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Bigger is Better: Les Griottes Beaujolais Back in Stock
Domaine Chermette

Pierre-Marie Chermette’s juicily delicious 2023 Beaujolais has just arrived, and not a moment too soon. We noticed an unusual-looking shipment bound for Paris when we passed by Pierre-Marie’s Saint-Verand cellar during our visit last year. To our surprise, the Chermette family has been bottling a 5-litre bag of Beaujolais Les Griottes for several years.

We were duty-bound to ask for a parcel. Pierre-Marie was initially quizzical about our request until we explained that Australia has a long and illustrious history with wine-in-a-box. We also learned that the word goon does, shockingly, not exist in the French dictionary!

Although the 2022 vintage had sold out, our enthusiasm impressed Pierre-Marie enough to reserve us an allocation of the 2023. As you can see in the image, we had some fun tasting the new release; delicious young Beaujolais can do that to you. The Chermette’s are delighted with the quality of all their 2023 wines. This year’s Les Griottes combines lovely, sweet fruit and gluggable texture with an invigorating freshness that keeps you coming back to the tap (or bottle.

Alongside the new Les Griottes (available in all formats), we have a new shipment of Chermette’s impressive Crémant de Bourgogne. It’s one of the best-value sparklers we ship, so if you don’t know this wine, do yourself a favour. French sparkling this good, at this price, does not grow on trees.

The Wines

Domaine Chermette Beaujolais Les Griottes 2023

Domaine Chermette Beaujolais Les Griottes 2023

This mouthwatering crowd-pleaser is named after a grove of cherry trees that flank the vineyard. The fruit is drawn from 30- to 40-year-old Gamay vines, grown in dark granite soils around the Chermette homestead in Saint-Vérand, southern Beaujolais. In contrast to his age-worthy Crus from Moulin-à-Vent and Fleurie et al., Chermette aims to produce something light-to-medium-bodied, bright and cherry-fruited with reach-for-another-glass charm.

The winemaking has remained unchanged for decades, with traditional whole-bunch, semi-carbonic fermentation in concrete tanks followed by maturation in tank and old oak casks still the order of the day. The nose is so exuberant you could be tasting out of barrel, flush with easy-going, lip-smacking red fruit flecked by red floral notes. The palate tells the same story through waves of vibrant, tangy berries and cherrystone fruit. As always, it is a delicious, moreish wine and fabulous value.

Domaine Chermette Beaujolais Les Griottes 2023
Domaine Chermette Beaujolais Les Griottes 2023 (375ml)

Domaine Chermette Beaujolais Les Griottes 2023 (375ml)

This mouthwatering crowd-pleaser is named after a grove of cherry trees that flank the vineyard. The fruit is drawn from 30- to 40-year-old Gamay vines, grown in dark granite soils around the Chermette homestead in Saint-Vérand, southern Beaujolais. In contrast to his age-worthy Crus from Moulin-à-Vent and Fleurie et al., Chermette aims to produce something light-to-medium-bodied, bright and cherry-fruited with reach-for-another-glass charm.

The winemaking has remained unchanged for decades, with traditional whole-bunch, semi-carbonic fermentation in concrete tanks followed by maturation in tank and old oak casks still the order of the day. The nose is so exuberant you could be tasting out of barrel, flush with easy-going, lip-smacking red fruit flecked by red floral notes. The palate tells the same story through waves of vibrant, tangy berries and cherrystone fruit. As always, it is a delicious, moreish wine and fabulous value.

Domaine Chermette Beaujolais Les Griottes 2023 (375ml)
Domaine Chermette Beaujolais Les Griottes 2023 (1500ml)

Domaine Chermette Beaujolais Les Griottes 2023 (1500ml)

This mouthwatering crowd-pleaser is named after a grove of cherry trees that flank the vineyard. The fruit is drawn from 30- to 40-year-old Gamay vines, grown in dark granite soils around the Chermette homestead in Saint-Vérand, southern Beaujolais. In contrast to his age-worthy Crus from Moulin-à-Vent and Fleurie et al., Chermette aims to produce something light-to-medium-bodied, bright and cherry-fruited with reach-for-another-glass charm. 

The winemaking has remained unchanged for decades, with traditional whole-bunch, semi-carbonic fermentation in concrete tanks followed by maturation in tank and old oak casks still the order of the day. The nose is so exuberant you could be tasting out of barrel, flush with easy-going, lip-smacking red fruit flecked by red floral notes. The palate tells the same story through waves of vibrant, tangy berries and cherrystone fruit. As always, it is a delicious, moreish wine and fabulous value.

Domaine Chermette Beaujolais Les Griottes 2023 (1500ml)
Domaine Chermette Les Griottes 5 Litre Box Bag 2023 (5000ml Bag-in-Box)

Domaine Chermette Les Griottes 5 Litre Box Bag 2023 (5000ml Bag-in-Box)

This mouthwatering crowd-pleaser is named after a grove of cherry trees that flank the vineyard. The fruit is drawn from 30- to 40-year-old Gamay vines, grown in dark granite soils around the Chermette homestead in Saint-Vérand, southern Beaujolais. In contrast to his age-worthy Crus from Moulin-à-Vent and Fleurie et al., Chermette aims to produce something light-to-medium-bodied, bright and cherry-fruited with reach-for-another-glass charm.

The winemaking has remained unchanged for decades, with traditional whole-bunch, semi-carbonic fermentation in concrete tanks followed by maturation in tank and old oak casks still the order of the day. The nose is so exuberant you could be tasting out of barrel, flush with easy-going, lip-smacking red fruit flecked by red floral notes. The palate tells the same story through waves of vibrant, tangy berries and cherrystone fruit. As always, it is a delicious, moreish wine and fabulous value.

Domaine Chermette Les Griottes 5 Litre Box Bag 2023 (5000ml Bag-in-Box)
Domaine Chermette Crémant de Bourgogne Brut NV

Domaine Chermette Crémant de Bourgogne Brut NV

This cracking dry sparkling wine is 100% Chardonnay from a single parcel of vines just north of the Chermette cellars in Le Bois-d’Oingt. It’s a 2.5-hectare, southwest-facing site on limestone/clay soil―perfect for Chardonnay. The wine ages for 18 months in bottle, minimum sulphur is used, it is neither fined nor filtered, and very little dosage is added (4 g/L).

This shipment is a blend of 2018, 2019 and 2020 and is showing creamier, lemon-curd intensity and more length than previous bottlings—perhaps due to the low yields and warmer vintages involved. There are well-pitched notes of pear, citrus, chamomile, toasted hazelnuts and subtle buttery brioche, while the palate is vinous, focused and balanced by stony acidity. We love the fine, airy bubbles and the fresh, sculpted energy and finesse. If you don’t know this wine, do yourself a favour; French sparkling wine this impressive, at this price, does not grow on trees. 

Domaine Chermette Crémant de Bourgogne Brut NV

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