2017 Pierre-Marie Chermette Beaujolais Coeur de Vendange Vignes Centenaires
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Shimmering ruby-red. Ripe raspberry and cherry aromas are complemented by a suave floral quality and subtle mineral and spice flourishes. Sweet and seamless on the palate, offering juicy red fruit liqueur, spicecake and rose pastille flavors supported by a spine of smoky minerality. Finishes very long and silky, with repeating florality and just a hint of fine-grained tannins.
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This has attractive depth and richness with seamlessly delivered tannins and fruit on the deceptively powerful palate. Understated, long and pure finish. Drink or hold.
A wine that would embarrass many more expensive bottlings from Moulin-à-Vent or Fleurie, Chermette’s 2017 Beaujolais-Villages Coeur de Vendanges bursts with aromas of crushed cassis, raspberries, potpourri and rich soil tones. On the palate, it’s medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated, with melting tannins, a generous core of sappy fruit and a long, beautifully delineated finish. Intensely flavorful but refreshing, accessible but substantive, this is a fabulous wine that exemplifies the appeal of Beaujolais. Given its unabashed deliciousness and decidedly modest tariff, this wine must be one of French wine’s greatest values.