Pierre Chermette Vissoux Les Griottes Beaujolais 2022 2018 refined tannins and a long

refined tannins and a long

stony texture

perfumed appeal of the Rhône high country

This is a fine example of cool grown

Pierre Chermette Vissoux Les Griottes Beaujolais 2022 2018 refined tannins and a longLes 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