2012 Gevrey-Chambertin Cherbaudes 1er Cru

Like many of his colleagues, Jean-Marie Fourrier was tormented by 2012. Yields are down 50-60% across the range, which puts some of the wines into barely commercially sensible quantities. There are just 1.5 barrels of the Petits Vougeots, 1 of the Goulots and a measly half-barrel of the Champeaux, none of which Fourrier wanted to show for obvious reasons. Sadly, the oldest vines were flowering when the weather was at its worst, so they were the hardest hit. Stylistically the 2012s resemble the 2010s, but with more ripeness and less acidity. I tasted all of the 2012s from tank, just before their scheduled bottling in December 2013. Readers may also want to check out the wines Jean-Marie Fourrier is making under his négociant label, which are reviewed separately.