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On May 22, 9:30�am, "Nils Gustaf Lindgren"
> wrote:
> Hello Dale,
>
> About what age were the wines you tasted at the time? I really, really would
> like to think that I could get to like these wines ... the incumbent
> Fourrier has held his position for 24 years, taking over after his
> Big-Bob-bashing father, who, according to quite unreliable sources, in fact,
> did not make very good wines at all, compared to the son, and this
> particularly taking into account the sometimes spectacular terroirs of these
> parts.
>
> Cheers
>
> Nils
> "DaleW" > skrev i ...
> On May 22, 5:03?am, "Nils Gustaf Lindgren"
>
>
>
>
>
> > wrote:
> > ... from a 5-day trip to Bourgogne, I have meditated on the wines of
> > George
> > Fourrier in Gevrey. Why? Perhaps because Mr Fourrier said all the right
> > things, was eloquent, very slightly flippant about things I myself could
> > very well be sarcastic about, displayed pride on his father showing Big
> > Bob
> > the door after saying something suitably earthy ... and because I could
> > not
> > come to grips with his wines, of which we tasted 6 or 7, all from the 2006
> > vintage.
> > Monsieur does not like new oak, and considers it an environmental hazard,
> > considering the amount of oak needed to produce all the new oak barrels
> > that
> > according to him his Father told him Big Bob haD SAID HE NEEDED TO MAKE
> > good
> > wine. Monsieur re-uses his barrels, sterilising them with boiling water to
> > avoid bacterial overgrowth (Brett etc). I should be able to relate t
> > that -
> > being slightly adverse to new oak, and, on the whole, considering an
> > environment as something of a bonus.
> > He disapproves of chemical fertilizers, various -icides, but confessed to
> > some admiration for the helicopter pilots that spray the fields of some of
> > his neighbours. THey really are terrific and deathdefying pilots.
> > He was all in favor of terroir, that wine should express its origin, as
> > well
> > as its vintage.
> > ---
> > Now comes the problematic part.
> > To me, his wines did not express very much at all. The only wines that I
> > could tell apart were those on the village level, the Gevrey vz the Morey
> > St
> > Denis.
> > After that, despte diligent sniffing, tasting, and making all those funny
> > noises that accompany tastings, I could really, really not make out the
> > differences. This said, the wines were young, very young even, and not
> > from
> > a vintage very likely to shine (neither was 1947, Mr Fourrier helpfully
> > pointed out).
> > ---
> > Does anybody here have any experience with older vintages form this
> > producer? I am very curious. Indeed I am.

>
> > TIA

>
> > Cheers

>
> > Nils

>
> I've never had any truly mature wines, but I've had several Fourriers
> from '95-'02 (mostly '99s). Mostly the Gevrey Cherbaudes and the lowly
> Petits Vougeot; I've had maybe one bottle each of the Combe aux
> Moines('95 or '96) and one CSJ ('98?). I thought all lovely, and would
> happily buy the wines if they hadn't recently gotten such good press
> from Kolm, Meadows, and Gilman (as well as good word of mouth) and
> have shot up.
>
> Never "big", always elegant. Fairly traditional, in the mode of
> Angerville and Mugnier. I've only had the wines side by side a couple
> times,but found the Gevrey 1ers quite distinctive from one another.- Hide quoted text -
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All in last 5 years, I'd say ranged from 5 to 10 years from vintage.
All could have used more time.
I own one bottle of Fourrier, the '95 CSJ, have 2010-2015 as my target
dates.