Pierre-Marie Chermette - Origine Beaujolais Vieilles Vignes 2020
Price: $18.45
Producer | Pierre-Marie Chermette |
Country | France |
Region | Burgundy |
Subregion | Beaujolais |
Varietal | Gamay |
Vintage | 2020 |
Sku | 08509 |
Pierre-Marie Chermette Description
The wine is emblematic of the estate where, from 1986, we wanted to bring back the Beaujolais of yesteryear. This cuvée is crafted to pure Beaujolais tradition: not chaptalized, aged in the big oak casks for 6 months. The lovely, intense fruitiness is very close to the grape itself. Concentration and freshness in the mouth make this a Beaujolais with character.
This cuvée was created in 1986 under impetus from our friend Jean Brouilly, who used to be a ‘starred’ master chef in Tarare and who wanted a very natural Easter cuvée. This was at a time when the fashion was for Nouveaus with banana flavours. We decided to make a cuvée to buck the trend: the spring Beaujolais, as close as possible to its parent grape, non-chaptalised, without yeasts and vinified using the traditional method, hence its name back then - Cuvée Traditionnelle. It has been much emulated since then! It is this cuvée that introduced the winemaking style of the estate and this is the reason why Jean-Etienne Chermette renamed it Origine in 2018.
Food and wine pairings: All types of meats and dishes, charcuterie, Lyonnaiseries, Bresse poultry, guinea fowl, quail, veal, red meats, on a Comté or with a ganache for dessert.