Pierre Chermette Vissoux Les Griottes Beaujolais 2022 2018 stony texture

stony texture

Love the tension

of good intensity

refined tannins and a long

pure red fruit aromatics and a juicy mid-palate grip

Pierre Chermette Vissoux Les Griottes Beaujolais 2022 2018 stony textureLes Griottes means 'the small cherries' in reference to the grove of cherry trees that flank the vineyard. Vissoux's entry cuve is drawn from 20 40 year old vines grown on dark, granite soils around the Chermette homestead in Saint Vrand (central Beaujolais). The winemaking here has remained unchanged during Pierre Marie Chermette's tenure, so traditional, whole bunch, semi carbonic ferment in concrete and maturation in tank and generations old oak