Last night’s wines: 2015 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin Vieille Vigne
A bit concerning on first PnP sip. A little Californication going on, with a somewhat candied feel – like a Littorai. Noticeable oak. Uh-oh has Fourrier crept toward the dark side? Confirmation bias creeping in? But with some air this settles down nicely. It’s still a full wine, with a richness about it for a village wine. But it’s more an indication of the vintage than a change in style IMO. Crushed raspberries meet Gevrey soil/iron. Tasty now but better in five years. Liked it very much, but didn’t LOVE it.
2017 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Bourgogne Blanc
To be honest, pretty meh. The kind of wine I’d be happy for someone to serve me at a small alumni function but a bit underwhelming in the rarefied confines of my oenophile home. There’s plenty of sun-kissed lemony fruit and some zippy acidity, but I’m biased by the label. I just wanted a bit more chisel and limestone to it. Yes, I know it’s just a Bourgogne but too easy-going. Product of the vintage? And somewhat pricy for what’s in the glass.
Have to take it in the context of what it is, of course, but I find it quite drinkable — I ended up buying a case for summer drinking. It has nice cut and a lot of minerality, as if PYCM produced a village Chablis.
Claus, I’m paying US prices. I’m not saying it’s not a nice glass of wine, but for $40 I can spend my money better in Chablis, which fits this wine’s flavor profile.
Different strokes. I know this bottling has been getting a lot of love by perceptive tasters on this board.
Typical Fourrier. Not my style, but a full flavor early drinker. I liked the PYCM more than you. I did taste some acid, and some flowers that made this a more than just okay every day drinker
Not really. I have Littorai in my cellar and enjoy them with age, esp the Anderson Valley bottlings.
Fourrier would be an ideal gateway wine into the minefields of Burgundy for someone that likes quality CA pinot from producers like Littorai, Rochioli, WS, et al.
I like Fourrier in not too warm vintages, but at a tasting two years ago I found this one a little over the top. Interestingly, at the same tasting I found his 1er cru 2015 much better balanced.
I opened the first of my '17 PYCM St. Aubin en Remilly. Slightly cloudy; a little matchstick on the now with the lemon creaminess I associate with his wines. Certainly could use some more time but it went down easily and quickly.