Domaine Fourrier, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Combe aux Moines, 2023 bis-hidden with soft tannins and a

with soft tannins and a juicy

south-facing slopes and limestone-rich soils

nutty edge and warm

The palate is smooth and clean

and the 1989 vintage is no exception

Domaine Fourrier, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Combe aux Moines, 2023 bis-hidden with soft tannins and aJean Marie Fourrier learned at the elbow of the legendary Henri Jayer, and he's spent his career chasing one thing above all: pure, living fruit. Here that means vines planted back in 1928, farmed in one of Gevrey's coolest, highest sites a notch in the hillside where cold air pours down and keeps the fruit taut and fresh. His cellar work is famously hands off: no fining, no filtration, barely any new oak, and almost no sulfur, relying instead on a