2022 Gevrey-Chambertin Cherbaudes Vieille Vigne
Buying options
Tasting notes
This Premier Cru sits just below Mazis-Chambertin and Clos de Bèze, with Fourrier’s 0.67-hectare plot planted in the 1940s. The texture of this wine is instantly striking – supple and silken with gossamer tannins. It’s generous too, with dark bramble fruit mingling with sweeter strawberry, yet that fruit is reined in by a wash of savoury acidity and mouth-watering salinity on the palate, building to a smoke-scented finish. This will be hard to resist in its youth, but there’s a serious side that will be worth waiting for if you can show restraint.
Critic scores
Average Score
Allen Meadows, Burghound
Charles Curtis MW, Decanter
More reviews and scores
Here the nose is moderately reduced though there is a lovely sense of verve suffusing the beautifully textured, plump and round medium-bodied flavors that possess a caressing, even succulent, mouthfeel before terminating in a slightly more austere, dusty and sneaky long finale. This balanced effort also needs to develop more depth but again, that should reasonably occur if given a chance. Drink 2029+
Fourrier's 2022 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Cherbaudes reveals aromas of cherry preserve and ripe red plums, followed by a medium to full-bodied, supple and front-loaded palate that's laden with sweet, sun-kissed fruit.
Cask sample. Much more density and concentration. Focused, dark-cherry and berry fruit on the palate. Potential for this to be spectacular in a few years. Elegant tannins and sculpted oak to frame the whole. Good stuff! (AWH)
About the producer
Domaine Fourrier is located in the village of Gevrey-Chambertin. The estate has been run by Jean-Marie Fourrier since 1994, and has rapidly become one of the village’s most fashionable names, known for producing pure and transparent Pinot Noir.