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Wine Advocate
The 2008 Vougeot Les Petits Vougeots – whose proximity geographically, geologically, and stylistically to Les Amoureuses or Hauts Doix, he says, should have argued for classifying it as a Chambolle – is deeper in color, richer in texture, and sweeter in fruit than the wines that preceded it in Fourrier’s line-up. Its ripe plum and raspberry fruit is still bright and sassy, though, and cherry pit and chalk lend a certain austere undertone. Wafting, bittersweet iris and narcissus florality, pungent crushed stone, salt, and sheer fresh fruit juiciness all convey a vibrant sense of interplay and refreshment that you can’t get off of your tongue. I expect this to repay a decade of close attention.
David Schildknecht
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International Wine Cellar
Bright, full red. Black raspberry aroma complicated by flinty minerality and lifted by floral perfume. Less precise than the Gruenchers-or is it simply more advanced in its malolactic fermentation? A rounder and more pliant wine, with a dominant flavor of black cherry and good volume. This has the mid-palate fullness to support its tannins. Finishes with good grip. A rather Chambolle style of wine-not surprising, as these vines are not far from Les Amoureuses.
Stephen Tanzer
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Burghound
An extremely pretty and pure red pinot fruit nose leads to minerally, intense and precise middle weight flavors that culminate in a firm, complex and lingering finish. This is really quite refined and its proximity to Chambolle is in evidence.
Allen Meadows
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