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Jasper Morris

Inside Burgundy

Deep imperial purple colour, very saturated. There is a heavenly nose behind, just delivering everything at first sniff, no need to bother with individual fruit descriptors here, in the lap of luxury, but in perfect balance and indeed a particularly fine appealing fresh finish. Perfect cusp of black and red. Tasted Nov 2020.

93+

William Kelley

Robert Parker/Wine Advocate

The 2019 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Combe Aux Moines is also showing very well in bottle. Mingling aromas of cherries and plums with hints of sweet spices, peonies and wintergreen, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and enveloping, with a rich and fleshy core of fruit and a saline, perfumed finish. Fourrier remains convinced that 100 days of hang-time between flowering and harvest are essential for attaining physiological maturity, so harvest here began on September 1, picking only in the mornings. In the winery, the team destemmed as usual, but they added back a proportion of stems, selected according to their maturity, to each ferment. Percentages of new oak, as usual, were moderate. Alcohols are above average, and the wines bear the vintage signature of deep, saturated hues and lively acids, despite the warm conditions. While a certain sweetness of fruit is always a signature of the Fourrier style, that's tempered a little this year by comparison with 2018 or 2019—whether by the re-inclusion of stems or by the lower pH style of the vintage. 01/2022