil wrote: 94 Points

  Incredibly young, but this is an absolutely stunning bottle of Burgundy. At first it's all about fresh red berried fruit with a touch of spritz, but with some air (and after a quick shake) it really opens out aromatically, showing an array of bright floral and earthy notes to frame the core of red fruits. There's a sense of remarkable lightness and finesse here, gentle tannins and bright acids making it very easy to drink, and a long, resonant finish. Fantastic. Thanks Ross.

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  9/25/2012 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 97 Points

  I remember the first time I ever saw a movie starlet in person from less than 10 feet away, because up until that point I always figured you'd never be able to tell the difference between one of them walking down the street vs. any random young, attractive member of the female sex. Bzzzz, wrong, it turns out that they get the big bucks for a reason, and they really are stunningly beautiful at a level several standard deviations above the girl next door, even if the girl next door was the prom queen. And that's pretty much the same feeling I got drinking the 2009 Fourrier Clos Sorbes. The sheer beauty of this just astounds on every sip. You do not ordinarily get this kind of suavity, seamlessness, and weightlessness out of a Burgundy that doesn't say Grand Cru on the label, and indeed there's a definite family resemblance here to Clos des Lambrays although it's slightly leaner and the fruit complexion more vibrantly red. If one is to invoke a movie starlet this would be an appropriate wine to deploy that old Audrey Hepburn metaphor.

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