These are the negociant wines that Jean-Marie Fourrier has been making for the last several years. The wines are from purchased fruit, and Fourrier sometimes does the harvesting (as opposed to receiving fruit already harvested by the owner).
With the exception of the Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Aux Échanges, all the grapes were destemmed.
2016 Bourgogne Pinot Noir
Half of this wine is from Fourrier estate grapes. The wine is medium-weight and shows good precision to its red fruits. (85-88)
2016 Vosne-Romanée Aux Réas
The wine has pure, layered dark fruits of good density. It is light on the palate but powerful. I’ve always liked wines from this lieu-dit, which is just south of the premier cru Clos des Réas. (90-94)
2016 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Aux Échanges
As mentioned above, this wine is made with whole clusters. As a former apprentice of Henri Jayer, Jean-Marie Fourrier has always been adamant against whole cluster fermentation. However, with the severely reduced crop in 2016, half the stems were needed to fill out the fermenting vat (not the only instance of this that I heard of in 2016). The result is a wine quite different in style — more minerality and more energy — from Fourrier’s other wines. Jean-Marie has found the result interesting enough that he has made the 2017 with whole clusters, too. Along with the minerality and energy, the wine has dark fruits and good length. (91-94)
2016 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses
The Amoureuses is quite typical of its great terroir with red cherry fruit, energy, good depth, penetration, and a medium-weight body. (93-96)
2016 Charmes-Chambertin
The vineyard here is from the top of the Charmes-Chambertin appellation. The nose is floral and perfumed. The mouth is dense with penetrating dark fruits. (92-95)
2016 Mazoyères-Chambertin
Mazoyères-Chambertin can be labelled Charmes-Chambertin and vice-versa. Until very recently, most producers labelled their Mazoyères as Charmes; but to the credit of Fourrier and others, the Mazoyères-Chambertin label is coming into use. I say to their credit, because Mazoyères really is a different terroir from Charmes, generally with darker, slightly gamy fruit, and more power and rusticity. Also from the top of its vineyard, this wine has relative finesse for Mazoyères with blackberry fruit, good length, and medium weight. (91-95)
2016 Latricières-Chambertin
Wherever I tasted Latricières-Chambertin from 2016, the results were splendid, and this one is no exception. The wine excellently displays the tension and freshness typical of the vineyard and the red fruits are penetrating. (93-96)
2016 Chambertin
This wine is from a single parcel in Chambertin, at the bottom of the appellation. The wine shows red fruits with good energy, acidity, precision, and length. It is a good example of what Chambertin should be. (94-97)