Domaine Fourrier
Overview
A highly regarded Gevrey-Chambertin domaine run by Jean-Marie Fourrier. The domaine produces wines from premier crus Combe aux Moines, Gevrey “Goulots,” and several other Gevrey premier crus and village wines. Fourrier’s style is elegant and terroir-focused, with wines built for long aging. Gilman (VFTC #114) tasted the 2001 Combe aux Moines at age 23 with excellent results.
Appellations
- Gevrey-Chambertin (villages, premier crus incl. Combe aux Moines, Goulots, Cherbaudes)
Key Wines
- Gevrey-Chambertin “Combe aux Moines” (1er cru) — 2001: 93 pts; “starting to drink very well”
Style Notes
Elegant, refined Gevrey with good soil transparency. The wines are not blockbusters but show real elegance and aging potential. Fourrier is considered one of the reliable Gevrey benchmarks.
2022 Vintage Notes (VFTC #114)
One older bottle note:
- 2001 Gevrey-Chambertin “Combe aux Moines”: 93 pts (2025–2060) — “excellent wine that is starting to drink very well indeed; still has a bit of buried tannin on the backend that augurs well for its future; beautiful core of fruit, fine soil inflection; a fine bottle”
2024 Vintage Notes (Burghound #101, barrel)
Jean-Marie Fourrier was away; tasting conducted with his son Louis, who has joined the domaine full-time. Louis noted 2024 gave “a rough growing season…one problem after another.” Poor flowering + intense mildew = ~70% crop loss. Harvest September 17; “massive amount of sorting required.” Potential alcohols 12.5-12.7%, chose not to chaptalize. No Cuvée Centenaire of old vines from Clos St. Jacques. All wines labeled Vieille Vigne. Meadows: “the Fourrier ’24s really are quite good and very promising.”
2024 Scores (barrel):
- Griotte-Chambertin VV: (92-95) — vines planted 1928; “terrific effort is also very classy”
- Clos St. Jacques VV 1er: (92-94) — .89 ha; “could use better depth but the Fourrier CSJ invariably ages well”
- Combe Aux Moines VV 1er: (91-94) — vines planted 1928; “excellent and provided you have the patience to wait, warmly recommended”
- Les Goulots VV 1er: (91-94) — “more interesting than the Champeaux” at this early stage
- Les Champeaux VV 1er: (91-93) — vines planted 1919; “Good stuff”
- Les Gruenchers VV 1er (Chambolle): (91-93) — vines planted 1928; “very good”
- Cherbaudes VV 1er: (90-93) — vines planted 1940; “unusually fine relative to what Cherbaudes typically possesses”
- Vougeot VV “Les Petits Vougeot” 1er: (90-93) — “perhaps the most underrated wine in the Fourrier portfolio”
- Gevrey-Chambertin VV: (89-91) — from 6 vineyards; “lovely and worth your interest”
- Chambolle-Musigny VV: (88-91) — “Lovely and understated”
- Morey St. Denis VV “Clos Solon”: (88-91) — vines planted 1961
My Tastings
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Sources
sources/articles/VFTC/VFTC Nov-Dec 2024 #114.txt(page 27)sources/articles/Burghound/Burghound Issue 101 - 2024 and 2023 Cote de Nuits Reds.txt