Bernard Faurie
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Bernard Faurie,
Ready, but will improve,
Bernard vinifies his grapes by each individual parcel of vines and describes his final blend in terms of a ‘cosmic union’; something seemingly more complicated and intangible than mere biodynamism. Grapes from the Bessards commune lend support and acidity whilst those from the Greffieux commune provide a winning purity of fruit. The 2012 has notes of cassis and black cherry with a gently smoky backdrop.
Simon Field MW, Rhône Wine Buyer
Bernard Faurie is a fairly conservative vigneron. In all probability he has done the same thing for the last fifty years, and watched with wry amusement as his more adventurous neighbours have experimented and invested, only, eventually, to return to their starting place. And not necessarily to know the place for the first time. M Faurie is Emmanuel Darnaud’s father –in-law, and has, I suspect, guided the young enquiring mind with subtle skill. Owning some of the best plots in Hermitage has certainly helped his cause.
Simon Field MW, Rhône Wine Buyer
Bernard Faurie is a fairly conservative vigneron. In all probability he has done the same thing for the last fifty years, and watched with wry amusement as his more adventurous neighbours have experimented and invested, only, eventually, to return to their starting place. And not necessarily to know the place for the first time. M Faurie is Emmanuel Darnaud’s father –in-law, and has, I suspect, guided the young enquiring mind with subtle skill. Owning some of the best plots in Hermitage has certainly helped his cause.
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The magus of Tournon, M Faurie is a quiet, softly-spoken individual. His garage-cum-cellar is a chaotic model of disorder and confusion and he often seems unsure as to which wines are located in which barrels. And yes, you have guessed it, all is rendered miraculously irrelevant by the alchemical processes that have actually produced the wines. Eschewing destemming, and favouring lengthy elevage, M Faurie, is certainly old school. The type of school, evidently, that everyone will fight to get into. Given the paucity of allocation, the fight may be a keen one in the great vintage of 2009.