2016 Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes Domaine Fourrier

(from Les Champs Perriers in Brochon). A pungent nose of earth and wood leads to supple, round and delicious medium-bodied flavors that are shaped by relatively fine-grained tannins while offering good length on the balanced finish. This is sufficiently forward that it could be enjoyed young. Drink 2022+ .

(this wine and the Aux Echézeaux represent roughly one-third of the estate's production): Good dark red. Cool, minty aromas and flavors of black cherry, medicinal herbs and minerals. High-pitched, suave and firmly built; a bit lean initially but became plusher with aeration, finishing with good breadth and length and rich tannins.