Domaine Fourrier Griottes Chambertin 2004 Bouteille (75cl)
The 2004 Domaine Fourrier Griotte-Chambertin is a red Burgundy wine from the Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru in the commune of Gevrey-Chambertin. Made exclusively from Pinot Noir, it comes from the Griotte-Chambertin parcel. For this vintage, the estate sorted the hail-damaged grapes and conducted fermentation at cool temperatures, aiming to preserve a style described as pure and elegant rather than overly powerful.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Gevrey Chambertin
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Fourrier
- Parcelle / Cru
- Griotte-Chambertin
- Millésime
- 2004
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine Fourrier
Based in Gevrey-Chambertin, Domaine Fourrier farms around ten hectares spread across Gevrey-Chambertin, Chambolle-Musigny, Morey-Saint-Denis, and Vougeot. Jean-Marie Fourrier vinifies numerous parcels separately here, including Griotte-Chambertin, Clos Saint-Jacques, Combe aux Moines, and Cherbaudes. Cuvées bearing the Domaine designation must be distinguished from those from the négociant activity commercialized under the name Jean-Marie Fourrier.
- Owner
- Famille Fourrier, via la SCEA Domaine Fourrier, dirigée par Jean-Marie Fourrier
- Maître de chais
- Jean-Marie Fourrier
- Surface (ha)
- 10.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
The estate's origins date back to the 1930s, when Fernand Pernot built up a winegrowing heritage in Gevrey-Chambertin, notably including parcels in Griotte-Chambertin and Clos Saint-Jacques. Lacking a direct descendant, he gradually involved his great-nephew Jean-Claude Fourrier in the estate, then known as Pernot-Fourrier. Jean-Claude took over management in the late 1960s and assumed full responsibility after Fernand Pernot's death in 1982, expanding the family properties to Chambolle-Musigny, Morey-Saint-Denis, and Vougeot. His son Jean-Marie Fourrier joined the estate in 1989 and that year participated in vinification alongside Henri Jayer and Emmanuel Rouget in Vosne-Romanée. After an experience at Domaine Drouhin in Oregon in 1993, he took over sole management of the estate in 1994 at the age of 23, reducing yields, abandoning herbicides, and developing parcel-by-parcel vinification. A new winery was completed in 2007, allowing the entire harvest to be vinified at the estate. Jean-Marie works with his sister Isabelle, his wife Vicki, and more recently, his son Louis. Concurrently, he created a micro-négociant activity, whose wines are labeled Jean-Marie Fourrier to differentiate them from the cuvées originating from the family vineyard.
Griotte-Chambertin
Griotte-Chambertin is both a Grand Cru appellation and a physically demarcated terroir, situated entirely within the small lieu-dit "En Griotte" in Gevrey-Chambertin. The vines occupy the piedmont of a small east-facing amphitheater, on a relatively steep and very stony slope. The shallow, underdeveloped soils, generally carbonated and well-draining despite their clay content, overlie scree deposits mixed with red clays and silts. The substrate consists of hard Bajocian limestone, notably entroquitc limestone.
- Vineyard commune
- Gevrey-Chambertin
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name derives from the Burgundian "cras" or "criot", usually designating very stony terrain, rather than directly from the fruit known as the griotte cherry.
- Exposure
- East
- Slope
- relatively steep
- Soil
- Shallow, carbonated, clayey and well-draining soils, very stony, with scree, clays, and red silts.
- Subsoil and geology
- Plateau fringe and hard limestone substrate from the Middle Bajocian, notably entroquitc limestone.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.260000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- Estate-owned (estate wine)
- Indicative vine age
- Plot planted in 1928.
Histoire de la parcelle
The reputation of the climat, adjacent to Clos de Bèze, appears established as early as the 18th century, its wines being expensive at the time and often associated with Chambertin. At the beginning of the 20th century, they were commonly marketed under the name "Griotte-Chambertin". A 1931 ruling by the Dijon court recognized this appellation of origin and established its geographical boundaries, prior to the official recognition of the AOC by the decree of July 31, 1937.
