Domaine Fourrier Exclusive Offers

Domaine Fourrier Exclusive Offers
By Codey Foster

In the past two decades Jean Marie Fourrier of Domaine Fourrier has emerged to be not only one of the finest winemakers in all of Gevrey-Chambertin but even in all of Burgundy. Jean Marie, however, would argue that fine winemaking isn't actually in the winemaker at all but in the land that it comes from, and in the winemaker's ability to put his own ego aside and allow the purity of the vineyard to be exemplified in the wine rather than the intent of the person making it. Fourrier does just that, using mostly used, neutral oak casks to allow slow and precise oxygenation of the wine without marring its purity with new oak tannins and flavor compounds.

I’m excited to be the first to tell you that we’re offering three amazing packages to showcase our favorite domaine in burgundy.

The first package which draws entirely from the 2009 vintage, offers a bottle of the rare and sought after Clos St. Jacques, along with two other incredible Premier Crus (Chambolle-Musigny Les Gruenchers, and Gevrey-Chambertin Champeaux) and Fourrier’s Vielle Vigne, and Bourgogne Blanc.

Over the years, Clos St Jacques has developed a reputation as an unofficial Grand Cru of the Cote de Nuits. As the story goes, at the time of vineyard classification, the Clos was owned by a vingeron that was widely unpopular among certain groups in Burgundy. As a result the Clos received a Premier Cru classification rather than the Grand Cru Classification it deserved. The Clos is famous for consistently producing wine at a Grand Cru level, and often times even more so than some of the lesser Grand Crus of Gevrey.

The second package offers the 2009 Gevrey-Chambertin Grand Cru, Griotte-Chambertin along with the same wine from the first package (excluding the Clos St. Jacques).

Located on the East side of the RN74, Griotte-Chambertin is the smallest of all 9 Gevrey Grand Crus and farmed by only four other producers. Fourrier owns a relatively substantial .26 hectares, and I say substantial only because the vineyard itself is only 2.7 hectares total and not one producer owns more than a single hectare.

These two packages are of special pertinence to me because 2009 was a particularly fine vintage for the Cote de Nuits, among the finest of the decade, and will provide a steadfast staple for Burgundy lovers as the following vintages, 2010 and 2011 were not as consistent and great wines will be fewer and further between.

The third package is our most limited and the one that I’m most excited about.

To highlight the incredible depth of Fourrier's winemaking over the past few vintages, we have held back small quantities of the Gevrey-Chambertin Vielle Vigne 2007, 2008, and 2009. Although the Vielle Vigne is Fourrier's most basic red wine, it is perhaps the most apt to represent his 'translucent' winemaking. Composed from selected vineyard sites throughout the village of Gevrey-Chambertin, the Vielle Vigne represents the terroir that makes it one of the finest Pinot Noir producing villages in the world. These wines will drink well for many years to come. Take advantage of this rare and unique opportunity now because supplies are very limited.

Fourrier Clos St Jacques Package:

http://www.anconaswine.com/sku02936.html $649.99

Fourrier Griotte-Chambertin Package:

http://www.anconaswine.com/sku02937.html#anchor_moreinfo $699.99

Fourrier 2007, 2008, 2009 Vertical Package:

http://www.anconaswine.com/sku02935.html $189.99