Pale yellow. Faintly citrus over an even fainter sweet core of yellow fruit. Nice freshness that’s emphasised by the citrus acidity. Not a really concentrated nor intense effort but there is a hint of salty seashore in the mid-palate and the bottle was finished in double-quick time on a balmy evening. Despite the intensity being more on a par with a good villages wine, this is quite pretty and still seems good value.
Chablis Fourchaume
2006 Bessin Jean-Claude Chablis Fourchaume
2002 Bouchard Père et Fils Chablis Fourchaume
Medium lemon-yellow. A clean, if rather soft, nose that eventually shows a nice edge of butterscotch. The light palate has nice acidity and and an interesting burst of flavours from the mid-palate onwards into the finish. Throughout the ‘life’ of this open bottle, and despite how tasty it was, the wine never lost that slightly ‘dilute’ sense – tatsy though.
1998 Dauvissat Jean Chablis Fourchaume
Medium-pale golden. There’s a hint of the oxidative on first sniff, but it’s soon gone, replaced by honeyed, waxy aspects and faint pineapple, nice high tones with plenty of width. In your mouth the first impression is a little dilute but the wine expands with a real kick at the back, even hinting at caramel. Good wine that gets ever better with time in the glass, definitely 1er cru quality.
2002 Colombier Chablis Fourchaume
2001 Fevre William Chablis Fourchaume
Medium-plus yellow. The nose is a citrussy blend of creamy peach and apricot – very nice. The palate has very nice intensity and a lovely balance to the acidity. A wine I can happily drink on its own. Almost good length too. I found a very good price for this (and the Fevre 2001 Bougros too), a price that will allow me to make this one of my tipples of choice in the garden over the summer