2013 Bourgogne Rouge, Vieilles Vignes, Le Chapitre, Domaine Jean Fournier

2013 Bourgogne Rouge, Vieilles Vignes, Le Chapitre, Domaine Jean Fournier

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2013 Bourgogne Rouge, Vieilles Vignes, Le Chapitre, Domaine Jean Fournier

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Description

This vineyard within Dijon city limits has a great history and should really be classified at village level. The wine usually takes some time to mature. The 2013 is dense purple in colour, with a crunchy fruit on the nose and the potential to deliver a great deal more. There is an impressive weight of dark fruit on the palate. 
Jasper Morris, MW - Wine Buyer

Laurent reports a difficult start to the season, with mildew pressure, while the flowering went better in the late sectors than the earlier ones. A good, healthy crop though, so Laurent was able to use some whole bunch fermentation. Rich fruit but high acidity is the hallmark of the year, he thinks. The harvest began with Clos du Chapitre on 4th October and finished by the 12th.

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Wine Advocate86-88/100
The 2013 Bourgogne Chapitre Vieilles Vignes includes 50% whole-bunch fruit from vines planted in 1947 that have actually maintained respectable yields. It has a slight reduction on the nose at the moment, though that will blow off with time. The palate is medium-bodied with juicy, almost sinewy red fruit, crisp acidity but it feels a little blunt and abrupt on the finish, so I can understand why it is undergoing a long levage. Give this 12 months in bottle.
Neal Martin - 29/06/2015 Read more
Decanter
From one of the rising stars in Burgundy, the grapes are sourced from a vineyard planted in 1947. It may be labelled as a straightforward Bourgogne, but it offers much more. The nose is pretty and pure with red cherry and strawberry fruits. It's seductive, dense and vivid on the palate. Classy and persistent: this would fool many at a blind tasting. 
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About this WINE

Domaine Jean Fournier

Domaine Jean Fournier

Laurent Fournier has achieved a lot since taking charge of the domaine established by his father, Jean, in the 1960s. In 2011, he was voted the Cotes de Nuits’ young vigneron of the year. He has since dedicated much of his considerable energy campaigning to establish Premiers Crus in Marsannay. Although he has begun leasing parcels in the Côte de Beaune, Gevrey-Chambertin and Clos de Vougeot, Laurent’s heart remains in Marsannay. All of the vineyards are farmed organically, with certification.

For Laurent, the 2022 season wasn’t too complicated. He explained that the grapes perhaps ripened more through concentration than by traditional means because there was insufficient water. However, the vines did not appear to be struggling, with no loss of leaves or obvious signs of stress, as had been the case in 2019 and 2020. Laurent doesn’t subscribe to the theory that the vines are adapting, though he does find the wines surprisingly fresh, perhaps because more fertiliser is being used after several years when everyone ceased to do so. For him, 2022 is a vintage with excellent clarity of terroir expression.

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Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or.

Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.

Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.

The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.

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