Jean-Marie Fourrier took over the family 10 hectares property from his father in the mid 1990s at the age of 23 years old. His experience was gained not only at the family domaine in Gevrey Chambertin, but while working at Domaine Drouhin in Oregon and with the legendary Henry Jayer in Vosne-Romanee. Jean Marie was involved in the making of the classic 1988 vintage chez Jayer, and his wine making philosophy is following Jayer’s practices ever since: making great wines begin in the vineyard – and he is fastidious about maintaining healthy, well nurtured vines, and following by strict, extremely natural wine making techniques. Jean-Marie’s wines are marked by wonderful purity, transparency, bright vibrant fruit, minimal use of sulfites and limited use of new oak (typically 20%).
"An ultra-fresh and cool nose freely offers up its combination of both red and dark wild berries, plum and plenty of underbrush wisps. The delicious and vibrant middleweight flavors possess a lovely texture that carries over to the balanced, youthfully austere and moderately firm finale. While this could benefit from having more depth, that should reasonably come in time. Note: from six different lieux-dits"
- 89/91pts, Allen Meadows, Burghound
