Jean-Marie Fourrier Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru 2018

Negociant Wine.... "Jean-Marie Fourrier has slowly started branching out with his eponymous négociant operation that be began in 2011 with three wines. In 2013 and 2014 he expanded the range of offerings considerably though with several key principles in mind. He explained to me that "first, I only buy fruit and make the wines from appellations that I don't have under the domaine's umbrella. Second, I only buy fruit from domaines who make their own wines from those same grapes as I don't want someone else's cast off production. Third I don't want the total volume from the négociant side to ever total more than 20% of what I make on the domaine side so that my clients understand where my primary focus is. Lastly, the range of wines will only be between Gevrey and Vosne, which again allows me to monitor the quality of the fruit in the vineyards I'm buying from regularly.""

Aromas of raspberries, cherries, wild berries, peonies and coniferous forest floor preface the 2018 Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru, a medium to full-bodied, lively and nicely concentrated wine framed by fine, powdery tannins. This is another of the highlights of Jean-Marie Fourrier's négociant portfolio this year.

Score: (91-93)+ 14th Feb 2020, Drink: NA, William Kelley - The Wine Advocate

Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Sub Region: Gevrey-Chambertin