The first wholly made vintage from the Jacques Fourrier team after the purchase from Phillip Jones. ( NB. I said this about the 2020 vintage but I now believe it was this 2021). Another wine maker we visited recently in Gippsland gave these wines from the new regime a glowing endorsement so I decided to have a bottle of the entry level Cuvée from 2021 to check the difference. More ripe and voluptuous than the previous owner’s entry level - more “drink now “ than previous but I will keep the next 2 bottles for a few years. Notes of black cherry and liquorice. Quite delicious. — 2 months ago
- berries, herbal, sweet, nice tingly tannins — 6 months ago
A fantastic ‘11! No doubt in a leaner style but there’s clear Fourrier signature and it’s so fresh, with absolutely zero greenness, just beautiful floral perfume and bright red cherry fruit that waft from the glass. The palate gains notably in weight and intensity and its pure, focused and saline-mineral inflicted finishes keeps on lingering. Great showing for a vintage I generally avoid in reds. — 4 months ago
Conrad Green
Intense and perfumed. Still young. Great purity. … 3 days later (poured back into bottle and vacuum sealed), the nose a lot less pronounced but lovely mouthfeel. Plum and black pepper and wild flowers. A slight bitterness. Very good, but best in day one — 19 days ago