In our continuing "sabbatical" from Kiwi wines, we opened tonight with a
dinner of roast chicken and kumara mash:

2008 Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin VV (NZD 79)
nose: smoke, tart cherry fruit, stones
palate: medium body, tight acidity, solid fruity core

Because of the youth of this wine, I'd opened it up an hour ahead of
time and poured some into our glasses. After an hour's opening it had a
good sense of fruit with a few hints of secondary development. Clearly
in its infancy still, but it has a promising life ahead of it. Half the
bottle was recorked for later evaluation.

Mark Lipton