2020 Marsannay Rouge, Cuvée Saint-Urbain, Domaine Jean Fournier, Burgundy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Ready - youthful (Drink 2023 - 2035)
Allen Meadows
87-89/100
Jasper Morris MW
88-90/100
Neal Martin
89/100
Product: 20201325395

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2020 Marsannay Rouge, Cuvée Saint-Urbain, Domaine Jean Fournier, Burgundy

Description

This is a blend of vineyards around Marsannay, along with 10- to 30-year-old vines from the best sites of Clos du Roy, Longeroies and Es Chezots, aged in 500-litre barrels. There’s 30% whole-bunch this year; the wine is fresh, juicy and straightforward, with no suggestion of heat or drought. It’s a welcoming introduction to the joys of Marsannay.

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Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Alcohol % 13%
Maturity Ready - youthful (2023 - 2035)
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Domaine Jean Fournier

Critics reviews

Allen Meadows 87-89/100

the name refers to a small tower located just behind the domaine; the fruit comes from 6 different lieux-dits). There is sufficient reduction to overshadow the underlying fruit. By contrast there is good freshness to the sleek, intense and delicious medium weight flavors that possess a lovely texture on the lingering and slightly rustic finale.

Drink from 2026 onward
Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (Jan 2022)
Jasper Morris MW 88-90/100

Includes a new planting of chardonnay rose, the version which has a mildly pinkish bloom to the skin colour. Pretty lemon and lime. This has more character than I remember from past vintages, probably more a tribute to 2020 than the addition of the rose. Fills the mouth and leaves an excellent aftertaste. Just a little point of acidity but otherwise a notable succulence.
Jasper Morris MW, InsideBurgundy (Jan 2022)
Neal Martin 89/100

Aged in large barrels with 15% new oak and one-third whole bunch, the 2020 Marsannay Cuvée Saint-Urbain Rouge offers a mixture of raspberry and blueberry fruit on the nose, all very well-defined and opulent. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit and just a slight reduction, with plenty of concentration on the plummy, allspice-tinged finish. Fine.

Drink 2023 - 2029
Neal Martin, Vinous.com (Jan 2023)

About this wine

Marsannay

Marsannay

Marsannay is the northernmost village and the only appellation in the Côte de Nuits subregion of Burgundy, France, producing red and white wines. It is renowned for its red wines, primarily made from Pinot Noir grapes, but also creates a limited quantity of white wines from Chardonnay. Marsannay's terroir, characterised by limestone and clay soils, imparts a unique mineral complexity to its wines.
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