Domaine Fourrier - Chambolle Musigny Gruencheres V.V. 2017 750ml
The 2016 Volnay 1er Cru Clos du Verseuil is the most harmonious and integrated of Clerget's 2016s at this early stage, wafting from the glass with aromas of sweet wild berries, dried flowers, raw cocoa and spice. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, velvety and elegant, with good concentration and depth at the core, fine structuring tannins and a succulent core of fruit. It exemplifies the stereotypical charm of Volnay.
The 2019 Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru is showing beautifully, unwinding in the glass with deep-pitched aromas of cherries, plums, orange rind, incense and spices. Full-bodied, deep and multidimensional, it's elegantly muscular, with a layered core of fruit,...
Offering up lovely aromas of sweet berry fruit, plums, orange rind, raw cocoa and spices, the 2019 Volnay 1er Cru Fremiet is medium to full-bodied, bright and mineral, with a firmer, more tightly wound profile than the gourmand, enveloping Clos des Angles...
Moderate reduction is enough to overshadow the underlying fruit at present. More interesting are the rich, delicious and beautifully textured and detailed larger-bodied flavors that brim with both minerality and dry extract, all wrapped in a youthfully au...
A timid but perfumed nose speaks of softly spicy ripe red berry aromas where hints of smoke and earth lurk in the background. There is again excellent volume to the succulent and seductive yet equally powerful flavors that flash a bead of minerality on th...
This is one of the most floral-suffused wines in the range with its cool and elegant nose of the essence of red pinot fruit, violet, rose petal and lilac. Here too the palate impression of the vibrant medium weight flavors is strikingly refined thanks to ...